CONSENT UNDER SECTION 36 OF THE ELECTRICITY ACT 1989 AND DEEMED PLANNING PERMISSION UNDER SECTION 57(2) OF THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (SCOTLAND) ACT 1997 TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE THE RED JOHN PUMPED STORAGE HYDRO SCHEME APPROXIMATELY 14 KILOMETRES SOUTH-WEST OF INVERNESS WITHIN THE PLANNING AUTHORITY AREA OF HIGHLAND COUNCIL
I refer to the application made on 15 November 2018 by AECOM Infrastructure & Environment UK Limited on behalf of Intelligent Land Investments (ILI) (Highlands PSH) Ltd for consent under section 36 of the Electricity Act for the construction and operation of the Red John Pumped Storage Hydro Scheme approximately 14 kilometres south-west of Inverness within the administrative area of the Highland Council. The Scottish Ministers give notice that they have granted consent for this proposed Development.
The Scottish Ministers have also directed, under Section 57 (2) of the Town & Country Planning Act (Scotland) 1997, that planning permission is deemed to be granted.
The application was subject to a Public Local Inquiry (“PLI”) as a consequence of the Highland Council objecting to it and a report from that PLI has subsequently been submitted to the Scottish Ministers.
Due to the size of the decision letter (and accompanying annexes) and the report from the PLI, if they were to be sent as attachments to this email they would be too large for most inboxes. They have been uploaded to the ECU website and can be viewed at www.energyconsents.scot by:
– clicking on the Search tab; then,
– clicking on the Advanced Search tab; then,
– typing ECU00000728 into the ECU Reference box; then,
– clicking the GO box; then,
– clicking on ECU00000728 and then clicking on the Documents tab; then,
– clicking on the Determinations tab;
A copy of the decision letter has been provided to the Highland Council to be made available for public inspection by being placed on the Council’s planning register.