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Sandy Knowe Pre Application Consultation Report Sandy Knowe Wind Farm Pre-Application Consultation Report August 2018 Prepared on behalf of Sandy Knowe Wind Farm Ltd by: Invicta Public Affairs George House 36 North Hanover Street Glasgow G1 2AD Contents 1. Executive Summary 2. Introduction 3. Background to Sandy Knowe Wind Farm Application 3.1 Previous Community Consultation 4. Current Proposals for Sandy Knowe Wind Farm 5. Community Benefit Fund 6. Community Ownership 7. Community Consultation Process 7.1 Summary of Activity 7.2 Timeline 7.3 Stakeholders 7.4 Website 7.5 Community Liaison Group (CLG) 7.6 Public Exhibitions 8. Event Feedback 9. Conclusions Appendices - Public Exhibition Feedback Form (May 2015) - Community Development Plan (2015) - Community Council Stakeholder Letter / Public Exhibition Invite (March 2015) - Community Council Stakeholder Letter (March 2018) - Community Newsletter (May 2015) - Public Notice (April 2016) - Exhibition Boards (May 2015) - Press Release (May 2015) - Project Brochure (March 2016) - Shared Ownership Agreement (July 2018) 1 2 1. Executive Summary ● The following Pre-Application Consultation (PAC) report outlines the consultation process undertaken by Sandy Knowe Wind Farm Ltd, hereafter known as “the Applicant”, during the public consultation process undertaken before submission of a major and then Section 36 planning application for Sandy Knowe Wind Farm. Sandy Knowe Wind Farm Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of ERG UK Holding Ltd. ● The Applicant has significant experience developing and consulting on wind projects in the region, obtaining planning permission from Dumfries and Galloway Council in 2016 for a 24 wind turbine development at Sandy Knowe. The Applicant was therefore able to draw on their experience in the area, but also their prior engagement and consultation with the local communities surrounding the site on the previous application for the updated consultations. This was particularly useful with regards to community benefit, whereby the Applicant had already identified local funding priorities in conjunction with the communities as part of the previous consultation process. We have included in this PAC Report detail of both the initial and most recent consultation to provide the necessary context. ● The Applicant has undertaken a comprehensive programme of engagement and consultation with the communities surrounding the site of the proposed Sandy Knowe Wind Farm. Building on the consultation undertaken for the previous planning submission, they have - where possible - met and exceeded the consultation expectations for a ‘Major Development’ under the Planning Acts. ● The ability of the Applicant to conduct this programme of engagement as thoroughly as intended has been impacted by the dissolution of each of the two Community Councils surrounding the Sandy Knowe site. With Royal Burgh of Sanquhar and Kirkconnel and Kelloholm Community Councils, formal engagement has taken place since 2015. ● Throughout the public consultation process the Applicant has employed a variety of different methods of engaging with the local communities and interested stakeholders relevant to the Sandy Knowe Wind Farm site. ● This has included: reforming a Community Liaison Group (CLG) made up of community representatives to provide an open channel of communication between the communities and the developer; a series of Public Exhibitions in Kirkconnel and Kelloholm and Sanquhar; direct engagement (meetings and email correspondence) with relevant Community Councils and community groups; direct mail to properties within distance of the site; the creation of a dedicated project website containing latest news/updates, technical reports and exhibition materials and public notices and editorial content in the local media to update the public about the project and inform about public exhibitions. ● The Community Liaison Group, first established during the initial consultation for the Section 36 applications, has met on 6 occasions, and discussions were focused upon updating the communities regarding the application and identifying local projects that the proposed Sandy Knowe Wind Farm community benefit fund and shared ownership revenues could fund. ● The Applicant has taken care to consult with near neighbours to the site. The company directly informed near neighbours of the public exhibitions and has initiated direct contact, as well as telephone and email dialogue. Following the announcement of the exhibitions the 3 Applicant has committed to meeting one to one with a number of near neighbours in order to address specific concerns. ● The Applicant has discussed with the community the potential uses for a community benefit fund worth £5,000 per MW of installed capacity, the equivalent of £240,000 per year for the ​ consented 48MW project, and the equivalent of £408,000 per year if Section 36 consent is granted to the proposed 81.6MW capacity. ● Priorities previously identified by the Community Liaison Group as potential areas to be supported by the community benefit fund, and endorsed through feedback from the public exhibitions include: ○ Supporting the delivery of community projects; ○ Investment in skills and training for local residents; ○ Develop community capacity to care for the elderly; ○ Improve public transport in the area; ○ Support local affordable housing initiative. ● Members of the project team have made themselves available at all times to respond to questions from members of the public, Community Councils and other organisations. 2. Introduction This Pre Application Consultation (PAC) Report has been prepared by Invicta Public Affairs on behalf of Sandy Knowe Wind Farm Ltd in relation to its application to Scottish Ministers for consent for a 24-turbine (up to 81.6MW) wind farm at Sandy Knowe. The Applicant, in bringing forward the application, has undertaken a comprehensive programme of community engagement around the application consistent with its ethos to be a best practice developer and to ensure that local communities have been able to input to its proposal. The community engagement around the Sandy Knowe project has gone beyond the minimum statutory requirements for consultation expected of a Section 36 application. This report outlines the activity undertaken, analyses the feedback received and details the outcome of the consultation in terms of alterations made to the project in light of feedback. 3. Background to the Sandy Knowe Wind Farm Application As outlined above, the Applicant previously considered a larger Section 36 development on the site incorporating 30 turbines. This scheme was refused consent in early 2015. Addressing the concerns raised in the reasons for refusal of the 30 turbine scheme, the Applicant brought forward an application to Dumfries and Galloway Council for 24 turbines at a height of 125m, with an installed capacity of 48MW on the Sandy Knowe Wind Farm site. This application was awarded Planning Permission in November 2016 and is referred to as the Consented Development. The Applicant is now, in July 2018, applying to the Scottish Government for s.36 consent that would raise the generating capacity of the wind farm to 81.6MW. The Proposed Development of 24 turbines seeks to adopt the use of higher output wind turbines at the same 125m tip height as the Consented Development. The turbine locations and all other physical infrastructure is to be located in the same positions as the Consented Development. 4 The Applicant has confirmed that it will create a Community Benefit Fund (CBF) worth £5,000 per MW of total installed generating capacity per year. This would provide funds worth approximately £240,000 per annum for the Consented Development, or around £408,000 if consent is granted for the Proposed Development using the candidate 3.4MW wind turbine. In full compliance with the Good Practice Principles for Shared Ownership of Onshore Renewable Energy Developments, the Applicant has entered in to an Agreement of Intent that offers the Community the option to have Shared Ownership in Sandy Knowe Wind Farm. The Shared Ownership offer is equivalent to that of one turbine within the proposed development. This is over and above the CBF and the Community will be supported by Local Energy Scotland. The Applicant also previously put forward proposals to develop a wind farm consisting of 30 turbines with a maximum installed capacity of 90 MW at Sandy Knowe (capable of producing 237,000 megawatt hours [MWh] annually), near Kirkconnel and Kelloholm in Dumfries and Galloway in 2014, but this was refused at a Scottish Government ministerial level and the Applicant, having taken on board feedback and with the community support in mind, revised the proposal and returned with a smaller scale application. 3.1 Previous Community Consultation As part of the application process the Applicant delivered a wide ranging public consultation programme regarding both the development proposals and the associated community benefit funds. Community Liaison Group (CLG) The Applicant established a Community Liaison Group (CLG) of key local representatives to maintain an ongoing dialogue with community representatives. This was designed to enable them to feed back any observations or concerns from members of the local community, as well as providing an opportunity for the Applicant to keep the local community informed about progress on technical studies prior to the submission of the application. The Group also acted as a basis to begin discussions surrounding the associated Community Benefit Fund. The Applicant has been
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