Kintyre Peninsula, Argyll and Bute – Wind Farm Variation Application

SSE Generation Limited

ELECTRICITY ACT 1989

TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (SCOTLAND) ACT 1997

THE ELECTRICITY GENERATING STATIONS (APPLICATIONS FOR VARIATION OF CONSENT) (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2013

THE ELECTRICITY WORKS (ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT) (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2017

Notice is hereby given that SSE Generation Limited, with company registration number 02310571, having its registered office at No.1 Forbury Place, 43 Forbury Road, Reading, United Kingdom, RG1 3JH, has made an application (the “Variation Application”) to the Scottish Ministers to vary the consent granted under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 (the “section 36 consent”) to construct and operate a Tangy IV Wind Farm and land North of Kilchenzie, Kintyre Peninsula, Argyll and Bute, Scotland (Central Grid Reference [167840, 629095]) previously consented in 2019 by the Scottish Ministers. The proposed variation is subject to Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). An EIA Report has been produced to accompany the variation application.

The variation application seeks to make the following variations:

• An increase in maximum turbine tip height from 149.9m to up to 200m, with a commensurate increase in the hub height, rotor diameter, and the size of hardstanding required;

• Optimisation and slight increase in length of access tracks;

• Relocation of consented substation to the north-west of the site to enable a more efficient grid connection route and increase in size of proposed substation platform;

• Removal of consented site substation and removal of consented operations control building that are no longer needed.

A summary of the variation application, a copy of the variation application, a copy of the original section 36 consent and decision letter including the direction under section 57 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 which stated that planning permission was deemed to be granted, and the EIA report prepared in relation to the proposed varied development (“the variation application documents”) are available for public inspection in person, free of charge, during normal office hours at:

The variation application documents can also be viewed on the application website at https://www.sserenewables.com/onshore-wind/great-britain/tangy or at www.energyconsents.scot under application reference: ECU00006203.

Copies of the variation application documents may be obtained from SSE Generation Limited, FAO Onshore Development Team, 1 Waterloo Street, Glasgow, G2 6AY or OWSBSupport@sse.com at a charge of £1500 hard copy and £15 on USB storage device. Copies of a short Non-Technical Summary are available free of charge.

Any representations on the variation 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 24 August 2026, although 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.

The Scottish Ministers may cause a public inquiry to be held into the variation application if they consider it appropriate to do so.

Following examination of the environmental information, Scottish Ministers will determine the variation application in one of two ways:

• agree to vary the Section 36 consent subject to any conditions they may require, or

• refuse the variation application.

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