Notice is hereby given that EDF Energy Renewables Ltd., (“the Company”) with company registration number 06456689, having its Registered Office at Alexander House 1 Mandarin Road, Rainton Bridge Business Park, Houghton Le Spring, Sunderland, England, DH4 5RA, 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 Dunside Wind Farm, on land within the Lammermuir Hills in the administrative boundary of Scottish Borders Council (Central Grid Reference NT 62096 57656). The installed capacity of the proposed generating station would exceed 50MW comprising up to 14 turbines with a maximum ground to blade tip height of 150 metres (two turbines), 180 metres (three turbines), 220 metres (nine turbines) and associated infrastructure. The proposal is subject to Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and an EIA Report has been produced.

The Company has also requested 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.

The Company has now submitted additional information to Scottish Ministers, which includes information relating to the assessment of potential significant effects arising from the redesign of the wind farm following responses from statutory stakeholders (including all topics previously covered in the EIA).

Copies of the additional information, the application and the EIA Report (‘the information’) are available for public inspection in person, free of charge, during normal office hours at:

The information can also be viewed on the application website at https://dunsidewindfarm.co.uk/; or at www.energyconsents.scot under application reference ECU00003436.

Copies of the information may be obtained from EDF Energy Renewables Ltd. (telephone: 07384 530 257 – Ruth Shewan, External Affairs Manager or email: info@dunsidewindfarm.co.uk) charge of £200 hard copy of the additional information and £500 hard copy of the EIA Report and free on USB. Copies of a short non- technical summary are available free of charge.

All previous representations received by Scottish Ministers in relation to the application remain valid.

Any new representations on the application may be submitted by email to the Scottish Government via 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.

Written or emailed representations should be dated, clearly stating the name (in block capitals), full postal address or full return e-mail 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 Monday 9th September 2024, 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.

Where Scottish Ministers are required to, or decide to exercise their discretion to do so, they can cause a public inquiry to be held.

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

General Data Protection Regulations

The Scottish Government processes applications under the Electricity Act 1989. To support transparency in decision making, the Scottish Government publishes representations online at www.energyconsents.scot. A privacy notice is published on the Help page at www.energyconsents.scot. 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.