Spiorad na Mara Offshore Wind Farm - Pre-Application Public Consultation, With Revision Of Boundaries

Public Notice
Spiorad na Mara Offshore Wind Farm – Associated Onshore Transmission Infrastructure
Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 (as amended)
Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2013
Pre-Application Public Consultation, with revision of boundaries to
reflect peat management and refinement of landfall options

Notice is hereby given that Spiorad na Mara Limited (Company Number SC717716 with registered office at the Regus Building, 1st Floor, 93 George Street, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, EH2 3ES) plans to hold pre-application consultation events in relation to an application for full planning permission under the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 (as amended) to construct onshore transmission works in association with the Spiorad na Mara Offshore Wind Farm. This notice updates the previously approved Pre Application Public Consultation Notice Ref 24/00327/PAN, to reflect refinement of the landfall location and inclusion of peat management areas.
The onshore works, inland of the Mean Low Water Mark (MLWM), for the proposed Spiorad na Mara Offshore Wind Farm consists of:
Up to 12 cables exporting electricity from the offshore wind farm to transition joint bays (TJBs) at the landfall located north-east of Barvas on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis;
up to 2 onshore substations being:
a Landfall Substation (if required) to be located close to the final selected landfall location and TJBs;
a Grid Substation located near the proposed Scottish and Southern Energy Networks (SSEN) Converter Station;
export cable circuits linking the TJBs to the Landfall Substation and subsequently to the Grid Substation, or (in the event that a landfall substation is not required) 2 export cable circuits linking the TJBs to the Grid Substation; and
2 export cable circuits from the Grid Substation to the SSEN Converter Station;
peat management areas;
associated infrastructure including (but not limited to):
temporary construction compounds;
landscaping;
drainage;
parking/servicing areas;
access tracks and road alterations;
cycleway/ multi-use pathway.
Information about the proposed onshore transmission works and the Spiorad na Mara Offshore Wind Farm can be obtained at the following pre-application consultation events, to be held on the dates, and at the times and locations, below. The consultation events will provide an opportunity for the public and stakeholders to obtain information about, and to consider and comment on, the prospective application(s).
Date
Location
Time
Monday 2nd June 2025
Cabarfeidh Hotel, Manor Park, Perceval Rd S, Stornoway HS1 2EU
3pm – 7pm
Tuesday 3rd June 2025
Clan McQuarrie Community Centre, Borve, Isle of Lewis HS2 0RY
12pm – 2pm

Barvas and Brue Community Centre, Barvas, Isle of Lewis HS2 0RA
4pm – 7pm
Wednesday 4th June 2025
Shawbost Old School Trust, 43 N Shawbost, Isle of Lewis HS2 9BQ
3pm – 7pm
Thursday 5th June 2025
Uig Community Centre, Uig, Isle of Lewis HS2 9JE
3pm – 7pm
Information about the project can also be obtained in a virtual exhibition available 24 hours a day from 2nd June 2025 – 2nd July 2025, accessed via the project website,

www.spioradnamara.co.uk.

Further information about the project is also available, at all times, on the same project website.
Information clinics, through which members of the public can make an appointment to speak with a member of the project team, will be available from 9th June and 13th June. These appointments can be booked by calling +44 7442585935 or emailing

kathleen.milne@northlandpower.com

There are multiple ways that people can provide feedback during this consultation process, including:
Completing an online feedback form via the project website

https://northlandpowerscotwind.co.uk/spiorad-na-mara/;

Completing a hard copy feedback form at a public consultation event or sending it back to us by post at Spiorad na Mara Office, c/o Stornoway Business Hub, 9 Bank Street, HS1 2XG;
Contacting us directly via

spioradnamara@northlandpower.com;

Calling our project phone number +44 7442585935.
Comments should be dated and clearly state the name (in block capitals) and full return email or postal address of those making the comment.
All comments need to be received by 5pm, 2nd July 2025.
Please note that all feedback provided during this consultation process will be to the Spiorad na Mara project team and not to Comhairle nan Eilean Siar. There will be an opportunity to make submissions to Comhairle nan Eilean Siar once the project submits its planning application and associated Environmental Impact Assessment Report, at a later date.