Electricity

Lewis Wind Power Limited

ELECTRICITY ACT 1989

TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (SCOTLAND) ACT 1997

THE ELECTRICITY WORKS (ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT) (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2000

Notice is hereby given that Lewis Wind Power Limited (a Company registered in Scotland, Company Number SC225262, and established specifically to develop the Lewis Wind Farm proposal) has applied to the Scottish Ministers under section 37 of the Electricity Act 1989 for consent to construct a new 132kV transmission line on the Isle of Lewis in the Western Isles. The new transmission line would consist of approximately 32.5 km of 132kV overhead line and 28.4 km of underground cabling (further description provided below).

Lewis Wind Power 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 section 37 Environmental Statement (which consists of the same documents as for the section 36 Transmission Line Addendum), is available for inspection during normal office hours at the locations show below:

Lewis Wind Power Limited

ELECTRICITY ACT 1989

TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (SCOTLAND) ACT 1997

THE ELECTRICITY WORKS (ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT) (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2000

Notice is also hereby given that Lewis Wind Power Limited (a Company registered in Scotland, Company Number SC225262, and established specifically to develop the Lewis Wind Farm proposal) has applied to the Scottish Ministers for consent to construct and operate a wind farm on the Isle of Lewis in the Western Isles. The installed capacity of the proposed generating station would be 702 MW. This is a re-advertisement to confirm that TWO Addenda to the Environmental Statement are now available.

Lewis Wind Power 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.

The first Addendum to the Environmental Statement (LWP 2005a) includes Environmental Impact Assessments relating to Fish and Fauna Interests, as well as additional assessments for Cultural Heritage and Ornithology and a number of Errata identified from within the November 2004 Environmental Statement (ES). Please note that printed copies of the November Environmental Statement (ES, LWP 2004) contained a number of printing omissions, which have now been rectified. CD Rom copies were complete. These Errata were:

—  omission of Chapter 16 of Volume 3 of the ES (one page only)

—  omission of Appendices 5c, 5d, 5e, 6a, 7a, 10d, 10e, 10f, 10g and 11a, from Volume 6 of the ES.

—  Figure 2.11 was bound in the place of Figure 7.11 in Volume 4 of the ES.

The second Addendum to the Environmental Statement (LWP 2005b, Transmission Line)/Section 37 Application includes Environmental Impact Assessments relating to the potential impact of a new 132 kV transmission line on the Isle of Lewis in the Western Isles. The new transmission line would consist of approximately 28.4 km of 132 kV underground line and 32.5 km of 132 kV overhead line in four separate sections. The first would run from Pentland Road in the south of Stornoway up to and along the Barvas Road before splitting into two branches approximately 3 km east of Barvas. The northern branch of the line would consist of two sections of overhead line separated by sections of underground cabling. The overhead lines would run from approximately 1 km south-east of Baile an Truiseil in parallel with the A858 up to a point approximately 2 km south of Galson South and from just north-west of Loch Grasabhat to substation 9 north of Tom Earsail, south of Swainbost. The Western branch of the overhead transmission line would run along the Barvas Moor just south of Loch Spealltrabhat Mor until just to the east of Loch Spealltrabhat, 2.5 km south of Arnol.

A copy of both of the Section 36 Addenda to the Environmental Statement/Section 37 Application and correct versions of the print copies of the Section 36 November ES (LWP 2004) are available for inspection during normal office hours at the following locations:

Comhairle nan Eilean, Siar Council Offices, Sandwick Road, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis HS1 2BW	Stornoway Library, 19 Cromwell Street, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis HS1 2DA	Ness Development Centre (Iomairt Nis Ltd), Ness Hall, North Dell, Ness, Isle of Lewis HS2 0SW
Shawbost School Library, Shawbost School, Shawbost, Isle of Lewis HS2 9BQ	Tigh Ceilidh, Barvas Sheltered Housing, Isle of Lewis	Lewis Wind Power Office, 30 Church Street, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis HS1 2JD
AMEC Wind Energy, Bridge End, Hexham, Northumberland NE46 4NU

Both Section 36 Addenda to the Environmental Statement/Section 37 Application and complete print copies of the Section 36 November ES (LWP 2004) can also be viewed at the Scottish Executive Library at Saughton House, Broomhouse Drive, Edinburgh EH11 3XD.

Copies of the two Section 36 Addenda to the Environmental Statement/Section 37 Application and the full November ES (LWP 2004) are also available on the www.lewiswind.com website or may be obtained on CD by sending a cheque for the sum of £5 (per ES), made payable to Lewis Wind Power, to the Hexham address.

Three hundred free copies of each of the Section 36 Addenda/Section 37 Application are available on CD and will be available from the Lewis Wind Power Office on a “first come, first served” basis. Alternatively, copies of the Non-Technical Summaries may be obtained, free of charge, by writing to LWP care of AMEC Wind Energy at the Hexham address.

Any objections or representations to the application should be made in writing to Lesley Thomson, The Scottish Executive, Consents and Emergency Planning Unit, 2nd Floor, Meridian Court, 5 Cadogan Street, Glasgow G2 6AT, (energyconsents@scotland.gsi.gov.uk), identifying the proposal and specifying the grounds for objection, not later than 19 May 2005 for the Section 36 Addenda to the ES and 16 June in respect of the Section 37 Application. Responses relating to overhead sections of the line only should be copied to David Ray, Energy Consents Unit at the same mailing address (Econsents@scotland.gsi.gov.uk). Your identity will not be disclosed to any third party.