Notice is hereby given that Energiekontor UK Ltd, company registration number 03830819 with its Registered Office at Sovereign House, 212-224 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 6HQ 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 Strath Oykel Wind Farm, located within the Strath Oykel forest, in the Sutherland region of the Scottish Highlands, south of the River Oykel, 2km south of the A837 and 1.5km south east of Doune, (Central Grid Reference 244679, 898954). The installed capacity of the proposed generating station would be over 50MW comprising up to 11 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. Energiekontor UK Ltd has now submitted additional information to Scottish Ministers, which includes information relating to Non-Technical Summary and Outline Biodiversity Enhancement on site.

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 on the application website https://www.energiekontor.co.uk/our-projects/strath-oykel or on the Scottish Government Energy Consents website at www.energyconsents.scot under application reference ECU00003246.

The information can also be viewed on the Scottish Government Planning and Environmental Appeals Division website at www.dpea.scotland.gov.uk under case reference WIN-270-18

Copies of the information may be obtained from Energiekontor UK Ltd (telephone: 07780 471899 / email: calum.morris@energiekontor.com) for a charge of £100 for a hard copy and £15 on CD. Copies of a short non-technical summary are available free of charge.

Any representations to the application may be submitted by email to the Scottish Government Planning and Environmental Appeals Division mailbox at DPEA@gov.scot, or by post to Planning and Environmental Appeals Division, Ground Floor, Hadrian House, Callendar Business Park, Callendar Road, Falkirk, FK1 1XR, identifying the proposal and specifying the grounds for representation.

Representations should be dated, clearly stating the name (in block capitals), and full return email and postal address of those making representations. Only representations sent by email to DPEA@gov.scot will receive acknowledgement.

All representations should be received not later than 27 October 2023, 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.

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.

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