Cockenzie, East Lothian - Planning Application

Cockenzie Storage Limited

Canusia Limited

ELECTRICITY ACT 1989

TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (SCOTLAND) ACT 1997

Notice is hereby given that Cockenzie Storage Limited, with company registration number 11007306, with its registered office at 5 New Street Square, London, United Kingdom, EC4A 3TW, and Canusia Limited, with company registration number 15592524, with its registered office at 2 Upperton Gardens, Eastbourne, England, BN21 2AH have made applications (the "amendment applications") for consent under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 to amend the existing application made to the Scottish Ministers on 30 August 2024 to construct and operate the Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) at Land South-West of Inglis Farm, Cockenzie, EH32 0JT (Grid Reference NT 39940 75173) which shall have an installed capacity of up to 342 MW (ECU Reference: ECU00004926).

Application ECU Reference: ECU00004926 is still under consideration by the Scottish Ministers. The proposed amendment applications are not subject to Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA).

The amendment applications made to the Scottish Ministers on 13 November 2024 seeks consent to amendments to ECU Reference: ECU00004926 to construct and operate:

Amendment to application ECU Reference: ECU00004926 to sub-divide the site into Parcel A and Parcel B. Parcel A to comprise 240 MW of BESS with supporting infrastructure and a new S36 application for Parcel B, 102 MW of BESS with supporting infrastructure in Parcel B.

A summary of the amendment applications, a copy of the amendment applications, a copy of the original section 36 application consent application, and the new application documents including plans showing the lands to which it relates and supporting documents are available for public inspection in person, free of charge, during normal office hours at:

The amendment application documents for application ECU Reference: ECU00004926 can also be viewed at www.energyconsents.scot under application reference.

Copies of the Planning Statement may also be obtained from Pegasus Group by emailing leeds.admin.team@pegasusgroup.co.uk free of charge. Copies of the application documents can also be viewed and downloaded from the application website at cockenziebatterystorage.co.uk.

Any representations on the amendment applications 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 22 December 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.

The Scottish Ministers may cause a public inquiry to be held into the variation application if they consider it appropriate to do so.

Following examination of the environmental information, Scottish Ministers will determine the variation application in one of two ways:

• Consent the proposal, with or without conditions attached; or

• Refuse the variation application.

General Data Protection Regulations

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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.