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Download Community Development Plan Consultation here
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Dear Consultee,
THE ELECTRICITY WORKS (ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT) (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2017
ELECTRICITY ACT 1989 : APPLICATION FOR SECTION 36 CONSENT FOR CNOC BUIDHE WIND ENERGY HUB IN THE PLANNING AUTHORITY AREA OF ARGYLL & BUTE COUNCIL
On 10 April 2025 the Scottish Ministers received an application from Cnoc Buidhe Wind Energy Hub limited (“the Applicant”) for the Scottish Ministers’ consent under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 to construct and operate Cnoc Buidhe Wind Energy Hub (“the proposed Development”) located approximately 2.5km east of Bellochantuy and 10km north-west of Campbeltown on the Kintyre Peninsula. The proposed Development is located wholly within the administrative area of Argyll & Bute Council.
The generation capacity of the proposed Development will be in excess of 50 megawatts. It will comprise of:
- 29 wind turbines with maximum blade tip heights of up to 200 metres
- aviation safety lighting;
- a battery energy storage system (BESS);
- associated infrastructure.
The proposed Development seeks permission to operate for a 40 years period.
In accordance with the Electricity (Applications for Consent) Regulations 1990, the Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment)(Scotland) Regulations 2017 (‘the EIA regulations’) and regulations made under Schedule 8(1) to the Electricity Act 1989 details of the application will be published in national and local newspapers as follows:
- the Ayrshire Advertiser – Friday 11 and Friday 18 April 2025;
- the Campbeltown Courier - Friday 11 and Friday 18 April 2025;
- The Herald – Friday 11 April 2025; and
- Edinburgh Gazette - Friday 11 April 2025.
It will also be published on the Developer’s application website www.cnocbuidhewindenergyhub.com
An EIA report (submitted) will be taken into consideration in determining the application.
In accordance with Regulation 16 of the EIA regulations, a consultation in respect of the application must be carried out. For the purposes of this consultation, the EIA report and associated documentation can all be viewed at www.energyconsents.scotby:
- clicking on the Search tab; then,
- clicking on Simple Search tab; then,
- typing Cnoc Buidhe into Search by Project Name box and then clicking on Go; then,
- clicking on ECU00004767and then clicking on Documents tab then clicking on the Application Documents tab.
The EIA regulations allows you at least 30 days to respond to this consultation. The Scottish Ministers have made June 26th2025 the closing date for this consultation.
Please submit your response to Econsents_Admin@gov.scot (please note that there is an underscore _ between Econsents and Admin).
If we have not received your comments, nor have we received any extension request by 19 May 2025,we will assume that you have none to make.
If you have any queries regarding this email or you have not yet received documentation from Landuse/LUC which it was previously agreed they would provide you with or you have any problems accessing the web-links provided above, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Yours faithfully
Stephen McFadden
Consents Manager | Energy Consents Unit
The Scottish Government | 07775 858863
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Stop press #3
Link to Argyll & Bute Bus Transport Survey here
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About WKCC
The western area of the Kintyre peninsular in Argyll, Scotland, has a dedicated team of Community Councillors elected by Residents of the locality.
West Kintyre Community Council extends from Whitehouse in the north to Kilkenzie in the south of Kintyre.
Despite the challenging economic climate over this period, we have as a community worked with our locally elected members, and partners such as Argyll & Bute Council, Transport Scotland, HIE, BT and the Windfarm Trust to name but a few, achieved much but by no means all the targets the community set out to achieve. However, as with all “Living Plans” during this period other priorities such as the damage caused by flooding in Clachan have also been tackled, with the repairs helped by majority funding via the Windfarm Trust.
A brief resume of what was achieved follows:
- New signage is now in place in all villages
- The A83 has seen many improvements although there is still some way to go
- Tayinloan playing fields has a new drainage system
- Broadband connectivity has been improved in some areas but remains a priority to be lobbied for across the whole area
- Mobile phone coverage remains an issue throughout the area, we will continue to lobby for improvements
- Muasdale surgery remains open
- Tayinloan toilets remain open and have been upgraded due to a ground-breaking agreement between Argyll & Bute Council, the Community Council and Windfarm Trust
- Empty buildings and affordable housing remain a priority
The above was not an exhaustive list but indicated some of the community achievements of WKCC.
To ensure our Village and Church halls remained viable and sustainable for the foreseeable future the Windfarm Trust provided funding towards the fitting of solar panels to three village halls and one church hall plus the same funding to the other church hall for the installation of energy efficiency measures.
In September 2016 with the help of the local Community Development Officer. a short-term focus group consisting of residents, Community Councillors, local businesses and local Councillors was set up tasked with reviewing previous action plans and gathering community priorities for further action.
There followed the distribution of a community survey with a freepost return address for ease of return by residents.
With rural depopulation continuing to be an issue throughout the area new questions asking for ideas on how we as a community might encourage young people and families to stay/move into the area, plus ideas for enterprise and development within the area were included in the survey.
WKCC scrutinise development applications for a range of Industries in conjunction with Argyll & Bute Councillors and the Authorities Administrative Team.
The Community Councillors are not remunerated for the work that that they do, and are also involved in supporting local Civic & Community Regeneration bodies.
Some excellent ideas were put forward and incorporated into the plan for 2017-2023 followed by our latest Community Action Plan which you can download below