Notice is hereby given that Greystone Knowe Wind Farm Ltd, company registration number 10743863, with its Registered Office at 22 – 24 King Street, Maidenhead Berkshire, SL6 1EF, has applied to the Scottish Ministers for consent under Section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 to construct and operate a wind farm known as Greystone Knowe Wind Farm, approximately 2 km south of Heriot and 2.5 km west of Fountainhall, in The Scottish Borders (Central Grid Reference 339300, 649300). The installed capacity of the proposed generating station would be over 50MW comprising up to 14 turbines with a maximum ground to blade tip height of 180 metres and has been subject to Environmental Impact Assessment. An EIA Report was produced to accompany the application for consent which was submitted to Scottish Ministers in October 2021. Additional Information was submitted to Scottish Ministers in August 2022.

Greystone Knowe Wind Farm Ltd 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.

The EIA Report was publicised in accordance with the requirements under Regulation 14 of the Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2017. The Additional Information was publicised in accordance with the requirements under Regulation 20 of the Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2017. However, due to a clerical error the notices of publication for both the EIA Report and Additional Information were not published on the application website.

For good order in compliance with Regulations 14 and 20 of the of the Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2017, this notice of submission of the EIA Report and Additional Information has been published by Greystone Knowe Wind Farm Ltd. For the avoidance of doubt, the EIA Report and Additional Information that is the subject of this notice is identical to the environmental information that was previously the subject of publicity and consultation in November 2021 and August 2022. There has been no change to the proposed development and no new environmental information is being made available that interested parties have not already had an opportunity to make representations on pursuant to the consultations in November 2021 and August 2022.

A copy of the application, together with a copy of the EIA Report and Additional Information is available for public inspection, free of charge on the application website http://www.greystoneknowewindfarm.co.uk/links.aspx or on the Scottish Government Energy Consents website at www.energyconsents.scot under application reference ECU00003341.

A hard copy of the EIA Report and Additional Information is available for public viewing at:

Copies of the EIA Report and Additional Information may be obtained from Coriolis Energy Ltd (telephone: 0141 483 6750 / email: info@greystoneknowewindfarm.co.uk) at a charge of £550 (plus P&P) per hard copy for the EIA Report, £25 (plus P&P) per hard copy for the Additional Information and £15 on DVD/CD or pen drive for the EIA Report and Additional Information. Copies of a short Non-Technical Summary are available free of charge.

Any representations to the application may be submitted by email to the Scottish Government, Energy Consents Unit mailbox at representations@gov.scot; 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. Please note that there may be a delay in the Energy Consents Unit receiving representations by post.

All previous representations received in relation to the application and Additional Information, remain valid and will be taken into account by Scottish Ministers. There is no need to repeat, resubmit or reconsider previous representations. Any further 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 representations@gov.scot will receive acknowledgement. All representations should be received not later than 28th May 2024, although Scottish Ministers may consider representations received after this date.

Any subsequent information which is submitted by the developer under the Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2017 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

General Data Protection Regulations

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