Environmental Protection
SHETLAND ISLANDS COUNCIL
THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT) (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2017
NOTICE UNDER REGULATION 21
PLANNING APPLICATION REF: 2023/017/MAR
DEVELOPMENT: TO DEVELOP A NEW SALMON FARM COMPRISING OF NINE 160M & ONE 120M-CIRCUMFERENCE CAGES IN A 125M MOORING GRID, A FEED BARGE AND POLE MOUNTED TOP NETS. LOCATION: BILLY BAA, ENTRANCE TO SANDSOUND & WEISDALE VOE, SHETLAND
The above proposed development is subject to Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) under The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2017. Notice is hereby given that an EIA report has been submitted to Shetland Islands Council by Scottish Sea Farms in connection with the above planning application. A copy of the EIA report and the associated planning application and other documents submitted with the application, may be inspected free of charge during normal office hours in the register of planning applications kept by the planning authority for the area at:
Shetland Islands Council, Planning Services, 8 North Ness Business Park, Lerwick, Shetland, ZE1 0LZ
Copies can also be viewed on the Council website at www.shetland.gov.uk.
A copy of the EIA report may be purchased for a fee from Scottish Sea Farms, Blackness Pier, Scalloway, Shetland, ZE1 0TQ, Tel: 07827092334.
Any person who wishes to make representations to Shetland Islands Council about the planning application and EIA report should make them in writing within 30 days of the date of this Notice to the Council by email:
marine.planning@shetland.gov.uk
Or by post:
Coastal and Marine Planning,
Shetland Islands Council,
8 North Ness Business Park,
Lerwick,
Shetland,
ZE1 0LZ
Any supplementary information submitted about a matter to be included in the EIA report will be made available in the Shetland Islands Council’s register of planning applications and online at www.shetland.gov.uk, and will also be notified in this media including instructions regarding further opportunity to make representations to the Council to any such supplementary information.
The possible decisions to be taken by Shetland Islands Council relating to the planning application is to:
· Grant planning permission without conditions
· Grant planning permission with conditions
· Refuse permission
IAIN MCDIARMID,
Executive Manager - Planning,