Buchan House, St Peter Street & Fraserburgh Library, King Edward Street - Public Inspection
What is planned?
ELECTRICITY ACT 1989
MARINE (SCOTLAND) ACT 2010
MARINE AND COASTAL ACCESS ACT 2009
THE ELECTRICITY WORKS (ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT) (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2017
THE MARINE WORKS (ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT) (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2017
THE MARINE WORKS (ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT) REGULATIONS 2007
THE ELECTRICITY (APPLICATIONS FOR CONSENT) REGULATIONS 1990
Notice is hereby given that Buchan Offshore Wind, registered
under company registration SC719636 at Suite 3b, 58 Waterloo
Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom, G2 7DA, has applied to the
Scottish Ministers for:
• consent under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989;
• declaration under section 36A of the Electricity Act 1989; and
• marine licences under section 20 of the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010
and section 65 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009;
to construct and operate an offshore wind farm at approximately
75 km at its closest point off the Aberdeenshire coast, northeast
of Fraserburgh in the outer Moray Firth with a total area of 330
km2 (central latitude and longitude co-ordinates: [58°24.524’N
1°14.120’W] (WGS84)). The installed capacity of the proposed
generating station would be approximately 1000 MW comprising
of up to 70 turbines with a maximum height of 340 metres above
Lowest Astronomical Tide.
The proposed development is subject to an environmental impact
assessment (“EIA”) under the EIA regulations listed above.
Copies of the application(s) including plan(s) detailing the location,
together with a copy of the EIA report discussing Buchan Offshore
Wind’s proposed development in more detail and presenting
an analysis of the environmental implications, are available for
inspection, free of charge at: Buchan House, St Peter Street,
Peterhead, AB42 1QF, open Monday to Friday, 8.45am to 12.30pm
and 1.30pm to 5pm, and Fraserburgh Library, King Edward Street,
Fraserburgh, AB43 9PN, open Tuesday & Thursday 9am to 6pm,
Friday 9am to 5pm and Saturday 10am to 2pm.
Any representations should be made in writing to the Scottish
Ministers by email to:
or by
post to Marine Directorate - Licensing Operations Team, Scottish
Government, 375 Victoria Road, Aberdeen, AB11 9DB, identifying
the proposed development and specifying the grounds for the
representation, not later than [42 days after the first advert date
or 30 days after publication of last notice]. The Scottish Ministers
may however consider representations received after this date.
Representations should be dated and should clearly state the name
(in block capitals) and the email or postal address of those making
the representation.
Subsequent submission by Buchan Offshore Wind of additional
or further information (as defined in the above EIA regulations) to
the Scottish Ministers will be publicised in a similar manner to the
current application including publication on the above websites.
Representations relative to additional or further information should
be made on the same basis as detailed above.
Where the Scottish Ministers decide to exercise their discretion to
do so the Scottish Ministers can cause a Public Local Inquiry (“PLI”)
to be held.
Having considered the applications, the environmental
information and the above legislation together with any
representations received, the Scottish Ministers may:
• Consent to the proposed development, with or without conditions
attached; or
• Reject the proposed development.
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