Notice is hereby given that ESB Asset Development UK Limited, (“the Company”) with company registration number 06925667, having its registered office at Fora, 16-19 Eastcastle, London, W1W 8DY 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 West Torrisdale Wind Farm on land approximately 4 km southwest of Carradale, Argyll and Bute, in Scotland (Central Grid Reference NR 76731 36486). The installed capacity of the proposed generating station would be over 50 MW comprising up to 9 turbines with a ground to blade tip height of 149.9 metres. The proposed generating station also includes a proposed battery energy storage system (BESS) of approximately 20 MW. The Proposed Development 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 proposed generating station 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, at:

The EIA Report can also be viewed on the application website at http://www.esbenergy.co.uk/our-story-in-britain/about/our-story-in-britain/west-torrisdale-wind-farm or at www.energyconsents.scot under application reference ECU00002224.

Copies of the EIA Report may be obtained from ESB Asset Development UK Limited (email: westtorrisdale@esb.ie) at a charge of £1,000 per hard copy of Volumes 1-3, and free of charge for a digital copy on USB drive. Copies of a short Non-Technical Summary are available free of charge.

Any 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) 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.

All representations should be received not later than 17th February 2025 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, 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.

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The Scottish Government processes representations under the Electricity Act 1989. 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 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.