Scottish Government, Planning Notice

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Electricity Act 1989
Town And Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997
The Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2017

Notice is hereby given that Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission pic, company registration number SC117119, with its Registered Office at Inveralmond House 200 Dunkeld Road Perth PH1 3AQ, has applied to the Scottish Ministers for consent under Section 37 of the Electricity Act 1989 to install and keep installed approximately 13.3 km of 275 kV overhead line supported on steel lattice towers between the proposed Creag Dhubh Substation and the existing Scottish Power Energy Networks (SPEN) 275 kV OHL that runs from Dalmally to Inverarnan, near Succoth Glen (Glen Lochy), via a Tie-in Connection (the Proposed Development). The Proposed Development is located approximately 1 km south of Dalmally and 0.6 km south of Cladich (at the closest points), in Argyll and Bute (OS Grid Reference NN 874.195 to NN 191.262). An EIA Report has been produced to accompany the application for consent.
Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission pic 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, is available for public inspection, free of charge on the application website

connection-section-37-application/ or on the Scottish Government Energy Consents website at

under application reference ECU00002199.

Copies of the EIA Report may be obtained from Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission pic (telephone: 07901135758 / email:

) at a charge of £1,200.00 per hard copy or by CD/DVD or Pen Drive, free of charge. Copies of a short Non-Technical Summary are available free of charge.

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. Please note that there may be a delay in the Energy Consents Unit receiving representations by post.

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

will receive acknowledgement.

All representations should be received not later than 23rd August 2022, 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

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A privacy notice is published on the help page at

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If you have any concerns about how your personal data is handled, please email

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