Sutherland, Coille Beith Wind Farm Planning Application

COILLE BEITH WIND FARM LIMITED

ELECTRICITY ACT 1989

TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (SCOTLAND) ACT 1997

THE ELECTRICITY WORKS (ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT) (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2017

Notice is hereby given that Coille Beith Wind Farm Limited, (“the Company”) with company registration number 13813629, having its registered office at 19th Floor 22 Bishopsgate, London, United Kingdom, EC2N 4BQ has applied to the Scottish Ministers for consent under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 to construct and operate Coille Beith Wind Farm on land approximately 18 kilometres (km) southwest of Lairg and 20 km northwest of Bonar Bridge, the Highlands, Scotland (approximate Ordnance Survey (OS) National Grid Reference (NGR) for Site centre: NH415986).

The expected installed wind capacity in megawatts (MW) would be up to 79.2 MW, comprising 11 turbines with a ground-to-blade tip height of up to 200 metres. 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 proposed Development be deemed to be granted.

The EIA Report was publicised in July 2025, however although present in document viewing venues and on the application website EIA Report Volume 3c: The Highland Council Visualisations was not published on the Energy Consents Unit (ECU) website.

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, is available for public inspection, free of charge on the application website at www.coille-beith.co.uk

or at www.energyconsents.scot

under application reference ECU000005173. No amendments have been made to the application documents since July 2025.

The EIA report is also available for public inspection in person, free of charge, during normal opening hours at:

Inspection Venues and Opening Hours

Copies of the EIA Report may be obtained from 0800 772 0668 / email: uk-post@sitakraft.com

at a charge of £1,500 per hard copy or free of charge on a USB storage device. Copies of a short Non-Technical Summary are available free of charge.

All previous representations received in relation to the application remain valid and will be taken into account by Scottish Ministers. There is no need to repeat, resubmit or reconsider previous representations.

Any representations on the application may be submitted by email to the Scottish Ministers 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 an acknowledgement.

All representations should be received not later than Monday 20th October 2025, although the Scottish Ministers may consider representations received after this date.

Any subsequent additional information which the Company submits 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:

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

• Reject the proposal.

General Data Protection Regulations

The Scottish Government processes representations under the Electricity Act 1989. To support transparency in decision-making, the Scottish Government publishes them online at www.energyconsents.scot

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A privacy notice is published on the Help page at www.energyconsents.scot

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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:

Econsents_Admin@gov.scot or write to: Scottish Government, Energy Consents Unit, 4th Floor, 5 Atlantic Quay,

150 Broomielaw, Glasgow, G2 8LU.