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Spiorad na Mara Offshore Windfarm Environmental Impact Assessment
What is planned?
Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar
The Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 (as amended)
The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2013 – Notice under Regulations 20
The Environmental Impact Assessment (Scotland) Regulations 2017 Notice under Regulation 21
Ref 26/00167/PPDM - Construction, operation and decommissioning of onshore electricity transmission infrastructure associated with the Spiorad na Mara Offshore Windfarm, comprising: up to 12 electricity cables and associated transmission joint bays (TJBs) to the landfall point; up to two onshore substations (one located at landfall and one to the southwest of Stornoway); underground electricity cables and associated infrastructure connecting the TJBs and onshore substation(s) with the SSEN Lewis Hub; temporary and permanent access roads and tracks; and associated access, ancillary infrastructure and works – at multiple locations on the Isle of Lewis – landfall location on the northwest coast near Barvas, site location on or near the Arnish Moor, land to the west of Stornoway and corridor across the Barvas Moor between these two locations.
Co-ordinates: 136094 (E); 948415 (N) Applicant: Spiorad na Mara Limited
Notice is hereby given that the above proposed development is subject to an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and that an EIA Report has been submitted to Comhairle nan Eilean Siar to inform the planning application for the above proposal.
During a period of 30 days, beginning with the date of this Notice, a copy of the EIA Report and other documents submitted with the application may be examined:
• on-line at
https://planning.cne-siar.gov.uk/PublicAccess
using reference 26/00167/PPDM
• at the Council Offices, Sandwick Road, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis HS1 2BW (Tel No 01851 822690) in Committee Room 3, during office hours*.
• at the following locations:
Location
Address
Opening Hours
Stornoway Library
19 Cromwell St, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, HS1 2DA
Tuesday - Friday 10:00 – 17:00
Saturday 10:00 – 16:00
Horshader Community Development
Raebhat House, North Shawbost, Isle of Lewis, HS2 9BD
Monday – Thursday 9:00 – 17:00 Friday 9:00 – 16:00**
Carloway Community Centre
Knock, Carloway, Isle of Lewis, HS2 9AU
Monday – Saturday 10:00 – 17:00***
Any person who wishes to make representations to the planning application and/or the EIA Report, may do so, by the expiry of 30 days of the date of this Notice, by:
• registering on the online planning portal at
https://planning.cne- siar.gov.uk/PublicAccess/
using reference number – 26/00167/PPDM
• email to
planning.representations@cne-siar.gov.uk
• writing to Planning (Development Management), Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, Sandwick Road, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis HS1 2BW
This application is of a class of development where pre-application consultation has been required and carried out. Notwithstanding comments previously submitted to the applicant, any person wishing to make representations relating to the planning application should make them to the Planning Service at the address or email above.
Copies of the EIA Report may also be obtained from Spiorad na Mara Limited by request via the project website (
) at a charge of £5,000 for hard copy and £10 on USB stick (including post and packaging). Copies of a short non-technical summary are available free of charge at a number of local venues or by contacting
kathleen.milne@northlandpower.com
Telephone 07442 585935.
Any subsequent submission of substantive information about a matter in the EIA Report shall be advertised in this publication and published on the Comhairle website/online planning portal under reference 26/00167/PPDM
The possible decisions which Comhairle nan Eilean Siar may take in relation to the application are to grant planning permission, to grant planning permission with conditions or to refuse permission.
*Committee Room 3 will not be available between 10.30am and 12pm on Wednesday 17 June **Horshader Community Development wil not be open on 25 June due to their scheduled chiropody practice visits ***These are the core opening hours for Carloway Community Centre, though the venue may be open longer most days. The EIAR and associated documents will be available to view during the full opening hours each day.
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