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Switching Station, Balallan, Lochs - Environmental Impact Assessment
What is planned?
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 and 20A
The Environmental Impact Assessment (Scotland) Regulations 2017 - Notice under Regulation 27 – Notice of submission of additional environmental information
Application Reference 26/00168/PPDM - Erection of a 132 kV switching station, electrical installations, earthworks to form the switching station and cable sealing end platforms and access, and associated works to include formation of access, drainage, boundary treatment and peat management and the temporary formation of construction laydown and welfare areas. at Switching Station, Balallan, Lochs
Co-ordinates: 125786 (E); 919396 (N)
Applicant: Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission
Notice is hereby given that the above proposed development is subject to an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and that additional information in relation to the 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 additional information to the EIA Report may be examined:
• on-line at
https://planning.cne-siar.gov.uk/PublicAccess
using reference 26/00168/PPDM
• at the Council Offices, Sandwick Road, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis HS1 2BW (Tel No 01851 822690) during office hours;
• at Kinloch Community Hub, Balallan, HS2 9PN.
Any person who wishes to make representations to the planning application in relation to the EIA Report, may submit comments, by the expiry of 30 days of the date of this Notice, by:
• registering on the online portal at
https://planning.cne- siar.gov.uk/PublicAccess/
using Reference number – 26/00168/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
A copy of the EIA Report may be purchased at a cost of £1000 (hard copy cost) or £15 (pen drive} by contacting Katherine Cook, SSEN Transmission, 10 Henderson Road, Inverness, IV1 1SN email
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.
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 26/00168/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.
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