Electricity

The Scottish Coal Company Limited

ELECTRICITY ACT 1989

THE ELECTRICITY (APPLICATIONS FOR CONSENT) REGULATIONS 1990

TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (SCOTLAND) ACT 1997

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

Notice is hereby given that The Scottish Coal Company Limited (a Company registered in Scotland, Company Number SC154655) has applied to the Scottish Ministers for consent under Section 36 of The Electricity Act 1989 to construct and operate a wind farm at Spireslack between Muirkirk, East Ayrshire and Glespin, South Lanarkshire (centre point of wind farm at grid reference NS 764 297). The installed capacity of the proposed generating station would be no more than 59.6mw. The application is accompanied by an Environmental Statement.

Scottish Coal Company 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 land to which the application relates lies to the north of the A70 Edinburgh – Ayr road approximately 3km west of Glespin and approximately 6km east of Muirkirk as shown by the map accompanying the application.

A copy of the map and Environmental Statement are available for inspection during normal office hours at the following locations:

South Lanarkshire Council Planning, Building Control & Estates Services South Vennel Lanark ML11 7JT	East Ayrshire Council Council Offices Planning and Building Control Lugar Cumnock KA18 3JQ	Coalburn Miners Welfare/ One Stop Shop 42 Coalburn Road Coalburn ML11 0LH
Lesmahagow Library Abbeygreen Lesmahagow ML11 0EF	Lanark Library Hope Street Lanark ML11 7LZ	St Brides Centre Braehead Douglas ML11 0PT
The Scottish Coal Company Limited Garan House 28 Main Street Muirkirk Ayrshire KA19 3RA	The Scottish Coal Company Limited Castlebridge Business Park Gartlove Nr. Alloa Clackmannanshire FK10 3PZ

The Environmental Statement can also be viewed at the Scottish Executive Library at K Spur, Saughton House, Broomhouse Drive, Edinburgh EH11 3XD.

A copy of the Environmental Statement may be obtained on CD for the sum of £5 (per ES) or in paper form (in 3 volumes) for £100 - cheques should be made payable to The Scottish Coal Company Limited and sent to Castlebridge Business Park, Gartlove, Alloa, Clackmannanshire FK10 3PZ. A copy of a Non-Technical Summary may be obtained free-of-charge by writing to Scottish Coal at the Alloa address. The Non-Technical Summary can also be viewed at www.scottishcoal.co.uk/projects.htm

Any objections or representations to the application should be made in writing to Howard Steele, The Scottish Executive, Consents and Emergency Planning Unit, 2nd Floor, Meridian Court, 5 Cadogan Street, Glasgow G2 6AT, (energyconsents@scotland.gov.uk) identifying the proposal and specifying the grounds for objection, not later than 23 June 2005. Your identity will not be disclosed to any third party.