Scottish Government Energy Consents Unit 5 Atlantic Quay Broomielaw Glasgow G2 8LU
Our Ref: UK12-24743
Dear Sir/ Madam, Date 30/09/2019
Re: North Kyle Energy Project Ramboll 5th Floor 7 Castle Street Please find enclosed an application for consent under Section 36 of the Edinburgh Electricity Act 1989 and for a direction that planning consent be deemed to be EH2 3AH granted under Section 57(2) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act United Kingdom
1997 for the proposed development of North Kyle Energy Project, within the T +44 131 297 2650 North Kyle Forest, approximately 5.5 km east of Patna, 6 km west of New https://uk.ramboll.com/environ Cumnock and 2.5 km south of Skares. The application for consent is being ment-and-health submitted by North Kyle Wind Farm Limited.
The proposed development includes the construction of fifty-four wind turbines (with maximum ground to blade tip height of 149.9 metres) with a total installed capacity of over 50 Megawatts (MW), with associated infrastructure and key ancillary development including: forestry felling and restocking; temporary construction compounds; turbine foundations; three site entrances; kiosks housing a transformer adjacent to each turbine; crane hardstandings; access tracks; three substations; a telecommunications mast; watercourse crossings; a network of underground cables; temporary stone extraction areas; forestry felling and replanting; and engineering operations including concrete batching facilities, peat excavation and restoration work.
The Application Pack includes the following documents: · Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) o EIAR Volume 1: Non-Technical Summary o EIAR Volume 2: Main Report o EIAR Volume 3a: Figures o EIAR Volume 3b: Visualisations o EIAR Volume 4: Technical Appendices Ramboll UK Limited Registered in England & Wales Company No: 03659970 Registered office: 240 Blackfriars Road London 1/2 SE1 8NW o EIAR Confidential Appendices (containing details of protected species, for restricted recipients only) · Planning Statement · Socio-Economic and Tourism Impact Assessment · Design and Access Statement · Pre-Application Consultation Report · Regeneration and Enhancement Activities Statement
It is the Applicant’s intention to advertise the application as follows: · The Edinburgh Gazette on 18th October 2019; · The Herald on 18th October 2019; and · The Cumnock Chronicle on 16th October 2019 and 23rd October 2019.
A copy of the EIAR (with the exception of the EIAR Confidential Appendices) and the notice advertising the application have been uploaded onto the project website http://www.brockwellenergy.com/our- projects/onshore-wind/north-kyle-application-documents/.
A final consultee list is also attached for information, which has been agreed with the ECU.
I trust the application for consent is in order, however if you require any additional information please do not hesitate to contact me directly.
Yours sincerely
Maeve Fryday Principal 1702709 - Edinburgh
D +44 131 2972670 M +44 7771931835 [email protected]
Enc: Notice of Application for Consent for North Kyle Energy Project List of Consultees and Printing Requirements (following consultation and agreement with ECU)
2/2 Consultee Name Contact Name E-mail Address Address 1 Address 2 Address 3 Address 4 Postcode Tel No Printing requirements 0131 244 1232 / ECU Theresa McInnes [email protected] ECU 5 Atlantic Quay 150 Broomielaw Glasgow G2 8LU 07827553589 1 print copy (including confidential appendices) Scottish Government Library [email protected] Library G-D 41 Victoria Quay Edinburgh EH6 6QQ 1 print copy Statutory Consultees David Wilson East Ayrshire Council The Opera House 8 John Finnie Street Kilmarnock KA1 1DD 01563 576790 1 print copy (including confidential appendices), 2 CDs [email protected]; East Ayrshire Council [email protected] Ironside Farrar Ltd (EAC External Reviewer) Guy Wimble [email protected] Ironside Farrar Ltd 111 McDonald Road Edinburgh EH7 4NW 0131 550 6500 1 LVIA print copy (i.e. LVIA Chapter, figures, visualisations and TAs) and 2 CDs [email protected]; link to be sent SEPA Julie Gerc [email protected] SEPA Angus Smith Building Maxim 6, Eurocentral Lanarkshire ML1 4WQ 01698 839337 [email protected]; 1 LVIA print copy (i.e. LVIA Chapter, figures, visualisations and TAs) and 1 confidential print copy SNH (Strathyclyde and Ayrshire) Graeme Walker [email protected] SNH Russell House King Street Ayr KA8 0BF 01292 270 760 [email protected]; Historic Environment Scotland Urszula Szupszynska [email protected] Rm 3 Heritage Planning Unit Longmore House Salisbury Place Edinburgh EH9 1SH 0131 668 8653 1 print copy Non Statutory Consultees Atkins Global [email protected] link to be sent Ayrshire Rivers Trust (River Doon) Sir/Madam [email protected] Ayrshire Rivers Trust Donald Hendrie Building, Auchincruive Estate Ayr KA6 5HW link to be sent BAA (Glasgow Airport) Kirsteen MacDonald [email protected] Glasgow Airport Erskine Court St Andrews Drive Paisley PA3 2SW 0870 040 0008 link to be sent British Horse Society Helene Mauchlen [email protected] BHS Scotland Woodburn Crieff Perthshire PH7 3RG 01764 656 334 link to be sent [email protected]; 01138074481; link to be sent BT Paul Atkinson [email protected] BT Radio Network Protection 07711111453 link to be sent Civil Aviation Authority - Airspace Mark Deacon [email protected] Directorate of Airspace Policy K6 Gate 3 45 - 49 Kingsway London WC2B 6TE 0207 4536581 The Coal Authority Melanie Lindsley 200 Lichfield Lane Mansfield Nottingham NG18 4RG 0345 762 6848; link to be sent [email protected] 01623 637 119 Crown Estate Scotland Joan McGrogan [email protected] 6 Bells Brae Edinburgh EH4 3BJ 0131 260 6070 link to be sent [email protected]; link to be sent Defence Infrastructure Organisation Claire Duddy [email protected] Safeguarding G8 Kingston Road Sutton Coldfield West Midlands B75 7RL 0121 311 2143 Doon District Salmon Fishery Board Sir/Madam [email protected] Doon DSFB 46 Dalblair Road Ayr KA7 1UQ 01292 272603 link to be sent Dumfries & Galloway Council Head of Planning [email protected] English Street Dumfries DG1 2DD 0303 333 3000 link to be sent Fisheries Management Scotland Brian Davidson [email protected] 11 Rutland Square Edinburgh Edinburgh EH1 2AS link to be sent 0131 370 5738; Forestry and Land Scotland Colin Hossack [email protected] South Region Ae Office Parkgate Dumfries DG1 1QB 07775 823156 1 print copy (excluding volume 3b, including confidential appendices) link to be sent Glasgow Airport Kirsteen MacDonald [email protected] Erskine Court St. Andrews Drive Paisley Glasgow PA3 2SW [email protected]; 01292 511 029 link to be sent [email protected]; (ST); 01292 Glasgow Prestwick Airport Steve Thomson; Phil Smith [email protected] Infratil Airport Europe Ltd Aviation House Prestwick Airport Prestwick KA9 2PL 511053 (PS) John Muir Trust John Low [email protected] Tower House Station Road Pitlochery PH16 5AN 01796 484 931 link to be sent Joint Radio Company Wind Farm Team [email protected] Dean Bradley House 52 Horseferry Road London SW1 2AF 020 7706 5199 link to be sent link to be sent Local District Salmon Fisheries Board See ASFB website http://www.asfb.org.uk/members/members.asp [email protected]; link to be sent Marine Scotland Emily Bridcut [email protected] Freshwater Laboratory Faskally Pitlochry Perthshire PH16 5LB 01224 294 419 [email protected]; link to be sent Mountaineering Scotland Jonathan Binny [email protected] The Old Granary West Mill Street Perth PH1 5QP National Grid Alison Harper [email protected] link to be sent NATS LTD, Safeguarding link to be sent NATS Safeguarding Sarah Allen [email protected] Office 4000 Parkway Whiteley Fareham PO15 7FL 01489 444687 Network Rail Raymond Sheridan [email protected] Asset Protection Team 151 St Vincent Street Glasgow G2 5NW 0141 555 4087 link to be sent ND3E Siting & Land Use Building 4S2, Redgrave link to be sent Nuclear Safety Directorate (HSE) Mailbox [email protected] Planning Court Merton Road, Bootle Liverpool L20 7HS 0151 951 3996 Nith District Salmon Fishery link to be sent Nith District Salmon Fishery Board Jim Henderson [email protected] Board 37 George Street Dumfries DG1 1EB 01387 740 043 Ofcom Sir/Madam [email protected] Ofcom 125 Princes Street Edinburgh EH2 4AD link to be sent
RSPB Scotland Louise Gunstenson [email protected] RSPB Scotland 10 Park Quadrant Glasgow G3 6BS 0141 3319096 1 confidential print copy and link to be sent Scotia Gas Networks Sir/Madam [email protected] Inveralmond House 200 Dunkeld Road Perth PH1 3AQ link to be sent Scottish Forestry 1 print copy 0300 067 6282 Andrew Sheridan [email protected] South Scotland Conservancy, 55-57 Moffat Rd, Dumfries DG1 1NP Scottish Power Energy Networks [email protected] Customer Resolution 320 St. Vincent Street Glasgow G2 5AD link to be sent link to be sent Scottish Rights of Way and Access Society (ScotWays) Eleisha Fahy [email protected] 24 Annandale Street Edinburgh EH7 4AN 0131 558 1222 Scottish Wild Land Group (SWLG) Beryl Leatherland [email protected] 57 Charles Way Limekilns Fife KY11 3LH 01383 872686 link to be sent Strategic Planner-EIA link to be sent Development Planning & The Bridge, Buchanan Gate Scottish Water Rebecca Williams [email protected] Liaison Team Business Park Cumbernauld Road Stepps G33 6FB 07483976024 Scottish Wildlife Trust Bruce Philp [email protected] Harbourside House 110 Commercial Street Edinburgh EH6 6NF 0131 312 4762 link to be sent link to be sent [email protected]; Planning, South Ayrshire South Ayrshire Council Ben Horwill [email protected] Council Burns House Burns Statue Square Ayr KA7 1UT 01292 616107 link to be sent
Transport Scotland Andrew Erskine [email protected] Buchanan House 58 Port Dundas Road Glasgow G4 0HF 0141 272 7386 Visit Scotland Douglas Keith [email protected] Ocean Point One 94 Ocean Drive Edinburgh EH6 6JH (0)131 472 2053 link to be sent West of Scotland Archaeology Service Martin O'Hare [email protected] 231 George Street Glasgow G1 1RX 0141 287 8333 link to be sent Community Councils Netherthird and District Jane Dolan [email protected] link to be sent Dalmellington Lorraine Mair [email protected] link to be sent Drongan, Rankinston and Stair Hayley Watson [email protected] link to be sent New Cumnock Community Council Secretary (Lee Rush) [email protected] link to be sent New Cumnock Development Trust Sheena Boyd [email protected] link to be sent Ochiltree Beth Griffin [email protected] link to be sent Patna Caroline Aitchison [email protected] link to be sent Public location for viewing during office hours Ochiltree Community Hub [email protected] 45 Main Street Ochiltree Cumnock KA18 2PE 01290 702951 1 print copy Dalmellington Area Centre [email protected] Dalmellington Area Centre East Ayrshire Council Main Street Dalmellington KA6 7SN 01292 578248 1 print copy New Cumnock Development 21 Castle Trust [email protected] New Cumnock KA18 4AN 01290 338887 1 print copy Planning & Economic The Opera House 8 John Finnie Street Kilmarnock EAC Kilmarnock Office [email protected] Development Service KA1 1DD 01563 576790 1 print copy North Kyle 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 North Kyle Wind Farm Limited (company registration number SC572042), Caledonian Exchange, 19a Canning Street, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, EH3 8EG has applied to the Scottish Ministers for consent under Section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 to construct and operate a generating station at North Kyle, East Ayrshire (Central Grid Reference NS 500 122). The installed capacity of the proposed generating station would be greater than 50 MW comprising 54 turbines with a maximum ground to blade tip height of 149.9 metres, with associated infrastructure and key ancillary development. The proposed development is subject to Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and an EIA report has been produced.
North Kyle Wind Farm 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 development be deemed to be granted.
A copy of the application, with a plan showing the land to which it relates, together with a copy of the EIA report discussing the proposals in more detail and presenting an analysis of the environmental implications, are available for public inspection in person, free of charge, during normal office hours (specific times below) at:
Location Opening Hours Address Dalmellington Monday to Thursday 9am-5pm Dalmellington Area Centre and Friday 9am-4pm except public East Ayrshire Council holidays. Main Street Dalmellington Closed for lunch Monday to KA6 7SN Thursday 1.40-2.30pm and Friday 1.40pm -2.20pm. Kilmarnock Monday to Thursday 9am-5pm Planning & Economic Development Service and Friday 9am-4pm except public East Ayrshire Council holidays. The Opera House 8 John Finnie Street, Kilmarnock KA1 1DD
New Cumnock Monday to Friday 10am-4pm New Cumnock Development Trust except public holidays. 21 Castle New Cumnock Closed for lunch 12.30pm-1.30pm. KA18 4AN
Please telephone 01290 338887 to ensure someone is available to provide the documents. Ochiltree Monday to Friday 8.30am-4pm Ochiltree Community Hub except public holidays. 45 Main Street Saturday 9am-2pm. Ochiltree Cumnock KA18 2PE The EIA report can also be viewed at the Scottish Government Library at Victoria Quay, Edinburgh, EH6 6QQ; on the application website http://www.brockwellenergy.com/our- projects/onshore-wind/north-kyle-application-documents/ , or at www.energyconsents.scot
Copies of the EIA report may be obtained from North Kyle Wind Farm Limited (telephone: 07976 560218 /email [email protected]) at a charge of £700 hard copy and £15 on CD. Copies of a short non-technical summary are available free of charge.
Any representations to the application may be submitted via the Energy Consents Unit website at www.energyconsents.scot/Register.aspx; by email to the Scottish Government, Energy Consents Unit mailbox at [email protected], or by post 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 or emailed representations should be dated, clearly stating the name (in block capitals), full return email and postal address of those making representations. Only representations sent by email to [email protected] will receive acknowledgement.
All representations should be received not later than 23 November 2019, although 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, Scottish Ministers can also cause a Public Local Inquiry (PLI) to be held.
Following examination of the environmental information, Scottish Ministers will determine the application for consent in two ways:
· Consent the proposal, with or without conditions attached; or · Reject the proposal.
Fair Processing Notice
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 www.energyconsents.scot. When making an email or paper representation you will automatically be opted in to its publication unless you choose to mark it as confidential. We may share your personal data with DPEA and local Planning Authorities but will not publish your personal data (e.g. your name and address) as this is removed beforehand in compliance with the Data Protection Act. Should you choose not to provide your personal data then your representation will only be considered by Scottish Ministers and not be shared for consideration with any other party. If you have any concerns about how your personal data is handled, please email us at: [email protected] or write to Energy Consents Unit, 4th Floor, 5 Atlantic Quay, 150 Broomielaw, Glasgow, G2 8LU.