Loch Liath Wind Farm

The Application for Loch Liath Wind Farm was submitted to the Scottish Government’s Energy Consents Unit (ECU) in April 2023. Following feedback from consultees, Supplementary Environmental Information (SEI) was submitted in November 2024. The SEI contains the results of further peat studies and an updated cumulative impact assessment.

The full application and the supplementary information are available on this website or on the ECU website (ref. ECU00002182).

Following an objection from The Highland Council in February 2025, the application has been transferred to the Planning and Environmental Appeals Division (DPEA) of the Scottish Government (ref. WIN-270-26). All the inquiry documents and information can be found on the DPEA website.

Public Notice

LOCH LIATH WIND FARM LTD

ELECTRICITY ACT 1989

TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (SCOTLAND) ACT 1997 

THE ELECTRICITY WORKS (ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT) (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2017

Notice is hereby given that Loch Liath Wind Farm Ltd (“the Company”) with company registration number 12836747, having its registered office at 19th Floor, 22 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4BQ has submitted additional information to the Scottish Ministers in relation to the application for consent under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 to construct and operate a wind farm known as Loch Liath Wind Farm (“the Proposed Development”), located within the Balmacaan Estate directly west of the Great Glen and Loch Ness within the planning authority area of the Highland Council. The installed capacity of the proposed generating station would exceed 50MW, comprising up to 10 turbines with a maximum ground to blade tip height of 200 metres and three turbines with a maximum ground to blade tip height of 180 metres, and has been subject to Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) under the Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2017. An EIA Report for the Proposed Development was produced in April 2023 to accompany the application for consent, and Supplementary Environmental Information (SEI) was submitted in November 2024 to respond to consultees’ responses to the application, and Additional Information (AI) was submitted in August 2025 to provide an updated cumulative landscape and visual impact assessment.

The Company has also requested 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 additional information now being submitted includes information in the form of a Grid Connection Appraisal, relating to the prospective grid connection corridor and associated grid connection infrastructure to connect the Proposed Development to the National Grid.  Since the grid connection works are necessary for the Proposed Development to operate as proposed, and would not otherwise be built, there is accordingly a requirement to provide environmental information (where available) on their associated likely significant effects, and carry out related consultation under the EIA Regulations.  For clarification, the grid connection works are not the subject of the s36 application.

The Additional Information provides assessment of:

·         The solus effects of the prospective grid cable works in order to form an in-combination assessment of the wind farm and grid connection works;

·         The in-combination assessment of the wind farm with the prospective grid cable works; and

·         The cumulative assessment of the wind farm and the prospective grid connection works with other wind farms and their grid connection works where such information is available.

It is also supported by a Planning Statement Update. 

A copy of the Additional Information and Planning Statement Update, alongside all the application documentation and EIA/SEI/AI Reports, is available for public inspection, free of charge, on the application website https://projects.statkraft.co.uk/Loch-Liath/ or on the Scottish Government Planning and Environmental Appeals Division website at https://www.dpea.scotland.gov.uk/ under case reference WIN-270-26.

The additional information and Planning Statement Update is also available for public inspection in person, free of charge, during normal office hours at:

Copies of the additional information may be obtained from Loch Liath Wind Farm Limited (telephone: [0800 772 0668] / email: [ukprojects@statkraft.com]) for the cost of £100.00.

Any new representations on the additional information may be submitted by email to the Scottish Government Planning and Environmental Appeals Division at DPEA@gov.scot or laura.walker@gov.scot, using the relevant DPEA reference number WIN-270-26 and specifying the grounds for representation. Please note that you must be in possession of a working email address to submit a representation virtually.

If you would prefer to submit your representation by post, please send to Laura Walker, Case Officer, DPEA, Scottish Government, Ground Floor, Hadrian House, Callendar Business Park, Falkirk FK1 1XR, identifying the proposal and specifying the grounds for representation.

Written representations should be dated, clearly stating the name (in block capitals) and full postal address of those making representations. Only representations sent by email will receive acknowledgment.

All representations should be received no later than Wednesday 29^th July. Scottish Ministers may not be able to consider written representations received after this date.

Any subsequent additional information which is submitted by the Company will be subject to further public notice in this manner, and representations to such information will be accepted as per this notice.

Following examination of the environmental information and all views and representations received, Scottish Ministers will determine the application for consent in one of two ways:

·         Grant consent, with or without conditions attached; or

·         Refuse the proposal.

 All previous representations received by Scottish Ministers in relation to the application remain valid.

General Data Protection Regulations

The Scottish Government processes representations under the Electricity Act 1989. To support transparency in decision making, the Scottish Government publishes online at www.energyconsents.scot.

A privacy notice is published on the Help page at www.energyconsents.scot and at www.dpea.scotland.gov.uk. These explain how the Scottish Government processes your personal information. If you have any concerns about the processing of your personal information by the Scottish Government, please contact the ECU (by email at EconsentsAdmin@gov.scot or write to Scottish Government, Energy Consents Unit, 4th Floor, 5 Atlantic Quay, 150 Broomielaw, Glasgow, G2 8LU) or the DPEA (by email at dpa@gov.scot or write to Data protection and Information Assets Team, Information and Technology Services, V Spur, Saughton House, Broomhouse Drive, Edinburgh, EH11 3XD).

Our Proposal

Loch Liath Wind Farm is a proposal for a 13-turbine wind farm development, to the west of the Great Glen and Loch Ness, and with the closest turbine being located approximately 13 kilometres south-west of Drumnadrochit. The wind farm will consist of turbines at a combination of 180m and 200m tip heights. If consented, the project will generate enough energy to power 78,000 Scottish householder every year and bring a range of benefits to the local community, including a fund of around £429,000 per year.

We are keen to answer any questions that you may have about the project.  You can email your questions to ukprojects@statkraft.com or call 0800 772 0668  to arrange a chat with our Loch Liath team.

You can find the full story behind Loch Liath Wind Farm on this page, including information from the 2021 exhibition where an initial 26 turbine layout was introduced and the 2022 exhibition where the final 13 turbine layout was presented.

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