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Albert Street, Alyth - Planning Application For Development

PH11 8AX•Published 20/10/26
Perthshire Advertiser • 

What is planned?

The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2013 (As Amended) Regulation 7

NOTICE OF PREAPPLICATION CONSULTATION

Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission plc (the Applicant), operating and known as Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks Transmission (SSEN Transmission), hereby submits notification of pre-application consultation for proposed development: To construct a platform extension to the existing Alyth 275 kV substation and install a 225 Mega Volt - Amperes Reactive (MVAr) Static Synchronous Compensator (STATCOM). 

Ancillary infrastructure to facilitate this including an underground cable (UGC) link, cable sealing end compound, busbar extension and Gas Insulated Bar (GIB), landscaping, screening, fencing and SUDs at land south west of Alyth substation, Alyth, Perth and Kinross. 

The first Public Event will be taking place on:
Tuesday 27th October 2026, 2 - 7pm at Alyth Town Hall, Albert Street, Alyth, PH11 8AX.
Details of Public Event 2 will be published in due course.

Further information can be viewed on the project website at:
www.ssen-transmission.co.uk/projects/project-map/alyth-400kv-substation 

You can submit comments on the proposals to the Applicant at this stage either at the event mentioned above, by email or in writing to:
Louise Anderson
louise.anderson@sse.com 
07384454233
200 Dunkeld Road, Perth, PH1 3GH

These comments must be received no later than 24th November 2026.

Please note that any comments made to the Applicant are not representations to Perth and Kinross Council. There will be opportunity to make representations to the local planning authority following the submission of the application.

Sarah Maguire

For and behalf of Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission Plc.

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