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Glasgow, Planning Notice

Notice ID: GLA2554419

Notice effective from
11th November 2022 to 11th December 2022

Ourack Windfarm LLP


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

Notice is hereby given that Ourack Windfarm LLP, company registration number SO305106 with its Registered Office at 3rd Floor, The Tun Building, 4 Jackson's Entry, Holyrood Road, Edinburgh EH8 8PJ has applied to the Scottish Ministers for consent under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 to construct and operate Ourack wind farm at land approximately 10km north of Grantown on Spey (Central Grid Reference X305240 Y839171). The installed capacity of the proposed generating station would be over 50 MW at around 105 MW comprising 18 turbines with a ground to blade tip height of 180 metres along with 50 MW of battery storage. The proposed development is subject to Environmental Impact Assessment and an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report has been produced.

Ourack Windfarm LLP 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 Address
Grantown-on-Spey Library

Opening Hours
Monday 13:00 - 17:00;
18:00 - 20:00
Tuesday 10:00 - 13:00
Wednesday 10:00 - 13:00;
14:00 - 17:00
Thursday 10:00 - 13:00
Saturday 10:00 - 13:00
Sunday - Closed

Address
Library, The Courthouse, The Square, Grantown-on-Spey PH26 3HF

Application Information can also be viewed on the application website at

https://group.vattenfall.com/uk/what-we-do/our-projects/ourack

; or at

www.energyconsents.scot

under Application reference ECU 00001999.
Copies of the EIA report may be obtained from Ourack Windfarm LLP via Stantec (telephone: 0141 352 2360 / email

info.glasgow@stantec.com

) at a charge of £2,380 hard copy and £40 on USB. 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

www.energyconsents.scot/Register.aspx

; by email to the Scottish Government, Energy Consents Unit mailbox at

representations@gov.scot

; 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 Tuesday 20"' of December 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 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.

Attachments

GLA2554419.pdf Download

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