Chirmorie Wind Farm – Screening. Dumfries and Galloway/South Ayrshire. Ref No ECU00002150 Chirmorie Wind Farm Ltd (the Applicant) intends to submit an application for further variation of consent under section 36C of the Electricity Act 1989 for the consented Chirmorie Wind Farm (CWF located approximately 5 km south west of the village of Barrhill, in South Ayrshire.
The Applicant is now proposing further variations to the consent comprising:•increase the tip height of the 21 consented wind turbines from 146.5 m to 149.9m (3.4m) and increasing the blade length from an indicative length of 57 m to an indicative length of 68 m (variation 1);•introduce atemporary construction phase access route from Barrhill, (with no abnormal loads) along the C72 to site to facilitate the construction of the abutments of the consented bridge over the railway which bisects the wind farm site (essential works required for bridge construction), the construction of the platform of the sub-station and the initial section of access track, all consented and within the wind farm (variation 2) ;•introduce an alternative route for access route from the south west of Chirmorie wind farm for construction and operational traffic for Chirmorie wind farm (including associated infrastructure and excluding construction of the proposed bridge piers) which would largely follow the route consented for Stranoch Wind Farm, from the A77 near Innermessan, by means of a public road then an access track through Stranoch estate to Chirmorie wind farm1(variation 3); and•introduce three borrow pits and temporary construction compound (consented for Stranoch Wind Farm) which are closest to the proposed alternative access track (variation 4). http://www.energyconsents.scot/ApplicationDetails.aspx?cr=ECU00002150&fbclid=IwAR2bzG4-I92AOWLx8ZyllQBKQQD52SLv1B9S4eygRIkgfUu-e6bDZXERY-w
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