Introduction

Liverpool Bay CCS Limited (LBCCS), a member of the Eni SpA group (the Applicant), is proposing a realignment to the cable route element of the consented Point of Ayr (PoA) Terminal and Foreshore Works (“the Consented Development") that was granted planning permission in May 2024 [FUL/000246/23] by Flintshire County Council (FCC) Planning Committee. The Consented Development comprises new infrastructure and modifications to existing facilities at the PoA Terminal in Flintshire to operate with carbon dioxide (CO₂).

Power supply from the onshore grid and upgraded telecommunications are required at the New Douglas Offshore Platform (OP) in Liverpool Bay, which will receive and distribute CO₂ to the storage sites. This will require a combined electrical and fibre-optic cable connection, as part of the Marine element of the works, to be installed between the PoA Terminal, from the Mean High Water Spring (MHWS) line, and the New Douglas OP.

The PoA Cable Route Foreshore Works Proposed Development ("the Proposed Development") comprises the installation of an underground section of horizontal directional drilling (HDD) conduit under Gronant Dunes originating from the HDD Entry Pit [consented under FUL/000246/23] to a buried HDD Exit Pit at the MHWS line, and burial of a combined electrical and fibre-optic cable on a new alignment across Talacre Beach and Foreshore to the Mean Low Water Spring (MLWS) line, located to the north-west of the PoA Terminal.

The Consented Development and Proposed Development form part of the Liverpool Bay CO₂ Transportation and Storage (T&S) infrastructure to serve the wider HyNet Project. HyNet is a low carbon hydrogen and carbon capture, transport and storage project that will unlock a low carbon economy for the north west of England and north Wales and put the region at the forefront of the UK’s drive to net zero.

The Pre-application Consultation (PAC) period on the Proposed Development is taking place between 16 June and 14 July 2025. We welcome your input and feedback on the Proposed Development as this will inform our planning application, which we intend to submit to FCC in August 2025.

You can provide your feedback on the Proposed Development or contact us with any enquiries by:

• Sending an email to: hello@hynethub.co.uk
• Writing a letter to: Freepost LBCCS. You don’t need a stamp.