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Bodingee Wind Farm - Envirnmental Impact Assessment
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ONPATH ENERGY (BODINGEE WIND FARM) LIMITED
ELECTRICITY ACT 1989
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (SCOTLAND) ACT 1997
THE ELECTRICITY WORKS (ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT)
(SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2017
Notice is hereby given that OnPath Energy (Bodinglee Wind Farm) Limited (formerly Banks Renewables (Bodinglee Wind Farm) Limited), (“the Company”) with company registration number 12857095, having its registered office at Chase House, 4 Mandarin Road, Rainton Bridge Business Park, Houghton-le-Spring, DH4 5RA has applied to the Scottish Ministers for consent under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 to construct and operate a wind farm at Bodinglee , to the south of Douglas in South Lanarkshire (Central Grid Reference Bodinglee East: NS 88436 29583 Bodinglee West: NS 85864 27782). The installed capacity of the proposed generating station would be approximately 245 MW comprising turbines with a ground to blade tip height of between 200 and 250 metres and approximately 100 MW Battery Energy Storage System. 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.
The Company has now submitted Additional Information to Scottish Ministers, which includes information relating to the proposed grid connection route.
Copies of the Additional Information (‘the information’) are available for public inspection in person, free of charge, during normal office hours at:
Location
Opening hours
Address
Douglas Water Golf Club
Tuesday-Friday 0800-1930 Saturday-Monday 0830-1800
Ayr Road, Rigside, Lanark ML11 9NP
St Brides Centre
Monday-Thursday 0900-2130 Friday 0900-1530
Saturday-Sunday Closed
Braehead, Douglas, Lanark ML11 0PT
The information can also be viewed on the application website at
https://www.onpathenergy.com/bodinglee/;
or at
under application reference ECU00004839.
Copies of the information may be obtained from OnPath Energy Limited (telephone: 03303358010 or email
mhairi.grossett@onpathenergy.com)
at a charge of £500 hard copy and £25 on CD, DVD or USB storage device. Copies of a short Non-Technical Summary are available free of charge.
All previous representations received by Scottish Ministers in relation to the application remain valid.
Any new representations on the additional information may be submitted via
, 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. Scottish Ministers may be able to consider written representations received after this date.
Any subsequent additional information which is submitted by the Company will be subject to further public notice in this manner, and representations to such information will be accepted as per this notice.
Where Scottish Ministers 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
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A privacy notice is published on the Help page at
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or write to Scottish Government, Energy Consents Unit, 4th Floor, 5 Atlantic Quay, 150 Broomielaw, Glasgow, G2 8LU.
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