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Perth and Kinross - Planning Application
What is planned?
ENERGIEKONTOR UK LTD
ELECTRICITY ACT 1989
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (SCOTLAND) ACT 1997
THE ELECTRICITY WORKS (ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT) (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2017
Notice is hereby given that Energiekontor UK Ltd, (“the Company”) with company registration number 03830819, having its registered office at 114 St Martin's Lane, Covent Garden, London, United Kingdom, WC2N 4BE has applied to the Scottish Ministers for consent under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 to construct and operate Meall Dearg Wind Farm consisting of 21 wind turbines, battery energy storage facility and associated infrastructure at land north of Amulree, approximately 6km south of Aberfeldy and 11km west of Dunkeld (Central Grid Reference NN 87766 41514), within the local authority area of Perth and Kinross Council.
The installed capacity of the proposed generating station would be approximately 147 MW comprising turbines with a variable ground to blade tip height of 200-250 metres. 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 an assessment of the potential environmental effects of the proposed grid connection, changes to the proposed turbine layout comprising reductions in the tip heights of four turbines, and updated information in relation to landscape and visual impact, noise, ecology and ornithology.
Copies of the additional information, the application and the EIA Report (‘the information’) are available for public inspection in person, free of charge, during normal office hours at:
Location - Opening hours - Address
Perth and Kinross Council, 2 High Street - Monday – Friday, 08:45 – 17:00 -
Please note that the office will not open until 11am on the first Thursday of every month - 2 High Street, Perth, PH1 5PH
Birnam Arts - Monday – Sunday, 9:00 – 16:00 - Birnam Arts Station Road Birnam Dunkeld PH8 0DS
The information can also be viewed on the application website at
www.energiekontor.co.uk/our-projects/meall-dearg-wind-farm; or at www.energyconsents.scot under application reference ECU00006049.
Copies of the information may be obtained from Energiekontor UK Ltd (email address: info@energiekontor.co.uk) at a charge of £100 for EIAR Volume I – Written Text; £600 for EIAR Volume II – Figures and Visualisations; £600 for EIAR Volume III – Appendices; and £500 for the Additional Information Volumes I – III. Electronic copies of the application are available for £15 on CD. 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 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 19th November 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 www.energyconsents.scot.
A privacy notice is published on the Help page at www.energyconsents.scot. This explains how the Scottish Government processes your personal information. If you have any concerns about the processing of your personal information by the Scottish Government, please email EconsentsAdmin@gov.scot or write to Scottish Government, Energy Consents Unit, 4th Floor, 5 Atlantic Quay, 150 Broomielaw, Glasgow, G2 8LU.
Location Opening hours Address Perth and Kinross Council, 2 High Street
Monday – Friday, 08:45 – 17:00
Please note that the office will not open until 11am on the first Thursday of every month 2 High Street, Perth, PH1 5PH
Birnam Arts Monday – Sunday, 9:00 – 16:00 Birnam Arts Station Road Birnam Dunkeld PH8 0DS
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