Gartcosh, Planning to construct Whitehill Energy Storage Facility

Intelligent Land Investments Group plc
Electricity Act 1989
Town And Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997

Notice is hereby given that Intelligent Land Investments Group plc, company registration number SC564296, with its registered office at 33 Bothwell Road, Hamilton, Scotland, ML3 0AS, has applied to the Scottish Ministers for consent under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 to construct and operate the Whitehill Energy Storage Facility being a battery energy storage facility on land at Whitehill Farm, Coatbridge Road, Gartcosh G69 8DT (Central Grid Reference 270000 667000). The installed capacity of the proposed generating station would be around 200 MW.

The Company has also asked that Scottish Ministers give 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, including plans showing the lands to which it relates and the supporting documents, is available for public inspection in person, free of charge during normal office hours at:

Coatbridge Library, Buchanan Centre, 126 Main Street, Coatbridge ML5 3BJ

Opening times Mon Wed Fri 9-5; Tue Thu 9-7; Sat 10-5, see
https://culturenl.co.uk/libraries/your-library/coatbridge-library/
and at Library at the Bridge, Easterhouse Cultural Campus, Westerhouse Road, Glasgow G34 9JW

Opening times Mon Wed Fri Sat 10-5; Tue Thu 10-8, see
https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/libraries/venues/library-at-the-bridge

Copies of the application documents may also be obtained from ILI Group (telephone: 01698 891382 or email: gt@ili-energy.com) £200 in hard copy and free of charge on CD. Copies of a short Non-Technical Summary are available free of charge.

Representations on the application may be submitted to Scottish Ministers via the Scottish Government Energy Consents Unit, either via the website at https://www.energyconsents.scot/Register.aspx; by email to representations@gov.scot; or by post to 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) and full postal address of those making representations. Emailed representations should also include the full return email 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 18 December 2022 although Scottish Ministers may consider representations received after this date.

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 inquiry to be held.

Following examination of the environmental information, Scottish Ministers will determine the application for consent in one of two ways: consent the proposal (with or without conditions attached); or reject the proposal.

General Data Protection Regulations

The Scottish Government processes representations under the Electricity Act 1989. To support transparency in decision making, the Scottish Government publishes online at https://www.energyconsents.scot. A privacy notice is published on the help page at https://www.energyconsents.scot/Documentation.aspx. This explains how the Scottish Government processes your personal information. If you have any concerns about the processing of your personal information by the Scottish Government, please email EconsentsAdmin@gov.scot or write to Scottish Government Energy Consents Unit, 4th Floor, 5 Atlantic Quay, 150 Broomielaw, Glasgow, G2 8LU.