Highland Council area (4?km NW of Kilmorack) – Section?36 EIA wind farm application
What is planned?
ENERGIEKONTOR UK LTD
ELECTRICITY ACT 1989
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (SCOTLAND) ACT 1997
THE ELECTRICITY WORKS (ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT) (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2017
Notice is hereby given that Energiekontor UK Ltd, company registration number 03830819, with its Registered Office at 114 St Martin’s Lane, London WC2N 4BE has applied to the Scottish Ministers for consent under Section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 to construct and operate a wind farm known as Ballach Wind Farm (“the proposed Development”) approximately 4km north west of Kilmorack (Central Grid Reference: 240923, 847593) within the planning authority area of the Highland Council. The installed capacity of the proposed Development would be approximately 134MW comprising 20 turbines each with a ground to blade tip height of up to 230 metres and 5MW Battery Storage. The proposed Development is subject to Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and an EIA Report has been produced and submitted to the Scottish Ministers.
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 proposed 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 |
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Beauly Post Office | Monday – Friday: 7 am–9 pm
Saturday: 8 am–9 pm Sunday: 9 am–9 pm |
Station Rd, Beauly
IV4 7EH |
The EIA Report can also be viewed on the application website at https://energiekontor.co.uk/our-projects/ballach-wind-farm/ or at www.energyconsents.scot under application reference ECU00005219.
Copies of the EIA Report may be obtained from Energiekontor’s Project Manager Calum Morris (email: calum.morris@energiekontor.com) at a charge of £1,550.00 hard copy and free of charge on USB. 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 15th September 2025 although the Scottish Ministers may consider representations received after this date.
Any subsequent additional information which is submitted by the Company will be subject to further public notice in this manner, and representations to such information will be accepted as per this notice.
Where the 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, the Scottish Ministers will determine the application for consent in one of two ways:
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grant consent, with or without conditions attached; or
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refuse to grant consent.
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Scottish Government, Energy Consents Unit,
4th Floor, 5 Atlantic Quay, 150 Broomielaw, Glasgow, G2 8LU.
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From
14-Aug-2025
To
15-Sept-2025
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