Oliver Forest Wind Farm - Environmental Impact Assessment

OLIVER FOREST WIND FARM LIMITED
ELECTRICITY ACT 1989
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (SCOTLAND) ACT 1997 THE ELECTRICITY WORKS
(ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT) (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2017

Notice is hereby given that Oliver Forest Wind Farm Limited, (“the Company”) with company registration number 14293534, having its registered office at 19th Floor, 22 Bishopsgate, London, EC2N 4BQ has applied to the Scottish Ministers for consent under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 to construct and operate Oliver Forest Wind Farm, an electricity generating station made of up to seven wind turbines with a ground to blade tip height of 200 metres with associated ancillary infrastructure and Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), located at Oliver Forest, directly north-west of the A701 between Tweedsmuir and Glenbreck, approximately 12.5 km south of Broughton and approximately 19 km north of Moffat (Central Grid Reference 308300, 624200). The installed capacity of the proposed generating station including BESS would be over 50 MW (approximately 73 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 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:
Location
Opening hours
Address
Scottish Borders Council Headquarters
Mon to Thurs:
9am - 5pm
Bowden Road, Newtown St Boswells, Melrose,
TD6 0SA
Biggar Library

Mon, Tues, Fri and Sat: 9.30am – 12.30pm; 1.30pm – 4pm Thurs: 3pm – 8pm
Market Road, Biggar ML12 6FX
The EIA Report can also be viewed on the application website at www.oliverforestwindfarm.com; or at www.energyconsents.scot under application reference ECU00004669.
Copies of the EIA Report may be obtained from SLR Consulting Limited (Tel: 03300 886631 or Email: fscott@slrconsulting.com) at a charge of £1,500 hard copy and £15 on USB storage device. 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 18 October 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, 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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