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Application for Pairc Wind Farm
An application for a 205 megawatt, 57 turbine wind farm on the Pairc peninsula, Isle of Lewis, was submitted to the Scottish Executive on 1 June 2007 by Scottish and Southern Energy. The application will be determined by the Scottish Ministers, and the Comhairle is the Principal Consultee in the process. The official date for submitting representations to the Scottish Government and the Comhairle has now passed (26 July 2007), However, the Scottish Government will continue to take representations throughout the process. The Comhairle is currently in the process of reviewing the application, and subsequent representations, and is preparing a report to be considered by the Environment and Protective Services (EPS) Committee in the first week of December 2007. The recommendations of the EPS committee will be considered by the Comhairle at its meeting on 13 December 2007. The recommendations of this meeting will then be made by the Comhairle to the Scottish Ministers (the determining body). Viewing The Application If you want to view a full set of the documents, they can be seen at the Library or the Council Offices in Stornoway, Ravenspoint Centre, Kershader and Laxay Post Office, Laxay. The non technical summary can be viewed on-line here. Copies of the Environmental Statement may be obtained from Carolyn Murphy, Scottish and Southern Energy, Inveralmond House, 200 Dunkeld Road, Perth, PH1 3AQ at a charge of £150 hard copy and £25 on CD. Copies of a short non-technical summary are available free of charge (telephone 01738 456 489) A copy of the Non Technical Summary can be obtained free of charge from: Carolyn Murphy, Making Representations If you want to submit representations either for or against the proposal, these should be sent to:
The Scottish Government, Commenting To The Comhairle The Comhairle is the Principal Consultee, but the application will be determined by the Scottish Ministers. It is therefore important for you to submit any comments you want to have taken into account by the determining authority to the Scottish Government address given above. However, to let you inform the Comhairle of your views on the application we have set up this website to provide information on the proposal and to allow you to submit comments by e-mail to paircwindapplication@cne-siar.gov.uk. would be beneficial to have received these comments by 12 November 2007 To validate comments made we ask that the simple electronic form on this web site is completed. This information will be used only to help inform the opinion on the proposal. Comments will not be viewable on the website but they will be drawn to the attention of the Comhairle in their consideration of this matter.
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