Case Study
Project: Wyton Road Solar Farm Renewable Energy Project
Location: Hull
Client: Gamcap
Network operator: Northern Powergrid (NPG)
Timescale: 4 weeks
By identifying and reviewing landowners along a 1.8-mile offsite route to a Point of Connection, we were able to help our client Gamcap develop a more attractive proposition for its renewable energy project.
Our brief
This was our first project with Gamcap, a utilityscale green energy asset developer. It approached us with a brief to carry out a route proving investigation for a new connection for its Wyton Road Solar Farm project in Hull.
Gamcap wanted a 132kV connection to supply a new IDNO-owned substation on the development site. We were asked to help identify the third parties along the proposed route to the Point of Connection (POC), helping Gamcap to better package the project for onward sale.
Challenges
This project had a complex title structure at the POC. NPG’s title was a leasehold granted from a headlease and the cable route crossed both the landlord for NPG’s and the head landlord’s title – the latter being Associated British Ports. Provision for working with ABP therefore needed to be considered in our timeline and our approach tailored accordingly.
Delivery
Our team produced a master overlay plan to show the proposed 1.8-mile route, identifying each parcel of land belonging to a different landowner. Eight third parties were identified which, in addition to ABP, included businesses, Local Authorities and domestic parties.
We reviewed title documents for each landowner looking for existing rights, risks and any other issues which might arise. Then prepared a detailed report for Gamcap which included a proposal for an alternative route to reduce the number of third parties, helping to de-risk the project.
