Scottish Highlands, Planning Notice

Cloich Forest Windfarm Partnership 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 Cloich Windfarm Partnership LLP, company registration OC353594 at registered address Alexander House, 1 Mandarin Road, Rainton Bridge Business Park, Houghton Le Spring, Sunderland, DH4 5RA (Cloich Windfarm Partnership LLP is wholly owned by EDF Energy Renewables Limited), has applied to the Scottish Ministers for consent under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 to construct and operate a generating station called Cloich Forest Wind Farm on land at Cloich Forest, 5.5 kilometres north-west of Peebles (Central Grid Reference 320648, 647881). The application also requests that a direction be made by the Scottish Ministers under section 57 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 that planning permission is deemed to be granted. The generation capacity of the proposed Cloich Forest Wind Farm would exceed 50MW, comprising u p t o 12 turbines with a m a x i m u m ground to blade tip height of 149.9 metres, and a battery energy storage system. The proposal is subject to Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). An EIA Report has been produced to accompany the application for consent.
The Applicant has now submitted additional information (Supplementary Environmental Information) to Scottish Ministers, which includes information relating to hydrology, heritage and forestry, and in light of relocation of Turbine 8 and the introduction of an additional temporary construction compound and an additional control building.
Copies of the additional information and the application ('the information') are available for public inspection in person, free of charge, at:

Location
Peebles Library
Opening Hours
Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday 10:00-15:00 & Thursday 10:00-17:00.
Address
Chambers Institute, High St, Peebles EH45 8AG
Location
Scottish Borders Council
Opening Hours
Monday - Thursday 09:00-16:00
Address
Scottish Borders Council,
Council Headquarters
Newton St. Boswells
Melrose
TD6 0SA

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

; or at

using reference ECU00003288.

Copies of the additional information (Supplementary Environmental Information) may be obtained from Rory Carmichael at EDF Renewables (07557030652/

) for a charge of £365 hard copy or free of charge on CD (or 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

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

; or by post to the Scottish Government, Energy Consents Unit, 4" 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 20th January 2023, 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 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.
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