Land 2430M SW Of Loch Buidhe Bonar Bridge
Approved on 20 November 2025
Council decision: Screening Application EIA RequiredDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
EIA Screening Opinion Request for the construction and operation of a new 132kV overhead line (OHL) connection between Shin Substation and a proposed cable sealing end (CSE) compound approximately 2 km west of Loch Buidhe Substation, and the dismantling of the existing 132kV OHL connection between Shin Substation and Loch Buidhe Substation
- Received
- 23 September 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Highland Council
- Ward
- North, West And Central Sutherland
- ReceivedReceived23 Sep
- ValidatedValidated23 Sep
- Consult.Consultation16 Oct
- TargetTarget Date14 Oct
- DecidedDecided20 Nov
Decided in 58 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application at Land 2430M SW Of Loch Buidhe Bonar Bridge. Highland has handled 1,466 applications of this type. This one was decided in 58 days. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 27 applications across North, West And Central Sutherland.
97% of outline applications at Highland Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Application type
- Screening Applications
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Creich Community Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 September 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 16 October 2025
- Consultation start
- 2 October 2025
- Consultation end
- 16 October 2025
- Last date for comments
- 16 October 2025
- Target decision date
- 14 October 2025
- Permission expires
- 20 November 2030
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 21 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 4
- Constraints
- 42
Site constraints
Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202610 Feb
EIA Scoping Request for the construction and operation of a new 132kV overhead line (OHL) connection between…
PendingScoping Applications26/00739/SCOP - 202516 Oct
Formation of access and 2.6km private way.
ApprovedApplication25/03420/FUL - 20253 Sep
Spittal to Beauly 400 kV OHL - Install, operate and keep installed 173km of new 400 kV overhead electricity…
RefusedSection 3725/03311/S37
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