Notice is hereby given that Vattenfall Wind Power Ltd (company registration number 06205750), with its Registered Office at First Floor, 1 Tudor Street, London, EC4Y 0AH, has applied to the Scottish Ministers for consent under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 to construct and operate a generating station comprising of a wind farm and battery energy storage system, known as Aultmore Wind Farm Redesign, in Moray to the north of Keith (Central Grid Reference E 345000, N 858400). The combined installed capacity of the proposed generating station would be approximately 155.6MW (approximately 105.6MW wind farm and 50MW battery energy storage system) comprising up to 16 wind turbines with a maximum ground to blade tip height of 200 metres and has been subject to Environmental Impact Assessment. An EIA Report has been produced to accompany the application for consent.

Vattenfall 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, is available for public inspection, free of charge, during the venue opening hours at the following locations:

The EIA Report can also be viewed on the project website www.vattenfall.co.uk/aultmore or on the Scottish Government Energy Consents website at www.energyconsents.scot under application reference ECU00003365.

Copies of the EIA Report may be obtained from Lucy Blake (telephone: 01736 335857 email: lucy.blake@vattenfall.com) at a charge of £1,500 per hard copy or free of charge on DVD/CD/USB.

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. 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 16th April 2024, 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

General Data Protection Regulations

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