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Kinloch Historical Society, Community Hub - Public Consultation Event
What is planned?
The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations
2013 (As Amended) Regulation 7
NOTICE OF PRE-APPLICATION CONSULTATION
Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission plc (the Applicant), operating and known as Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks Transmission (SSEN Transmission), hereby submits notification of pre-application consultation for a proposed development on land east of Loch Stranndabhat, Isle of Lewis. The development site is located at, and in the vicinity of Loch Stranndabhat on land to the east of the loch and north of the A859 Road near Balallan.
The proposed development is for: Proposed Construction and Operation of a 132 kV Switching Station, and the Associated Undertaking of Earthworks, the Formation of Platforms, Landscaping, Means of Access, Means of Enclosure, Site Drainage, Temporary Construction Compounds, Peatland Reprofiling and Improvement and Other Associated Operations (National Development).
A Proposal of Application Notice (PAN) was submitted to Comhairle nan Eilean Siar for this proposed
development on 25 July 2025.
A consultation event on these proposals (Public Event 1) was held at Kinloch Historical Society, Balallan on 27 August 2025 and Resource Centre, Kershader on 28 August 2025.
Comments received at the first consultation event and online during the consultation period, as well as
comments received at the joint events held at Kinloch Historical Society, Balallan on 15 October 2025 and Resource Centre, Kershader on 16 October 2025 have been summarised. Feedback on these comments will be presented at the second public consultation event (Public Event 2) which will be held on:
Thursday 2 April 2026 at Kinloch Historical Society, Community Hub, Balallan, Isle of Lewis HS2 9PN between 1600 and 1900.
Further information can be viewed on the project website at: Balallan Switching Station - SSEN
Transmission You can submit comments on the proposals to the Applicant by email or in writing to: Community Liaison Manager, Kevin Morrison 07586 237 814
Battery Point, Stornoway, Outer Hebrides, HS1 2RT.
These comments must be received no later than 17 April 2026.
The Pre-application Consultation (PAC) process undertaken, and the feedback received will be
summarised and presented in a PAC Report that will be submitted with the future planning application.
Please note that any comments made to the Applicant are not representations to Comhairle nan Eilean Siar. There will be opportunity to make representations to the local planning authority following the submission of any subsequent planning application for the development.
Katherine Cook
For and on behalf of Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission Plc.
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