Hagshaw LDES Ltd - Coalburn, Douglas - construct and operate a Long Duration Electricity Storage
What is planned?
Hagshaw LDES Ltd
ELECTRICITY ACT 1989
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (SCOTLAND) ACT 1997
Notice is hereby given that Hagshaw LDES Ltd (Company Reg. No. SC831363, Registered Office at 19 Buccleuch Street, Hawick, Scotland, TD9 0HL) has applied to the Scottish Ministers for consent under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 to construct and operate a Long Duration Electricity Storage (LDES) development and associated infrastructure on land between Coalburn and Douglas in South Lanarkshire (Central Grid
Reference NS 82979 32556). The installed capacity of the proposed generating station would be up to 500MW. The operational life of the proposed generating station would be 40 years.
Hagshaw LDES Ltd has also applied for 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 documentation 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:
Location
Opening Hours
Address
St.Brides Centre, Douglas
Monday: 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Tuesday: 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Wednesday: 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Thursday: 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Friday: 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Saturday: CLOSED
Sunday: CLOSED
Braehead, Douglas, Lanark, ML11 0PT
Coalburn Miners Welfare, Coalburn
Monday: 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Tuesday: 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Wednesday: 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Thursday: 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Friday: 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Saturday: CLOSED
Sunday: CLOSED
42 Coalburn Rd, Coalburn, Lanark, ML11 0LH
The application can also be viewed at
https://3renergy.co.uk/projects/hagshaw-ldes/.
or at
under application reference ECU00006107.
Copies of the application may be obtained from 3R Energy email:
at a charge of £550 for hard copy and £10 on USB storage device. Copies of a short Non- Technical Summary are available free of charge.
Any representations to the application may be submitted by email to the Scottish Government, Energy Consents Unit mailbox at
; or by post to the Scottish Government, Energy Consents Unit, 4 th 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), full return email and postal address of those making representations. Only representations sent by email to
will receive acknowledgement.
All representations should be received not later than 10 July 2025, although Ministers may consider representations received after this date.
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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