THE ELECTRICITY WORKS (ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT) (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2017

Stranoch Wind Farm Ltd

ELECTRICITY ACT 1989

TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (SCOTLAND) ACT 1997

THE ELECTRICITY WORKS (ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT) (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2017

Notice is hereby given that Stranoch Wind Farm Ltd (Alexander House, 1 Mandarin Road, Rainton Bridge Business Park, Houghton Le Spring, Sunderland, England, DH4 5RA, Company number 02825049, a wholly owned subsidiary of EDF Energy Renewables Ltd, of the same address, Company No. 06456689), has applied to the Scottish Ministers for consent under Section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 to construct and operate the Stranoch 2 Wind Farm on land between New Luce and Barrhill in Dumfries and Galloway (Central Grid Reference NX 156 722). 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. The installed capacity of the proposed generating station would be in excess of 50 MW, comprising twenty turbines. Two of the turbines have a ground to blade tip height of up to 140m, eight have a ground to blade tip height of up to 149.9m and ten have a ground to blade tip height of up to 175m. The proposal is subject to Environmental Impact Assessment.

Stranoch Wind Farm Ltd has now submitted additional information to Scottish Ministers, which includes information relating to private water supplies, peat landslide risk assessment and habitat management.

Copies of the additional information and the application ('the information') are available for public inspection in person, free of charge at:

? Dumfries and Galloway Council, Area Planning Office, Ashwood House, Sun Street, Stranraer, DG9 7JJ during normal office hours



? Dumfries and Galloway Council, Council Headquarters, English Street,



Dumfries, DG12DD

Monday to Friday 9am-5pm;

? Stranraer Council Offices, Sun Street, Stranraer DG9 7JJ Monday to Friday 9am-5pm;



? Barrhill Memorial Hall, Main Street, Barrhill KA26 0PP Tuesdays only - between 10.00am until 4.00pm



? New Luce Village Shop, 1 Station Rd, New Luce, Newton Stewart, DG8 0AL Monday to Friday 8.30 am - 12.30 pm.



? Stranraer Library, North Strand Street, Stranraer, DG9 7LD. Monday to Thursday 9am to 5pm,



Fridays 9am to 4pm, Saturdays 10am to 1pm.

The information can also be viewed in person at the Scottish Government Library at Victoria Quay, Edinburgh, EH6 6QQ during normal office hours; or online on

or on the application website at

Hard copies of the additional information may be obtained from EDF Renewables with a charge of £30. Please request by email

or post (Richard Fisher, EDF Renewables, Atria One, 144 Morrison Street, Edinburgh, EH3 8EX).

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.

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 17th June 2019 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.

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

. A privacy notice and a fair processing notice are published on the help page at

. These explain how the Energy Consents Unit processes your personal information. If you have any concerns about how your personal data is handled, please email

or write to Energy Consents Unit, 4th Floor, 5 Atlantic Quay, 150 Broomielaw,

Glasgow, G2 8LU.