Northwest of Loch Ness, to the south of Drumnadrochit - Town and Country Planning Application Environmental Impact Assessment
What is planned?
GLEN EARRACH ENERGY
ELECTRICITY ACT 1989
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (SCOTLAND) ACT 1997
THE ELECTRICITY WORKS (ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT) (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2017
Notice is hereby given that Glen Earrach Energy Limited, (“the Company”) with company registration number SC777268, having its registered office at 50 Lothian Road, Festival Square, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH3 9WJ has applied to the Scottish Ministers for consent under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 to construct and operate a Pumped Storage Hydro scheme to the northwest of Loch Ness, approximately 9.5 km to the south of Drumnadrochit, and 6.5 km north of Invermoriston within The Highland Council administration region (Central Grid Reference of Headpond NH 45223 22331, and Tailpond NH 54114 28417). The installed electrical pumping capacity of the proposed generating station would be approximately 2,000 MW and 1,800 MW of installed electrical generating capacity. 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
The Highland Council
Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm
Glenurquhart Road, Inverness, IV3 5NX
Great Glen Pharmacy
Monday to Saturday from 8:45am to 6pm
Drumnadrochit
IV63 6UL
Clog and Craft Shop
Thursday from 12 noon to 3pm Friday from 11am to 3pm
Skye Road, Invermoriston, Inverness IV63 7WE
Foyers Stores, Post Office & Cafe
Monday to Saturday from 9am to 5:30pm Sunday from 10am – 2pm
Foyers, Inverness IV2 6XU
The EIA Report can also be freely viewed on the application website at
https://www.glenearrach.energy,
or at
under application reference ECU00005121.
Copies of the EIA Report may be obtained from AECOM by emailing
at a charge of £550 per hard copy and £10 on USB storage device (with the exception of Volume 6: Confidential Appendices). Hard copies of a short Non-Technical Summary are available for £10.
Any representations on the application may be submitted by email to the Scottish Government via
; or by post to the Scottish Government, Energy Consents Unit, 4thFloor, 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
will receive acknowledgement.
All representations should be received not later than Monday 2nd June 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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