High Mark Forest - Application for Onshore Wind Farm & Battery Energy Storage Facility

WIND ESTATE 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 Wind Estate UK Ltd (“the Company”) with company registration number 10116532, having its registered office at 35 Westgate, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom, HD1 1PA has applied to the Scottish Ministers for consent under Section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 to construct and operate an onshore wind farm at High Mark Forest in the Dumfries and Galloway Council Area (Central Grid Reference: 21239X, 570816Y). The installed capacity of the proposed generating station would be approximately 65.4MW comprising of up to seven turbines, up to 200 metres to blade tip and a 15MW Battery Energy Storage (BESS) Facility. 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 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:

The EIA Report can also be viewed on the application website at https://www.highmark-windfarm.co.uk; or at www.energyconsents.scot under application reference ECU0005159.

Copies of the EIA Report may be obtained from Wind Estate Ltd (telephone: 0131 516 3543 / graham@windestate.com) at a charge of £1,750 per hard copy and £25 for an electronic copy. Copies of a short Non-Technical Summary are available free of charge.

Any representations on the application may be submitted via www.energyconsents.scot, using the relevant project Name and/or ECU reference number. Please note that you must be in possession of a working email address to submit a representation virtually. If you would prefer to submit your representation by post, please send 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 representations should be dated, clearly stating the name (in block capitals) and full postal address of those making representations. All representations should be received not later than 30th June although the Scottish Ministers may consider representations received after this date.

Any subsequent additional information which is submitted by the developer 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. Scottish Ministers will determine the application for consent in one of two ways:

• Grant consent, with or without conditions attached; or

• Refuse 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 online at www.energyconsents.scot.

A privacy notice is published on the Help page at www.energyconsents.scot. This explains how the Scottish Government processes your personal information. If you have any any concerns about the processing of your personal information by the Scottish Government, please email ConsentsAdmin@gov.scot or write to Scottish Government, Energy Consents Unit, 4th Floor, 5 Atlantic Quay, 150 Broomielaw, Glasgow, G2 8LU.