§ Mr. Goughasked the Minister of Power if he is aware that the Southern Electricity Board has now made a formal application to the Midhurst Rural District Council for an overhead 132 k.v. single circuit wood pole line for the final section of the proposed Alton-Fernhurst circuit; and what steps he is taking to implement his ruling in paragraph 8 of his letter EL.82/3/12774 addressed to the Clerk of the West Sussex County Council, dated 27th March, 1962, concerning the planning of the last 1,500 yards of the underground route for this proposed line.
§ Mr. WoodThe Board has asked the West Sussex County Council and the Midhurst Rural District Council to approve a proposal to construct two single-circuit lines on wooden poles instead of a double-circuit line on steel towers, which was the original proposal. My refusal of consent for this part of the Board's original application does not debar the Board from making a different application. If the Board applied for my consent to the new proposal and the local planning authority or local authority objected, I should order a public inquiry or hearing.