Pencloe Wind Energy Ltd ELECTRICITY ACT 1989

Pencloe Wind Energy Ltd ELECTRICITY ACT 1989
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (SCOTLAND) ACT 1997
THE ELECTRICITY WORKS (ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT) (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2017
Notice is hereby given that Pencloe Wind Energy Ltd (Company registration number: SC398688 and having its registered office at 50 Lothian Road, Festival Square, Edinburgh UK EH3 9WJ) has applied to the Scottish Ministers to vary the section 36 consent to construct and operate the Pencloe Wind Farm on land at Pencloe Farm and the Carsphairn Forest to the south of the settlement of New Cumnock (central grid reference: NS 60507 06671) previously consented on 6 December 2019 by Scottish Ministers ("the variation application").The proposed development is subject to Environmental Impact Assessment and an EIA Report has been produced in line with current guidance.
Pencloe Wind Energy Ltd has now submitted additional information to Scottish Ministers, which includes environmental information relating to the landscape and visual impact assessment, noise and peat.
Copies of the additional information and the application ('the information') are available for public inspection in person, free of charge, during normal office hours at:
East Ayrshire Council, Planning and Economic Development, Opera House, 8 John Finnie Street, Kilmarnock, KA1 1DD

Cumnock Community Library, 1 Greenhold Road, Cumnock, KA18 1LH

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

.
Copies of the additional information may be obtained from Pencloe Wind Energy Ltd (tel: 0131 3016768) at a charge of £150 hard copy and £15 on CD.
Any representations to the application may be submitted via the Energy Consents Unit website at

; by email to the 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.
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

will receive acknowledgement.
All representations should be received not later than 22 April 2020 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.
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 and all views and representations received, Scottish Ministers will determine this application for consent in one of two ways:
? Consent the proposal, with or without conditions attached; or

? Reject the proposal

All previous representations received in relation to this development remain valid.
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

or write to Energy Consents Unit, 4th Floor, 5 Atlantic Quay, 150 Broomielaw, Glasgow, G2 8LU.