What action it is taking to review planning guidance in relation to building new homes near high voltage overhead transmission lines.

The Stakeholder AdvisoryGroup on Extremely Low Frequency Electromagnetic Fields (SAGE) published their FirstInterim Assessment: Power Lines and Property, Wiring in Homes and Electrical Equipmentin Homes on 27 April 2007. The report of the CrossParty Inquiry into Childhood Leukaemia and Extremely Low Frequency Electric andMagnetic Fields was published in July of 2007. Both of these reports includeconsideration of how planning guidance might be used to control development nearhigh voltage overhead powerlines.
The Scottish Governmentwill consider the content of these reports, including implications for planningguidance, in close liaison with colleagues in relevant UK Government Departmentsand devolved administrations.