ELECTRICITY ACT 1989 TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (SCOTLAND) ACT 1997

CWL ENERGY LIMITED

ELECTRICITY ACT 1989

TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (SCOTLAND) ACT 1997

THE ELECTRICITY WORKS (ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT) (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2017

Notice is hereby given that CWL Energy Limited, Caledonian Exchange, 19a Canning Street, Edinburgh, EH3 8HE, company registration number SC576901 has applied to the Scottish Ministers for consent under Section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 to construct and operate Faw Side Community Wind Farm, a wind farm of over 50MW north of Langholm, and is located across both Dumfries and Galloway and Scottish Borders (Central Grid Reference 335050, 595850). The installed capacity of the proposed generating station would be approximately 315 MW comprising 45 turbines with a ground to blade tip height of between 179.5 and 200 metres. The proposed development is subject to Environmental Impact Assessment and an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report has been produced.

CWL Energy Limited has also applied for a direction under Section 57(2) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 that planning permission for the development be deemed to be granted.

A copy of the application, with a plan showing the land to which it relates, together with a copy of the EIA report discussing the Company's proposals in more detail and presenting an analysis of the environmental implications, are available for public inspection in person, free of charge, during normal office hours at:

Location

Opening Hours

DG Customer Services - Langholm

Market Place, Langholm

DG13 0JQ

Tel: 013873 80255

Monday: 2.00pm to 7.00pm Wednesday: 10.00am to 6.00pm Friday: 10.00am to 2.00pm Saturday: 9.00am to 12.00pm

Hawick Library

North Bridge Street

Hawick

TD9 9QT

Tel: 01450 364 640

Monday: 9.30am to 5.00pm Tuesday: 9.30am to 7.00pm Wednesday: 9.30am to 5.00pm Thursday: 9.30am to 7.00pm

Friday: 9.30am to 5.00pm

Saturday: 9.00am to 12:30pm

Dumfries & Galloway Council

Kirkbank House English Street, Dumfries

DG1 2HS

Tel: 030 33 33 3000

Monday: 9.00am to 5.00pm Tuesday: 9.00am to 5.00pm Wednesday: 9.00am to 5.00pm Thursday: 9.00am to 5.00pm Friday: 9.00am to 5.00pm

Scottish Borders Council

Council Headquarters Newtown St. Boswells, Melrose

TD6 0SA

Tel: 01835 824000

Monday: 9.00am to 5.00pm Tuesday: 9.00am to 5.00pm Wednesday: 9.00am to 5.00pm Thursday: 9.00am to 5.00pm Friday: 9.00am to 5.00pm

The EIA report can also be viewed at the Scottish Government Library at Victoria Quay, Edinburgh, EH6 6QQ; on the application website at

; or at

.

Copies of the EIA report may be obtained from CWL Energy Limited (telephone: 01928 734544 email:

) at a charge of £850 hard copy and £30 on CD. Copies of a short non-technical summary are available free of charge.

AnyrepresentationstotheapplicationmaybesubmittedviatheEnergyConsents Unit website at

; byemailtothe Scottish Government, Energy Consents Unit mailbox at

; or by post to the Scottish Government, Energy Consents Unit, 4th Floor, 5 Atlantic Quay, 150 Broomielaw, Glasgow, G2 8LU, identifying the proposal and specifying the grounds for representation.

Written or emailed representations should be dated, clearly stating the name (in block capitals), full return email and postal address of those making representations. Only representations sent by email to representations@gov.scot will receive acknowledgement.

All representations should be received not later than 8th July 2019 although Ministers may consider representations received after this date.

Any subsequent additional information which is submitted by the developer will be subject to further public notice in this manner, and representations to such information will be accepted as per this notice.

As a result of a statutory objection from the relevant planning authority, or where Scottish Ministers decide to exercise their discretion to do so, Scottish Ministers can also cause a Public Local Inquiry (PLI) to be held.

Following examination of the environmental information, Scottish Ministers will determine the application for consent in two ways:

? Consent the proposal, with or without conditions attached; or



? Reject the proposal.



General Data Protection Regulations

The Scottish Government Energy Consents Unit processes consent applications and consultation representations under The Electricity Act 1989. During the process, to support transparency in decision making, the Scottish Government publishes online at

. A privacy notice and a fair processing notice are published on the help page at

. These explain how the Energy Consents Unit processes your personal information. If you have any concerns about how your personal data is handled, please email us at:

or write to Energy Consents Unit, 4th Floor, 5 Atlantic Quay, 150 Broomielaw,

Glasgow, G2 8LU.