Proposed Moorhouse Farmers Windfarm - Renfrewshire Council

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East Renfrewshire Council Proposal of Application Notice Under the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 as amended by the Planning etc. (Scotland) Act 2006 Introduction You should complete and submit this notice if you are proposing to undertake a ‘national’ or ‘major’ development as defined in the Town and Country Planning (Hierarchy of Development)(Scotland) Regulations 2009. You cannot submit for planning permission within 12 weeks of submitting this notice. See the Guidance Note for further information. 1. Please give the name, address, telephone number and email address of the prospective applicant (and their agent if applicable) Prospective applicant’s details Name: Coriolis Energy LLP Address: 11 Eden Place Carlisle CA3 9JQ Phone number: 01228 545 954 Email address: harry.malyon@coriolisenergy.com 2. The postal address of the site: Address: Agent’s details applicant’s details (if applicable) Name: Natural Capital Ltd Address: 13 Coates Crescent Edinburgh EH7 4AF Phone number: 0131 220 6121 Email address: annie.say@naturalcapital.co.uk If there is no postal address, please describe the location of the development as best you can: The proposed development site itself does not have a postal address. The proposed deevlopment is located to the west of Eaglesham and some eight kilmeters (km) south west of Glasgow, between the M77 and the B764 (NGR NS 527 507). For further details of the location of the proposed site see Section 4 and for how to contact the applicant and the project team see Section 1. 3. Please attach a plan (to a recognised scale, 1:1250 is suggested) marked with the outline of the site and attach it to this notice. Please tick to confirm that a plan is attached Yes: N:\PROJECTS\185_Moorhouse Windfarm\Consultation\Statutory PAC Consultation\Pre-application Notice\Proposal of Application Notice for Moorhouse Farmers Windfarm_26.06.09.doc
4. Describe the development that is to be carried out and state whether it will be a national or a major application: LOCATION - The project would be based on land owned by a consortium of five farmers in the Moorhouse area, to the west of Eaglesham and some eight kilometres (km) south west of Glasgow, between the M77 and the B764 (NGR NS 527 507) . The proposed site is set on the gentle hills between the M77 to the west, A726 to the north and B764 to the south east. On the western boundary of the site lies Eastwood Golf Course with Bonnyton Golf Course situated on the eastern boundary. The village of Eaglesham is situated approximately 2km to the east of the site with the southern edges of Newton Mearns lying to the north of the site. THE PROPOSED SITE - The study area itself includes various scattered residential properties (approximately five houses). There is a small area of woodland to the north east of the site, Long Wood. Various access tracks, which tend to connect properties to fields and reservoirs, exist throughout the site. The site is drained by a series of small burns which drain into Lochcraig Reservoir and Bennan Loch which are located centrally on the site and are used as public water supply reservoirs. THE PROPOSALS - The anticipated potential capacity of the windfarm is estimated to be 40 Mega Watts (MW) with between 16 and 20, two to three MW turbines with a maximum tip height of 125m. This is classed within the major application category as defined in the (draft) Town and Country Planning (Hierarchy of Developments) (Scotland) Regulations 2009. The turbines would be of a typical modern design incorporating tubular towers and three blades attached to a nacelle housing the generator, gearbox and other operating equipment. The transformer for each turbine would be housed either adjacent to the tower base or within the tower itself. This would depend on the chosen turbine manufacturer’s specification. The average wind speed on the site is high and it is therefore expected that Class 1 turbines would be required such as the Nordex 2.5MW N90. The key components of the proposals are: some 16-20 wind turbines; three anemometer masts; a permanent access route into the site from the B764; access tracks and underground cabling within the site; an electrical sub-station; a site office and store (may be the same building); and associated communications and other infrastructure. FURTHER DETAIL - For more detailed information on the proposals please refer to our Scoping Report which was submitted to East Renfrewshire Council Planning Department in October 2008. 5. Has the Council adopted a screening opinion; or have the Scottish made a screening direction (under the Environmental Impact Assessment (Scotland) Regulations 1999) regarding the need for an Environmental Impact Assessment in respect of the development? Screening opinion: No Yes , if ‘yes’ give date of opinion: Screening direction No Yes , if ‘yes’ give date of direction: If yes to either of the above, please provide full details: The project team submitted a Scoping Report to East Renfrewshire Council Planning Department in October 2008. A scoping direction from East Renfrewshire Council Planning Department on November 21st 2008 was received providing guidance on key subject areas that the EIA should address. N:\PROJECTS\185_Moorhouse Windfarm\Consultation\Statutory PAC Consultation\Pre-application Notice\Proposal of Application Notice for Moorhouse Farmers Windfarm_26.06.09.doc
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