Notice is hereby given that SSE Thermal Generation (Scotland) Limited (“the Applicant”), company registration number SC664055, with its registered office at Inveralmond House, 200 Dunkeld Road, Perth, Scotland, PH1 3AQ, has applied to the Scottish Ministers for consent under Section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 to construct and operate a low carbon combined cycle gas turbine generating station with a capacity of up to 910 megawatts, including carbon capture plant and ancillary development (“the Proposed Development”) on land at and within the vicinity of Peterhead Power Station, Boddam, approximately 1.5 kilometres south of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, AB42 3BZ (centred on National Grid Reference 412597, 842972). The Proposed Development is known as the Peterhead Low Carbon CCGT Project and is subject to an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). An EIA Report has been produced to accompany the application for Section 36 consent.

The Applicant has also applied for a direction under Section 57(2) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 that planning permission for the Proposed Development be deemed to be granted.

The Applicant has now submitted further Additional Information (the ‘Additional Information 2’) to the Scottish Ministers, which includes:

· a response to comments on climate change matters made by Friends of the Earth (FoE) dated 12th May 2022 and submitted to the Energy Consents Unit; and

· further information on air quality and air quality modelling requested by the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) on 28th March 2023.

A copy of the Additional Information 2 together with a copy of the EIA Report discussing the Applicant’s proposals in more detail and presenting an analysis of the environmental implications, are available for public inspection in person, free of charge, during normal office hours at:

A copy of the Additional Information 2 and all other application related information is also available for public inspection, free of charge on the application website https://www.ssethermal.com/flexible-generation/development/peterhead-carboncapture/ or on the Scottish Government Energy Consents Unit website at www.energyconsents.scot under application reference ECU00003433.

The Additional Information 2 may be obtained from the Applicant (telephone: 0800 211 8270 or email: ThermalEnquiries@sse.com) in hard copy form for a charge of £25 per copy or on a USB device for a charge of £15 per USB device.

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 21st September 2023, although the Scottish Ministers may consider representations received after this date.

Any subsequent Additional Information which is submitted by or on behalf of the Applicant 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 the Scottish Ministers decide to exercise their discretion to do so, the Scottish Ministers can also cause a Public Inquiry to be held.

Following examination of the environmental information, the 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

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 www.energyconsents.scot. A privacy notice is published on the help page at www.energyconsents.scot. This explains how the Energy Consents Unit processes your personal information. If you have any concerns about how your personal data is handled, please email Econsents_admin@gov.scot.