Notice is hereby given that Newlands Hill Wind Energy Hub Ltd (company registration number 13327241), with its Registered Office at Second Floor Hanover House, 47 Corn Street, Bristol, United Kingdom, BS1 1HT 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 Newlands Hill Wind Energy Hub located 6km southeast of Gifford and 11km southeast of Haddington on the northern edge of the Lammermuir Hills in East Lothian (Central Grid Reference 55.87723838108587, -2.646928669167389), within the administrative area of East Lothian Council. The installed capacity of the proposed generating station would be over 50MW comprising of up to 15 turbines with a maximum ground to blade tip height of 200 metres and 2 turbines with a maximum ground to blade tip height of 180 metres. An EIA Report has been produced to accompany the application for consent.

Newlands Hill Wind Energy Hub 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 Development be deemed to be granted.

Newlands Hill Wind Energy Hub Ltd has now submitted Additional Information to the Scottish Ministers, which includes information relating to Volume 4, Technical Appendix 11.1 -Groundwater Dependent Terrestrial Ecosystems (GWDTE) Report Figures 11.1 to 11.5 which were in error omitted from inclusion in the application.

A copy of this Additional Information and all other application related information is available for public inspection, free of charge on the application website https://www.newlandshillwindenergyhub.com or on the Scottish Government Energy Consents Unit website at www.energyconsents.scot under application reference ECU00004603.

Copies of the Additional Information may be obtained from Newlands Hill Wind Energy Hub Ltd (telephone: +44(0) 117 303 5217 or email: newlandshill@belltownpower.com, at a charge of £5 per hard copy.

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 10th March 2024 although Scottish Ministers may consider representations received after this date.

All previous representations received in relation to application documents submitted regarding this development remain valid.

Any subsequent Additional Information which is submitted by or on behalf of Newlands Hill Wind Energy Hub Ltd 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, 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

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