Notice is hereby given that Ladyfield Renewable Energy Park Ltd, a company incorporated under the Companies Act with company number 13804873 and having its registered office at Noah’s Ark, Market Street, Charlbury, Chipping Norton, England, OX7 3PL has applied to the Scottish Ministers for consent under Section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 to construct and operate the Ladyfield Renewable Energy Park (“the Proposed Development”) situated approximately 4.7km north of Inveraray (Central Grid Reference 210197, 715498). It will have a generating capacity of up to 99.9 MW and will comprise of up to 13 turbines with maximum ground to blade tip heights of up to 180m. The Proposed Development is subject to Environmental Impact Assessment and the applicant has had an Environmental Impact Assessment report (“EIA report”) produced.

Ladyfield Renewable Energy Park Ltd 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.

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, are available for public inspection in person, free of charge, during normal office hours at:

The EIA report can also be viewed on the application website at https://ridgecleanenergy.com/ladyfield/ and at www.energyconsents.scot under application reference ECU00003291.

Copies of the EIA report may be obtained from Ridge Clean Energy Ltd (telephone: 01608 819253/email: ladyfield@theridgegroup.com) at a charge of £1000 hard copy and £10 on USB. Copies of a short non-technical summary are available free of charge.

Any representations to the application may be submitted via the Scottish Government’s Energy Consents Unit (the ECU”) website at www.energyconsents.scot/Register.aspx; by email to the ECU 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 application and specifying the grounds for representation.

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 3rd March 2024, although the Scottish Ministers may consider representations received after this date.

Any subsequent additional information which is submitted by the Company 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, 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:

• grant consent to the proposed Development, with or without conditions attached; or

• reject the application.

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