Campaigners fighting plans which could see pylons built across Oswestry and the borders were given a massive boost this week.
Campaigners fighting plans which could see pylons built across Oswestry and the borders were given a massive boost this week.
Shropshire Council is set to formally oppose any pylons being built in the county as part of a scheme to transfer power from wind farms in Mid Wales to the national grid in Shropshire.
The council will also tell National Grid that if it insists on running the cables through Shropshire, they must run underground.
National Grid wants to build a substation in Mid Wales to collect the energy from the wind farms and a 400,000 volt line carrying power to Shropshire. It is now carrying out the first stage of public consultation.
At its meeting next Wednesday, Shropshire Council’s cabinet members will discuss the council’s response to the consultation.
Councillor Mal Price, cabinet member for planning, said: “Shropshire is a rural county where the attractive rural landscape makes a significant contribution to the economy.
“The impact of a 400kv overhead line connection is considered to be significantly detrimental to this and Shropshire Council would object on these grounds to any overhead line solution.”