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SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT LOCAL ENERGY AND CONSENTS: S36 CONSULTATION FOR PROPOSED SHEIRDRIM RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT: SHEIRDRIM RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT (APPROX 10KM SOUTH-WEST OF TARBERT) LAND AT GARTNAGRENACH FOREST, WHITEHOUSE (REF: 19/02424/S3
Meeting: 20/01/2021 - Planning, Protective Services and Licensing Committee (Item 5)
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The Senior Planning Officer spoke to the terms of the report. The Section 36 consultation was originally considered by the Committee on 20 May 2020. The Committee agreed to object to the proposal as per the reasons outlined in the report of handling dated 6 May 2020 subject to including reference to the proposal having an adverse landscape and visual impact on the villages of Clachan and Whitehouse and that the Scottish Government be notified accordingly.
Since the Committee’s consideration of the original Section 36 Consultation, the Applicant has submitted Additional Information to the Energy Consents Unit. In accordance with the EIA Regulations the Council has been consulted on this Additional Information and a response is required by 25 January 2021.
It is considered that the Additional Information and accompanying appendices do not facilitate any necessity to alter the details of the recommendation to object and it was recommended that the Energy Consents Unit be notified accordingly.
Decision
The Committee agreed not to alter the details of the Council’s objection to this proposal and that the Energy Consent’s Unit be notified accordingly.
(Reference: Supplementary Report by Head of Development and Economic Growth dated 22 December 2020, submitted)
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