Planning Application
RES has submitted a planning application for Sclenteuch Wind Farm, located approximately 3km south west of Patna.
Electronic copies of the planning application and accompanying documents can be viewed or downloaded by clicking on the links below.
Pre-application Consultation Report
Volume 1 - Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) Main Text
Volume 2a - EIAR Figures
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Proposed Development
- Design Evolution and Alternatives
- Cultural Heritage
- Ecology
- Ornithology
- Hydrology, Geology and Hydrogeology
- Forestry
- Traffic and Transport
- Noise
- Aviation, Safety and Other Issues
Volume 2b - Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (LVIA) Figures
- Table of Contents
- LVIA Study Area
- Blade Tip Height (180 m and 200 m) Zone of Theoretical Visibility (ZTV) and Viewpoint Locations – 45 km
- Blade Tip Height (180 m and 200 m) ZTV and Viewpoint Locations – 45 km (A1)
- Blade Tip Height (180 m and 200 m) ZTV and Viewpoint Locations – 25 km (A1)
- Hub Height (105 m and 125 m) ZTV and Viewpoint Locations – 45 km
- Hub Height (105 m and 125 m) ZTV and Viewpoint Locations – 45 km (A1)
- Hub Height (105 m and 125 m) ZTV and Viewpoint Locations – 25 km (A1)
- Local Landscape Character Types
- Landscape Character Types with Blade Tip Height (180 m and 200 m) ZTV
- Designated and Protected Landscapes – 20 km
- Designated and Protected Landscapes with Blade Tip Height (180 m and 200m) ZTV
- Other Wind Farm Developments Included in the Cumulative Assessment - 25km
- Cumulative ZTV - Operational Wind Farms And Sclenteuch - 25 km
- Cumulative ZTV - Operational And Consented Wind Farms And Sclenteuch - 25km
- Cumulative ZTV - Operational, Consented And Proposed Wind Farms And Sclenteuch - 25 km
- Residential Visual Amenity Assessment (RVAA) Study Area with Blade Tip Height (180 m and 200 m) ZTV – 45 km
- RVAA Wireframes
Volume 2c - LVIA and Cultural Heritage Visualisations
- Table of Contents
- VP01_B741 at Gass
- VP02_Waterside Doon Valley Railway
- VP03_Waterside North End
- VP04_Patna
- VP05_Auchenroy Hill
- VP06_Lethanhill
- VP07_Colonel Hunter Blairs Monument
- VP08_Main Street Straiton
- VP09_Minor road west of Straiton
- VP10_Blairquhan
- VP11_Dalmellington
- VP12_B7045 near Kirkmichael
- VP13_Maybole
- VP14_B741 near Ruglen
- VP15_Cornish Hill
- VP16_Cairnsmore of Carsphairn
- Scottish Dark Sky Observatory
- Cultural Heritage Wirelines
Volume 3 - Technical Appendices
- Introduction
- Proposed Development
- LVIA
- Cultural Heritage
- Ecology
- Ornithology
- Hydrology. Geology and Hydrogeology
- Traffic and Transport
- Noise
- Climate Change
Volume 4 - Non-Technical Summary
Reasons to Support Sclenteuch Wind Farm
Low-cost electricity
Onshore wind, together with large scale solar, is the cheapest form of electricity generation. It is also a mature technology which can be deployed quickly and delivered at lower costs than offshore wind, hydro, marine technologies, and nuclear.
If consented, the Sclenteuch Wind Farm scheme will generate enough clean renewable low-cost electricity for approximately 50,000 homes. With the rising cost of living and current energy crisis, it is imperative that we deliver electricity efficiently and at lowest cost to the consumer.
Energy Security
Wind energy is a free and inexhaustible resource which has an important role to play as part of a balanced energy mix. It increases energy security by reducing our reliance on imports and is not subject to sudden price fluctuations or the uncertainty of global markets.
Tackling climate change
In 2019 a climate emergency was declared by the UK Government and the Scottish Government in recognition of the serious impacts around the globe caused by climate change.
The UK Government has set a legally binding target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050 and the Scottish Government has a net zero target of 2045. Renewables, and specifically onshore wind, will play an important role in helping achieve these targets.
With the ever-growing threat of climate change and the catastrophic impacts that it could have it is critical that we transition to a zero-carbon future, and in light of the recent COP26 event in Glasgow there has never been a greater need for projects like Sclenteuch to help achieve net zero targets and support a green recovery.
Socio-economic benefits
Sclenteuch Wind Farm could provide a vital economic boost, create skilled, sustainable jobs and help to drive a cleaner and more resilient economy. The proposed development is predicted to deliver around £9.6 million of inward investment in Ayrshire, in the form of jobs, employment and the use of local services. In addition, over £29 million in business rates will be paid to the South and East Ayrshire Councils to fund vital local services within the community.
As part of the scheme, a new footpath connecting with the existing High Keirs track, to form a nature trail called Keirs Glen Trail will be established. As well as providing recreational benefits to the local community, it will provide biodiversity enhancement through native woodland and wetland planting. Further habitat enhancement will be provided through blanket bog habitat restoration on the site using measures including ditch blocking, peat hag reprofiling and reseeding of bare peat.
Commenting on the Proposal
The planning application and associated documents are available to view, and comments on the proposal can be made, on the Scottish Government’s Energy Consents Unit’s website at www.energyconsents.scot and by searching for application reference number ECU00003318.