Dumfries and Galloway, Proposed contruction of wind farm

Fred. Olsen Renewables Limited

ELECTRICITY ACT 1989
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (SCOTLAND) ACT 1997
THE ELECTRICITY WORKS (ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT) (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2017

Notice is hereby given that Fred. Olsen Renewables Limited, company registration number 13633932, with its Registered Office at 2nd Floor, 36 Broadway, London, England, SW1H 0BH, has applied to the Scottish Ministers for consent under Section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 to construct and operate a wind farm known as Windy Standard I Wind Farm Repower, Dumfries and Galloway (Central Grid Reference NS607027).

The installed capacity of the proposed generating station would be approximately 49.6 MW - comprising 8 turbines, with a maximum blade tip of 200 metres, and has been subject to Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) has been produced to accompany the application for consent.

Fred. Olsen Renewables Limited 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 EIAR 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: Windy Standard I Repower (fredolsenrenewables.com) or on the Scottish Government Energy Consents website at www.energyconsents.scot under application reference ECU00003324.

The EIA Report is also available for public inspection in person, free of charge at:

Location
Opening hours
Address

Lagwyne Hall (Carsphairn)
Lagwyne Hall is open when booked out for an activity/meeting -  these times can be found on: Lagwyne Hall
- Carsphairn  Community  Website.
Lagwyne Hall, Carsphairn, DG7 3TQ

Copies of the EIA Reports may be obtained from Fred. Olsen through communities@fredolsen.co.uk at a charge of £1,250 per hard copy and at a charge of £15 on a DVD/USB. Hard 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 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.
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 representations@gov.scot will receive acknowledgement.

All representations should be received not later than 27th February 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, Scottish Ministers will determine the application for consent in two ways:
• Consent the proposal, with or without conditions attached; or
• Reject the proposal
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