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Ditcher Law Wind Farm - Proposed Development
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DITCHER LAW 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 Ditcher Law Limited, company registration number SC738462 with its Registered Office at 1 c/o Turcan Connell, Princes Exchange, 1 Earl Grey Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9EE, has applied to the Scottish Ministers for consent under Section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 to construct and operate a wind farm known as Ditcher Law Wind Farm (“the Proposed Development”), located near Lauder, Scottish Borders, TD2 6RB. In the Scottish Borders Council Area, (Central Grid Reference Easting 349687, Northing 656017). It will have a generating capacity exceeding 50MW. The Proposed Development is subject to an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). An EIA Report has been produced to accompany the application for consent.
Ditcher Law Limited has also applied for a direction under Section 57(2) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 that planning permission for the proposed Development be deemed to be granted.
Ditcher Law Limited has submitted Additional Information to the Scottish Ministers, which includes an Addendum to the EIA Report as a result a requirement to include and assess the potential grid route of the wind farm. The proposal remains unchanged as per the previous Additional Information (2025) and consists of 8 turbines, 5 up to 200m tip and 3 up to 180m tip, BESS and ancillary infrastructure.
A copy of the Additional Information, previous Additional Information (2025) and the EIA Report (2023), are available for public inspection in person, free of charge, during normal office hours at:
Location
Opening Hours
Address
Tower Hotel
Thursday & Friday 5.00 – 10.00pm
Saturday and Sunday 12 noon – 10.00pm
3 Main Street, Oxton,
Lauder, TD2 6PN
Scottish Borders
Council Headquarters
9am-5pm
(may vary)
Newtown St Boswells, Melrose TD6 0SA
A copy of the Additional Information and all other application related information is also available for public inspection, free of charge on the application website
or on the Scottish Government Energy Consents website at
under application reference ECU00004890.
Copies of the Additional Information may be obtained from Ditcher Law Limited via email;
at a charge of £250 for a hard copy and £10 on a USB storage device. A hard copy of the Non-Technical Summary is 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 23rd September 2026. 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.
As a result of a statutory objection from the relevant planning authority, or where Scottish Ministers decide to exercise their discretion to do so, they can cause a public inquiry to be held.
Following examination of the environmental information and all views and representations received, Scottish Ministers will determine this application for consent in one of two ways:
Grant consent for the proposal, with or without conditions attached; or
Refuse the proposal.
General Data Protection Regulations
The Scottish Government Energy Consents Unit processes consent applications and consultation representations under the Electricity Act 1989. During the process, to support transparency in decision making, the Scottish Government publishes online at
. A privacy notice is published on the help page at
. This explains how the Energy Consents Unit processes your personal information. If you have any concerns about how your personal data is handled, please email
or write to Scottish Government Energy Consents Unit, 4th Floor, 5 Atlantic Quay, 150 Broomielaw, Glasgow, G2 8LU.
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