Electricity
Zenobe Energy Limited
ELECTRICITY ACT 1989
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (SCOTLAND) ACT 1997
Notice is hereby given that Zenobe Energy Limited, company registration number 10436249, with its registered office at Burdett House, 15-16 Buckingham Street, London, England, WC2N 6DU, has applied to the Scottish Ministers for consent under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 to construct and operate the Carlisle Road Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) with associated access and infrastructure at Land adjacent to Carlisle Road (B7078), Coalburn, South Lanarkshire (Central Grid Reference NT 79334 41139). The installed capacity of the proposed Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) would be up to 200 MW. The proposed development is not subject to an Environmental Impact Assessment.
The Company has also asked that Scottish Ministers give 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, including plans showing the lands to which it relates and the supporting documents, is available for public inspection in person, free of charge during normal office hours (9-4.30pm Monday to Friday) at:
Coalburn Miners Welfare
42 Coalburn Road
Coalburn
Lanark
ML11 0LH
The application is also published on the Scottish Governmenet Energy Consents website at https://www.energyconsents.scot under application reference ECU00004799.
Copies of the application documents may also be obtained from Zenobe Energy Limited (telephone: +44 (0)20 3912 7853 or email: contact@zenobe.com) at the charge of £150 for hard copies, £20 on CD and £20 on USB. Copies of the Non- Technical Summary are available free of charge. Please note that there may be a delay in the Scottish Government receiving representations by post.
Representations on the application may be submitted to Scottish Ministers via the Scottish Government Energy Consents Unit, either via the website at https://www.energyconsents.scot/Register.aspx; by email to representations@gov.scot; or by post to Scottish Government Energy Consents Unit, 4th Floor, 5 Atlantic Quay, 150 Broomielaw, Glasgow, G2 8LU, identifying the proposal and specifying the grounds for representation.
Written or emailed representations should be dated, clearly stating the name (in block capitals) and full postal address of those making representations. Emailed representations should also include the full return email address of those making representations. Only representations sent by email to representations@gov.scot will receive acknowledgement. Please note that there may be a delay in the Scottish Government receiving representations by post.
All representations should be received not later than 11th October 2023 although Scottish Ministers may consider representations received after this date.
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 inquiry to be held.
Following examination of the environmental information, Scottish Ministers will determine the application for consent in one of two ways: consent the proposal (with or without conditions attached); or reject the proposal.
General Data Protection Regulations
The Scottish Government processes representations under the Electricity Act 1989. To support transparency in decision making, the Scottish Government publishes online at https://www.energyconsents.scot. A privacy notice is published on the help page at https://www.energyconsents.scot/Documentation.aspx. This explains how the Scottish Government processes your personal information. If you have any concerns about the processing of your personal information by the Scottish Government, please email EconsentsAdmin@gov.scot or write to Scottish Government Energy Consents Unit, 4th Floor, 5 Atlantic Quay, 150 Broomielaw, Glasgow, G2 8LU.