Notice is hereby given that BIG BATTERY (Holmquarry Road) Limited, SC722126, Third Floor, Suite 2, Ink Building, 24, Douglas Street, Glasgow, Scotland, G2 7NQ has applied to the Scottish Ministers for consent under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 to construct and operate a Battery Energy Storage System at Holmquarry Road, Kilmarnock, KA1 4DA (Central Grid Reference NS425366). The installed capacity of the proposed generating station would be up to 60.4 MW. The comprising development is subject to Environmental Impact Assessment and an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report has been produced.

BIG BATTERY (Holmquarry Road) 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 application, with a plan showing the land to which it relates, together with a copy of the EIA report discussing the Company's proposals in more detail and presenting an analysis of the environmental implications, are available for public inspection in person, free of charge, during normal office hours at:

The EIA report can also be viewed on the application website at (Holmquarry Road - Sustainability Unlimited LLP (sustainability-unlimited.com)); or at www.energyconsents.scot.

Copies of the EIA report may be obtained from Sustainability Unlimited LLP (telephone: 0141 221 0276/email dbowman@ru-llp.com) for a charge. Copies of a short non-technical summary are available free of charge.

Any representations to the application may be submitted via the Energy Consents Unit website at www.energyconsents.scot/Register.aspx; 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.

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 16th May 2024, although Ministers may consider representations received after this date.

Any subsequent additional information which is submitted by the developer 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 one of two ways:

• Consent the proposal, with or without conditions attached; or

• Reject the proposal

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