We understand that if you are a landowner or occupier in the area of the proposed Viking CCS pipeline, you are likely to have questions about how the pipeline might affect the land you own or occupy.
This page aims to provide an answer to some of those questions.
If your land will be impacted, we will have already been in contact to provide further clarity. Additional information about next steps is provided below.
If you have a question for Gateley Hamer, you can call James McInnerny in their Land Access Team on 07706 322 850. Please leave a message if there is no answer and a member of the team will get back to you within 2 working days.
Alternatively, you can get in touch with Gateley Hamer by email via this contact form. Once you’ve sent your email enquiry, our specialist team will aim to respond to your email within 2 working days
You can see the proposed route of the Viking CCS pipeline on our interactive map. To help inform this decision, we have carried out on-site survey work and will continue to do so. This work has helped us to identify potential constraints associated with the Viking CCS pipeline and inform the best route.
We appointed Gateley Hamer as our land agent to identify landowners along the potential route and approach those landowners to secure access to land.
We have appointed Gateley Hamer as our land agent to identify landowners along the potential route and approach those landowners to secure access to land by agreement. Landowners will already have received this correspondence. Working with landowners is an important part of this project and wherever possible, we want to seek voluntary agreements to secure land access.
Gateley Hamer has been in communication with all potentially affected landowners to explain the proposals. Should your land or rights inland be required for the construction and operation of the Viking CCS pipeline, Gateley Hamer will have made you aware of this and the next steps. If you believe you have a land interest but have not been contacted, please contact James McInnerny in their Land Access Team via email at [email protected], or alternatively on 07706 322 850.
Gateley Hamer is a specialist property consultancy with experience in supporting developers of Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects. Gateley Hamer has been appointed to conduct land referencing and arrange land access on our behalf. Once the route of the Viking CCS pipeline has been confirmed, Gateley Hamer will negotiate the rights in land required to construct and operate the Viking CCS pipeline.
Survey work involves looking at habitats and species present within the area of the proposed Viking CCS pipeline and findings informed the Environmental Impact Assessment. These include ecology surveys for great crested newt, badger, bat, otter, water vole and wintering and breeding birds.
We also have carried out, and continue to carry out, geological and hydrology surveys, noise monitoring and traffic surveys, archaeological surveys and site walkovers, the results of which will have informed the Environmental Impact Assessment.
Landowner addresses are available through Her Majesty's Land Registry (HMLR). We have downloaded this data to inform who we contact in relation to our proposals.
The Viking CCS pipeline will be constructed on land outside our ownership. As such, rights in land will be required for the affected areas. Landowners affected will be appropriately compensated.
Gateley Hamer will discuss with you any compensation due as a result of the surveys proposed on your land.
Get in touch: Access to land for surveys
If you have a question for Gateley Hamer about the requirement to access your land for surveys, please contact James McInnerny in their Land Access Team via email at [email protected], or alternatively on 07706 322 850. Please leave a message if there is no answer and member of the team will get back to you within 2 working days.
Get in touch: General project queries
If you have a general project query, you can contact our project team at [email protected] or by calling 07917 986 094.
The Viking CCS pipeline is classified as a ‘Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project’ under the Planning Act 2008 and requires a Development Consent Order (DCO) for its construction. The DCO application is under examination by the Planning Inspectorate, which, in the case of this project, acts on behalf of the Secretary of State at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. The decision on whether to grant final consent for the Viking CCS pipeline will be made by the Secretary of State.
From accepting an application to making a decision, the whole process should last around 18 months.
Harbour Energy submitted its application to the Planning Inspectorate in October 2023 and examination started in March 2024.
More information about the planning process can be found on the National Infrastructure Planning website.
Construction of the proposed onshore Viking CCS pipeline is expected to begin in 2025, subject to being granted a Development Consent Order. The construction phase is anticipated to last up to two years in total.
