Proposed development at Larbrax, Leswalt, Stranraer, DG9 0RR

The proposed development at Larbrax, Leswalt, Stranraer, DG9 0RR is subject to an environmental impact assessment under the Town and Country Planning (Environment Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2017.

Notice is hereby given that additional information in relation to an EIA Report has been submitted to Scottish Ministers by Perigus Energy UK Ltd (formerly known as Orsted Onshore UK Ltd) relating to their application, under the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997, for the erection of 4 wind turbines (4 turbines 149.9 metres maximum height to blade tip) with battery energy storage system, control building and substation, formation of access tracks and site access junction onto B738, watercourse crossings, passing places, crane hardstandings, temporary construction compound and borrow pit, temporary clearance/laydown areas and associated infrastructure).

REFERENCE NUMBER 24/2623/FUL

The additional information was submitted to the Scottish Government’s Planning and Environmental Appeals Division (DPEA) on 19 May 2026 and comprises an Environmental Appraisal of an indicative grid connection from the Proposed Development to the existing 33/11 kilovolt (kV) Stranraer Primary Substation, based on information reasonably available at this point in time. The application boundary for the proposed development has not changed, and any proposed future grid connection does not form part of the current application.

The planning application is currently the subject of a deemed refusal appeal to Scottish Ministers, through the DPEA, given the failure of Dumfries and Galloway Council (DGC) to issue a decision on the application within the required four-month period.

A Reporter has been appointed to determine the appeal. Possible decisions in relation to the appeal are:

· approval of the application without conditions;

· approval of the application with conditions;

· refusal of the application.

The additional information, together with the EIA Report, the associated application and other documents submitted with the application can be viewed on the DPEA website at: www.dpea.scotland.gov.uk by typing in the case reference PPA-170-2184 into the “Search by case reference” box.

The additional information together with the EIA Report, the associated application and other documents submitted with the application can also be inspected by appointment only at the Council Offices at Ashwood House, Sun Street, Stranraer, DG9 7JJ.

A hard copy of the additional information is available for £50 and can be requested via the following email address larbrax@perigusenergy.com. An electronic version of the EIA Report and all supporting documents will be available to download from the project website at www.perigusenergy.co.uk/projects/larbrax-wind-farm/ and the DGC planning portal: www.dumgal.gov.uk/planning.

If you cannot obtain or access a copy please contact our office at www.dpea.scotland.gov.uk.

Any person who wishes to make representations to Scottish Ministers about this additional information should make them in writing within 30 days beginning with the date of this notice (quoting reference PPA-170-2184) to:

Planning and Environmental Appeals Division (DPEA), Hadrian House, Callendar Business Park, Falkirk, FK1 1XR or by e-mail to claire.murray2@gov.scot.

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