Proposed development at – LARBRAX, LESWALT

Notice is hereby given that an Environmental Statement has been submitted to Dumfries and Galloway Council by PNE Wind UK Ltd relating to the planning application in respect of:

Erection of eight wind turbines (maximum height to blade tip of 100m) and ancillary infrastructure including transformer kiosks, eight crane pads, control building and substation compound, temporary construction compound, one permanent anemometer mast (maximum, height 60m), two temporary anemometer masts (maximum height 60m), underground cabling, two borrow pits, formation of new vehicular access and construction of site access tracks (centre of site at: ngr 19660 562157)

REFERENCE NUMBER 15/P/1/0044

Possible decisions relative to the application are:

• i Approval without conditions
• ii Approval with conditions
• iii Refusal

A copy of the Environmental Statement and the associated planning application may be viewed on-line at www.dumgal.gov.uk/planning or inspected during normal office hours in the register of planning applications kept by the planning authority for the area at the Council Offices at Kirkbank House, English Street, Dumfries, DG1 2HS, Ashwood House, Sun Street, Stranraer, DG9 7JJ.

This Environmental Statement (ES) reports the results of an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of Larbrax Wind Farm and accompanies an application to Dumfries and Galloway Council under the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 as amended by the Planning etc. (Scotland) Act 2006 to construct, operate and decommission the Development. The Larbrax Wind Farm ES is published in five separate volumes as identified below. This document is Volume 1 Environmental Statement: Non-Technical Summary (NTS). This is a standalone document which provides a summary of the EIA written in non-technical language such that it is readily accessible to all readers.

Volume 1.Non-Technical Summary

Volume 2.Environmental Statement: Main Report

Volume 3.Landscape & Visual Impact Assessment: Visualisations

Volume 4.Appendices to the Main Report

Volume 5.Confidential Annex

Hard copies of the Environmental Statement can be requested by post (from PNE Wind UK Limited, 38 Thistle Street, Edinburgh, EH2 1EN) for a cost of £175 each and digital copies for £25. Copies of the Non-Technical Summary are available free of charge and are available for download from the project website: http://www.pnewind.co.uk/projects/current-projects/larbraxwindfarm/.

Any person who wishes to make representations to Dumfries and Galloway Council about the Environmental Statement should make them in writing (or by email to PlanningRepresentations@dumgal.gov.uk) quoting Ref: 15/P/1/0044 within 28 days of the date of publication of this notice to The Head of Planning & Regulatory Services, Dumfries and Galloway Council, Ashwood House, Sun Street, Stranraer, DG9 7JJ.

Any representations received will be open to public view.

Steve Rogers, Head of Planning & Regulatory Services, Directorate of Planning & Environment Services

13 March 2015