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CONSULTATION ON SCREENING OPINION REQUEST IN RESPECT OF PROPOSED APPLICATION UNDER SECTION 36C OF THE ELECTRICITY ACT 1989 TO VARY THE EXISTING SECTION 36 CONSENT FOR BEAW FIELD WIND FARM, AT THE SOUTH OF THE ISLAND OF YELL, CENTRED ON THE BURN OF HAMNAVOE, IN THE PLANNING AUTHORITY AREA OF SHETLAND ISLANDS COUNCIL Increase the blade tip height from 145m to 149.9m. Extend the operational life of the windfarm from 25 years to 50 years

Beaw Field Burravoe Yell Shetland ZE2 9BA

DecidedReference: 2020/222/ECUCONShetland Islands

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Application summary

Status
Decided
Application type
Energy Consents Unit
Received
20 Oct 2020
Validated
20 Oct 2020
Determination deadline
19 Feb 2021
Local authority
Shetland Islands

Application overview

CONSULTATION ON SCREENING OPINION REQUEST IN RESPECT OF PROPOSED APPLICATION UNDER SECTION 36C OF THE ELECTRICITY ACT 1989 TO VARY THE EXISTING SECTION 36 CONSENT FOR BEAW FIELD WIND FARM, AT THE SOUTH OF THE ISLAND OF YELL, CENTRED ON THE BURN OF HAMNAVOE, IN THE PLANNING AUTHORITY AREA OF SHETLAND ISLANDS COUNCIL Increase the blade tip height from 145m to 149.9m. Extend the operational life of the windfarm from 25 years to 50 years

Proposal details

Reference
2020/222/ECUCON

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Application location

Beaw Field Burravoe Yell Shetland ZE2 9BA

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DECISION LETTER - ECUDecision · PDF2 Dec 2020View
COVER EMAIL WITH DECISION LETTER - ECUCorrespondence · PDF2 Dec 2020View
EMAIL TO ECU - 9.11.2020 15.26Correspondence · PDF9 Nov 2020View
SCREENING CONSULTATION REPONSE TO ECUCorrespondence · PDF9 Nov 2020View
SCREENING OPINION DELEGATED POWERSDecision9 Nov 2020View
COMMENTS FROM RSPB PASSED TO US FROM NHOCorrespondence · PDF9 Nov 2020View
CONSULTATION RESPONSE - NHOConsultee Comment · PDF6 Nov 2020View
SCREENING CONSULTATIONCorrespondence · PDF20 Oct 2020View

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DECISION LETTER - ECU COVER EMAIL WITH DECISION LETTER - ECU SCREENING OPINION DELEGATED POWERS
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