Environmental Protection

Dumfries and Galloway Council

THE ENVIRONMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS, 1999

NOTICE UNDER REGULATION 13

FULL APPLICATION FOR ERECTION OF 13 WIND TURBINES AND ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDING UNDERGROUND CONNECTING CABLING, ON SITE ACCESS TRACKS, BRIDGE, TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUND, SUBSTATION AND CONTROL BUILDING, ONE TEMPORARY WIND MONITORING MAST, TWO PERMANENT WIND MONITORING MASTS, ALTERATIONS TO ACCESS TO THE UNCLASSIFIED ROAD AT SITE ENTRANCE AND BORROW PITS AT WHITESIDE HILL, 5KM SOUTH-WEST OF SANQUHAR, DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY (REF.NO. 06/P/30351)

Notice is hereby given, that an Environmental Statement has been submitted to Dumfries and Galloway Council by Whiteside Hill Windfarm (Scotland) Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Airtricity Developments (UK) Ltd relating to the following planning application:

Full application for erection of 13 wind turbines and associated infrastructure including underground connecting cabling, on site access tracks, bridge, temporary construction compound, substation and control building, one temporary wind monitoring mast, two permanent wind monitoring masts, alterations to access to the unclassified road at site entrance and borrow pits) at Whiteside Hill, 5km south-west of Sanquhar, Dumfries & Galloway.

A copy of the Environmental Statement and the associated planning application may be inspected during normal office hours at Council Offices, Kirkbank, English Street, Dumfries. Copies are also available for inspection during normal business hours at Dumfries & Galloway Service Centre, 100 High Street, Sanquhar; Sanquhar Library, 106 High Street, Sanquhar; Customer Service Centre, Dumfries & Galloway Council, Nith Building, Greystone Avenue, Kelloholm and Kirkconnel Library, Dumfries & Galloway Council, Nith Building, Greystone Avenue, Kelloholm.

Copies of the Environmental Statement may be purchased from Whiteside Hill Windfarm (Scotland) Ltd, 29A Union Street, Greenock PA16 8DD, at a cost of £200.00 each or on CD-ROM at a cost of £10.00.

Any person who wishes to make representations to Dumfries and Galloway Council about the Environmental Statement should make them in writing to Operations Manager Development Control, Dumfries and Galloway Council, at Council Offices, Kirkbank, English Street, Dumfries DG1 2HS within 28 days of the date of publication of this notice.

David Bell, Operations Manager – Development Control

7 July 2006.