Notice is hereby given that Energy Isles Limited, company registration number SC466337 with its Registered Office at 10 Charlotte Street, Lerwick, Shetland, ZE1 0JL 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 Energy Isles Wind Farm, Yell, Shetland Islands (Central Grid Reference 450134, 1201392). The application also requests that a direction be made by the Scottish Ministers granting planning permission under section 57 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997. The installed capacity of the proposed generating station would be over 50MW comprising up to 18 turbines, all of which would have a maximum ground to blade tip height of 180 metres. The proposed generating station and ancillary development has been subject to Environmental Impact Assessment. An EIA Report was produced to accompany the application for consent and Additional Information was submitted to Scottish Ministers in August 2020 (“SEI1”) and September 2021 (“SEI2”).

The EIA Report was publicised in accordance with the requirements under Regulation 14 of the Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2017. SEI1 and SEI2 were publicised in accordance with the requirements under Regulation 20 of the Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2017. However due to a clerical error the notices of publication of SEI1 in August 2020 and SEI2 in September 2021 were inadvertently published in the name of Energy Isles Shetland Limited, when they should have been published in the name of the applicant, Energy Isles Limited.

For good order in compliance with Regulation 20 of the of the Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2017, this notice of submission of SEI1 and SEI2 (together “the Additional Information”) has been published by Energy Isles Limited. For the avoidance of doubt, the Additional Information that is the subject of this notice is identical to the environmental information that was previously the subject of publicity and consultation in August 2020 and September 2021. There has been no change to the proposed development and no new environmental information is being made available that interested parties have not already had an opportunity to make representations on pursuant to the consultations on SEI1 and SEI2 in August 2020 and September 2021.

A copy of SEI1 and SEI2 alongside the application and EIA Report is available for public inspection, free of charge on the application website http://www.energyisles-shetland.co.uk/ or on the Scottish Government Energy Consents website at www.energyconsents.scot under application reference ECU00001844.

A hard copy of the EIA Report, SEI1 and SEI2 are available for public viewing at Shetland Library, Lower Hillhead, Lerwick, Shetland, ZE1 0EL during the library opening hours. Hard copies of the EIA Report, SEI1 and SEI2 can be obtained from Energy isles Shetland Limited (email: EnergyIsles@statkraft.com) at a charge of £800 each or £20 for an electronic copy on a USB. Copies of a short Non-Technical Summary of the EIA Report, SEI1 and SEI2 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. Please note that there may be a delay in the Energy Consents Unit receiving representations by post.

All previous representations received in relation to the application and SEI1 and SEI2 in particular, remain valid and will be taken into account by Scottish Ministers. There is no need to repeat, re-submit or reconsider previous representations. Any further 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 26 September 2023, although Ministers may consider representations received after this date.

Any subsequent information which is submitted by the developer under the Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2017 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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