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Item 6 Appendix2 PoAN ApplicationForm PRE20260025

Cairngorms Nation­al Park Author­ity Ugh­dar­ras Pàirc Nàiseanta a’ Mhon­aidh Ruaidh

Item 6 Appendix 2 09 Octo­ber 2026 Page 1 of 4

Agenda item 6

Appendix 2

PRE/2026/0025

Pro­pos­al of applic­a­tion notice – applic­a­tion form

The High­land Coun­cil Com­hairle na Gàidhealtachd

PRO­POS­AL OF APPLIC­A­TION NOTICE

MOL­ADH BRATH IARRTAIS

The Town and Coun­try Plan­ning (Scot­land) Act 1997 as amended by the Plan­ning Etc. (Scot­land) Act 2006 and Plan­ning (Scot­land) Act 2019

Town and Coun­try Plan­ning (Pre-Applic­a­tion Con­sulta­tion) (Scot­land) Reg­u­la­tions 2021

The Coun­cil will respond with­in 21 days of val­id­a­tion the Notice. It will advise wheth­er the pro­posed Pre-applic­a­tion Con­sulta­tion is sat­is­fact­ory or if addi­tion­al noti­fic­a­tion and con­sulta­tion above the stat­utory min­im­um is required.

Please note that a plan­ning applic­a­tion for this pro­posed devel­op­ment can­not be sub­mit­ted less than 12 weeks from the date the Pro­pos­al of Applic­a­tion Notice is received by the Coun­cil and without the stat­utory con­sulta­tion require­ments hav­ing been under­taken. The plan­ning applic­a­tion must be accom­pan­ied by a Pre-applic­a­tion con­sulta­tion report.

The Pro­pos­al of Applic­a­tion Notice will be val­id for a peri­od of 18 months from the date of val­id­a­tion of the notice by the Council.

Data Pro­tec­tion

Your per­son­al data will be man­aged in com­pli­ance with the Data Pro­tec­tion legis­la­tion. You can read our pri­vacy notice for plan­ning related cer­ti­fic­ates on the Council’s web­site at: https://​www​.high​land​.gov​.uk/​d​i​r​e​c​t​o​r​y​_​r​e​c​o​r​d​/​1​0​5​2​1​7​3​/​p​l​a​n​n​i​n​g​_​a​p​p​l​i​c​a​t​i​o​n​s​_​c​o​n​s​e​n​t​s​_​a​n​d​_​n​o​t​i​c​e​_​o​f​_​r​eview

☑ I have read and under­stood the pri­vacy notice.

Con­tact Details
Applic­antScot­tish Hydro Elec­tric Trans­mis­sion plcAgentN/A
Address10 Hende­r­son Road, Inverness, IV1 1SNAddressN/A
PhonePhoneN/A
EmailEmailN/A

Address or Loc­a­tion of Pro­posed Development

Please state the postal address of the pro­spect­ive devel­op­ment site. If there is no postal address, please describe its loc­a­tion. Please out­line the site in red on a base plan to a recog­nised met­ric scale and attach it to this com­pleted Notice.

Land to the south of the A86, Strath­mash­ie, Lag­gan, New­ton­more, PH20 1AJ

Descrip­tion of Development

Please include detail where appro­pri­ate – e.g. the num­ber of res­id­en­tial units; the gross floor­space in m² of any build­ings not for res­id­en­tial use; the capa­city of any elec­tri­city gen­er­a­tion or waste man­age­ment facil­ity; and the length of any infra­struc­ture pro­ject. Please attach any addi­tion­al sup­port­ing information.

Pro­posed new 400kV sub­sta­tion and under­ground cable con­nec­tion com­pris­ing new build­ings, plat­form, plant and machinery, access, laydown/​work com­pound area(s), drain­age, land­scap­ing, track upgrades and install­a­tions, under­ground cabling and oth­er ancil­lary works (Nation­al Development).

Pre-applic­a­tion Screen­ing Notice

Has a Screen­ing Opin­ion been issued on the need for a Pro­pos­al of Applic­a­tion notice by the High­land Coun­cil in respect of the pro­posed devel­op­ment? If yes, please provide a copy of this Opin­ion. ☐ Yes ☑ No

Com­munity Consultation

State which oth­er parties have received a copy of this Pro­pos­al of Applic­a­tion Notice.

Com­munity Council/​sDate Notice Served
Lag­gan Com­munity Council26th August 2026
Loc­al Elec­ted Mem­bersDate Notice Served
Ward 20: Badenoch and Strath­spey on The High­land Council:26th August 2026
Cllr John Bruce
Cllr Mur­i­el Cockburn
Cllr Rus­sell Jones
Cllr Bill Lobban
Mem­bers of Scot­tish Par­lia­ment and Mem­bers of Par­lia­mentDate Notice Served
MP- Mr Gra­ham Leadbitter26th August 2026
Con­stitu­ency MSP Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch: Andrew Baxter
MSP Max Bannerman
MSP Ariane Burgess
MSP Vic­tor Currie
MSP Tim Eagle
MSP Kris­toph­er Leask
MSP Mor­ven-May MacCallum
MSP Maree Todd
Names / details of oth­er partiesDate Notice Served

Details of Pro­posed Consultation

Pro­posed Pub­lic Event 1Ven­ueDate and Time
PAC event 1Lag­gan Com­munity Hall, Lag­gan Bridge by New­ton­more, Inverness-shire, PH20 1ANWed­nes­day 7th Octo­ber 2026 3pm-7pm
Pro­posed Pub­lic Event 2 (at least 14 days after Pub­lic Event 1)Ven­ueDate and Time
PAC event 2Lag­gan Com­munity Hall, Lag­gan Bridge by New­ton­more, Inverness-shire, PH20 1ANWed­nes­day 24th March 2027 3pm-7pm

Pub­lic­a­tion of Event

News­pa­per AdvertName of News­pa­perAdvert Date
(1st PAN event)Badenoch and Strath­spey HeraldOn or around 28th Septem­ber 2026 but no less than 7 days pri­or to the date of pub­lic event 1.
(2nd PAN event)Badenoch and Strath­spey HeraldOn or around 15th March 2027 but no less than 7 days pri­or to the date of pub­lic event 2.

Details of any oth­er con­sulta­tion meth­ods (date, time and with whom)

Inform­a­tion leaf­let drop to prop­er­ties and busi­nesses with­in the vicin­ity of the pro­posed devel­op­ment site and includ­ing properties/​businesses to the north of the pro­posed devel­op­ment, includ­ing the vil­lage of Lag­gan. The leaf­let drop area is the same as for the pro­posed Coire Mash­ie Sub­sta­tion Site Selec­tion pub­lic con­sulta­tion event, which included 550 households.

Updated inform­a­tion will also be provided on the ded­ic­ated pro­ject web­site New Coire Mash­ie 400kV Sub­sta­tion and Ear­ba PSH Con­nec­tion — SSEN Trans­mis­sion through­out the con­sulta­tion pro­cess and until a plan­ning applic­a­tion is concluded.

| Signed | S. Wade | Date | 26th August 2026 | | : — — - | : — — — | : — - | : — — — — — — — - |