Electricity

INNOGY HYDRO

Public Notice of Amendment of an Application Made Umder Section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989

and

TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (SCOTLAND) ACT 1997

Innogy plc (whose Registered Office is at Windmill Hill Business Park, Whitehill Way, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN5 6PB) has amended its original application to the Scottish Ministers (made in December 2002) for consent to construct and operate a hydroelectric scheme at River E near Loch Mhor, Invernesshire.

On that occasion, Innogy plc 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 amendment changes the original application for a fixed 1.8MW power output to allow the developer to select a power output Within the range 1.5-3.0MW. The locations of the intake (at NGR NH 546 136), the powerhouse (at NGR NH 522 163) and the pipe route remain unchanged.

Details of the amendment, together with:

-	a plan showing the land to which it relates;
-	a copy of the original Environmental statement; and
-	the non-technical summary

are available for inspection, free of charge, during normal office hours at:

 Highland Council, Planning and Development Department, Glenurquhart Road Inverness IV3 5NX

 Foyers Stores and Post Office, Foyers, Gorthleck, Invernesshire IV2 6XU

 Innogy Hydro, North Range East Lodge, Mill Road, Stanley Mills, Stanley, Perthshire PH1 4QE

 The Scottish Executive Library, Saughton House, Broomhouse Drive, Edinburgh EH11 3XD

Furthermore, personal copies of the environmental statement and a description of the amendment may be obtained from Innogy Hydro’s office in Stanley, at a charge of £25, whilst stocks last. However, personal copies of the short non-technical summary and the description of the amendment are available free of charge from the same office.

Any objections to, or representations about, this application should be made in writing to Lesley Thomson at:

Scottish Executive’s Consents and Emergency Planning Unit,

2nd Floor, Meridian Court, 5 Cadogan Street, Glasgow, G2 6AT

(or by email to lesley.thomson@scotland.gsi.gov.uk)

identifying the River E hydroelectric scheme and specifying the grounds for objection, not later than 24th October 2003. These objections or representations to the Scottish Executive will be copied to the planning authority unless the person concerned states explicitly that they do not wish this to happen.