Spiorad na Mara Offshore Wind Farm - Proposed Onshore Transmission Works

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Spiorad na Mara Offshore Wind Farm – Associated Onshore Transmission Works
Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 (as amended)
Town and Country Planning (Hierarchy of Developments) (Scotland) Regulations 2009
Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Scotland)
Regulations 2013 (as amended)
Pre-Application Public Consultation

Notice is hereby given that Spiorad na Mara Limited (Company Number SC717716 with registered office at the Regus Building, 1st Floor, 93 George Street, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, EH2 3ES) plans to hold final pre-application consultation events regarding an application for full planning permission under the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 (as amended) for the proposed Onshore Transmission Works (OTW) associated with the Spiorad na Mara Offshore Wind Farm pursuant to the Proposal of Application Notice with reference 25/00131/PAN.
The OTW, inland of the Mean Low Water Mark (MLWM) on the Isle of Lewis, for the proposed Spiorad na Mara Offshore Wind Farm consists of:
Up to 12 cables exporting electricity from the offshore wind farm to transition joint bays (TJBs) at the landfall located north-east of Barvas on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis;
up to 2 onshore substations being:
a Landfall Substation (if required) to be located close to the final selected landfall location and TJBs;
a Grid Substation located near the proposed Scottish and Southern Energy Networks (SSEN) Lewis Hub;
export cable circuits linking the TJBs to the Landfall Substation and subsequently to the Grid Substation, or (in the event that a Landfall Substation is not required) 2 export cable circuits linking the TJBs to the Grid Substation; and
2 export cable circuits from the Grid Substation to the proposed SSEN Lewis Hub;
peat management areas;
associated infrastructure including (but not limited to):
o temporary construction compounds; o landscaping; o drainage;
o parking/servicing areas; o access tracks and road alterations; o cycleway/multi-use pathway.
Information about the OTW for the proposed Spiorad na Mara Offshore Wind Farm can be obtained at the following pre-application consultation events, to be held on the dates, and at the times and locations, below. The consultation events will provide an opportunity for the public and stakeholders to obtain information about, and provide feedback on, the OTW which form part of the prospective application(s). As these are the final consultation events for the OTW, feedback will be provided on comments received in consultation on the OTW to date and feedback will be published online via the project website

https://northlandpowerscotwind.co.uk/spiorad-na-mara/.

Date
Location
Time
Monday 24th November 2025
Garry Room, Caladh Inn, 11 James Street, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis HS1 2QN

4pm – 8pm
Tuesday 25th November 2025
Borve Country Hotel, Borve, Isle of Lewis HS2 0RX

12pm – 3pm
Tuesday 25th November 2025
Barvas and Brue Community Centre, Barvas, Isle of Lewis HS2 0RA
5pm-8pm
Information about the proposed OTW can also be obtained online via the project website,

https://northlandpowerscotwind.co.uk/spiorad-na-mara/.

This information will be available 24 hours a day from Monday 24th November 2025 – Wednesday 24th December 2025. Further information about the project is also available, at all times, on the same project website.
Information clinics, through which members of the public can make an appointment to speak with a member of the project team, will be available during the dates and times below. These appointments can be booked by calling +44 7442585935 or emailing

kathleen.milne@northlandpower.com.

Every effort will be made to accommodate alternative times, if requested.
Date
Location
Time
Tuesday 2nd December 2025
Online or at venue to be agreed mutually
9am – 12pm
Wednesday 3rd December 2025
Online or at venue to be agreed mutually
12pm – 3pm
Thursday 4th November 2025
Online or at venue to be agreed mutually
6pm-9pm
There are multiple ways that people can provide feedback as well as request further information during this consultation process, including:
Completing an online feedback form on the project website

https://northlandpowerscotwind.co.uk/spiorad-na-mara/;

Completing a hard copy feedback form at a public consultation event or sending it back to us by post at Spiorad na Mara Office, c/o Stornoway Business Hub, 9 Bank Street, HS1 2XG;
Contacting us directly via

spioradnamara@northlandpower.com;

Calling our project phone number +44 7442 5859 35.
All comments should be made to Spiorad na Mara Limited by 5pm on 24th December 2025.
Please note that all feedback provided during this consultation process will be to the Spiorad na Mara project team and are not representations to the Scottish Ministers or Comhairle nan Eilean Siar. There will be an opportunity to make representations to Comhairle nan Eilean Siar once the project submits its onshore planning application and associated Environmental Impact Assessment Report, at a later date.