Planning application
Land 750M North Of Hawkhill Farm Hawkhill Kincardine Fife
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Proposal
Erection of an electricity substation (400kV ) and associated infrastructure including access roads, drainage, SUDS ponds, hardstanding, fencing and landscaping
As published by the council, reference 25/03188/EIA
Application record
- Reference
- 25/03188/EIA
- Type
- Planning Permission (EIA Development)
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 21 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 25 Nov 2025
- Ward
- West Fife And Coastal Villages
- Parish
- Kincardine
Site history
Applications at this address on the Fife register
This site has had 4 applications since 2024.
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26/02314/EIA Awaiting decision
Land 750M North Of Hawkhill Farm Hawkhill Kincardine Fife
Installation of 11kV underground electrical cables and associated engineering and landscaping works, including temporary construction platforms and removal of wood poles in connection with application reference 25/03188/EIA for erection of substation
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24/01242/SCO Decided
Land 750M North Of Hawkhill Farm Hawkhill Kincardine Fife
Environmental Impact Assessment scoping opinion for construction of a 400kv substation and associated infrastructure including access, landscaping and drainage
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24/01232/PAN Decided
Land 750M North Of Hawkhill Farm Hawkhill Kincardine Fife
Proposal of Application Notice for construction of new 400kv substation and ancillary development including access, landscaping, drainage and overhad line modifications
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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21 Nov 2025
Received by Fife
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25 Nov 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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6 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 20 January 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Fife took a median of 46 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Related applications
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1 later application on the register refers to this one:
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26/02314/EIA Awaiting decision
Land 750M North Of Hawkhill Farm Hawkhill Kincardine Fife
Installation of 11kV underground electrical cables and associated engineering and landscaping works, including temporary construction platforms and removal of wood poles in connection with application reference 25/03188/EIA for erection of substation
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Scottish Power Energy Networks Agent
9 applications on PlanIndex · across 5 councils
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See their track recordSP Transmission Plc Applicant, registered in Glasgow
Active · incorporated 1998 · Glasgow
5 applications on PlanIndex · across 2 councils
Trade members see everything this firm has filed, how it was decided, and get an email the day it files again.
See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
117 documents on file for this application
- 09A - LANDSCAPING PLAN
- PSAD
- 09 - SUPERSEDED LANDSCAPING PLAN
- PSAD
- 15A - EIA VOL 03 - FIGURES CONTENTS
- 15A - EIA VOL 03 FIG 7.5 - LANDSCAPE FIGURES
- 15B - EIA VOL 04 - APPENDIX 11 - TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT
- 15B - EIA VOL 04 - APPENDICES CONTENTS
- 23 - BLOCK PLAN: CONSTRUCTION AREAS
- 24 - BLOCK PLAN: CONSTRUCTION AREAS 2
- 28 - ROAD DRAINAGE ARRANGEMENT
- 29 - ROAD DRAINAGE LAYOUT 2
- 15A - EIA VOL 01 - NON TECHNICAL SUMMARY
- 15A - EIA VOL 02 - CH. 06 - ECOLOGY
- 15A - EIA VOL 02 - CH.07 - LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL
- 15A - EIA VOL 02 - CH.08 - CULTURAL HERITAGE
- 15A - EIA VOL 02 - CH. 09 - WATER ENVIRONMENT
- 15A - EIA VOL 02 - CH.10 - GROUND CONDITIONS
- 15A - EIA VOL 02 - CH. 11 - TRAFFIC TRANSPORT
- 15A - EIA VOL 02 - CH. 12 - CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONAL NOISE
- 15A - EIA VOL 02 - CH. 13 - OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS
- 15A - EIA VOL 02 - CH. 14 - SCHEDULE OF MITIGATION
- 15A - EIA VOL 02 - CH. 15 - SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
- 15A - EIA VOL 02 - CH. 01 TO 05
- 15A - EIA VOL 02 - MAIN REPORT CONTENTS
- 15A - EIA VOL 03 - FIGS 1.1 TO 4.3 - INTRODUCTION, SITE ALTERNATIVES AND PROP DE
- 15A - EIA VOL 03 - FIGS 6.1 TO 6.3 - ECOLOGY FIGURES
- 15A - EIA VOL 03 - FIGS 6.4 TO 6.6 - ECOLOGY FIGURES
- 15A - EIA VOL 03 - FIGS 7.1 TO 8.2 - LANDSCAPE, CULTURAL HERITAGE FIGURES
- 15A - EIA VOL 03 - FIGS 9.1 TO 11.3 - WATER, GROUND CONDS AND TRAFFIC FIGURES
- 15A - EIA VOL 04 - APPENDICES 1.1 TO 4.3
- 15A - EIA VOL 04 - APPENDIX 12.7 - OHL NOISE SENSITIVE RECEPTORS
- 15A - EIA VOL 04 - APPENDIX 12.8 - OHL OPERATIONAL NOISE ASSESSMENT
- 15A - EIA VOL 04 - APPENDIX 15 - SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
- 15A - EIA VOL 04 - APPENDIX 6.1 - METHODOLOGY
- 15A - EIA VOL 04 - APPENDIX 6.3 - XL ROUTE ECOLOGICAL WALKOVER
- 15A - EIA VOL 04 - APPENDIX 6.4 - HABITATS REGULATIONS ASSESSMENT
- 15A - EIA VOL 04 - APPENDICES 7.1 TO 7.2 - LANDSCAPE
- 15A - EIA VOL 04 - APPENDIX 8 - CULTURAL HERITAGE
- 15A - EIA VOL 04 - APPENDIX 9.1 - WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE SCREENING
- 15A - EIA VOL 04 - APPENDIX 9.2 - ENVIRONMENTAL AUTHORISATION REGS
- 26 - HAWKHILL ROAD GENERAL ARRANGEMENT - SHEET 1
- 27 - HAWKHILL ROAD GENERAL ARRANGEMENT - SHEET 2
- PSAD
- 05A - SITE PLAN SHOWING LOCAL AUTHORITY BOUNDARIES
- 25 - PROPOSED SECTIONS
- 01A - LOCATION PLAN
- 02A - SITE PLAN
- 30 - GI FACTUAL REPORT PART 1
- 30 - GI FACTUAL REPORT PART 10
- 30 - GI FACTUAL REPORT PART 11
- 31 - GI INTERPRETIVE REPORT
- 32 - GI SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT
- PSAD
- 33 - FRA: APPENDIX 7
- 34 - FRA: APPENDIX 8
- BUILT HERITAGE
- TRANSPORTATION
- CLACKMANNANSHIRE COUNCIL
- HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT SCOTLAND
- KINCARDINE COMMUNITY COUNCIL
- LAND AND AIR QUALITY
- TREES
- NATURE SCOT
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- NATURAL HERITAGE
- THE COAL AUTHORITY
- TRANSPORT SCOTLAND
- SCOTTISH WATER
- APPLICATION FORM
- 21 - SITE PLAN (LAND OWNERSHIP)
- 19 - COAL MINING RISK ASSESSMENT
- 05 - SUPERSEDED BOUNDARY BETWEEN FIFE AND CLACKMANNANSHIRE
- 13 - DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- 15 - SUPERSEDED EIA VOL. 01 - NON TECHNICAL SUMMARY
- 15 - SUPERSEDED EIA VOL. 03 - APP. 02 - 2.1 - SCOPING OPINION AND 2.2 PRE-APP A
- 15 - SUPERSEDED EIA VOL. 03 - 00. APPENDICES CONTENTS
- 15 - SUPERSEDED EIA VOL. 02 - 00. CONTENTS
- 15 - SUPERSEDED EIA VOL. 02 - 01. INTRODUCTION
- 15 - SUPERSEDED EIA VOL. 02 - 02. APPROACH TO EIA
- 15 - SUPERSEDED EIA VOL. 02 - 03. SITE SELECTION AND ALTERNATIVES
- 15 - SUPERSEDED EIA VOL. 02 - 04. PROJECT DESCRIPTION
- 15 - SUPERSEDED EIA VOL. 02 - 05. PLANNING POLICY CONTEXT
- 15 - SUPERSEDED EIA VOL. 02 - 06. ECOLOGY
- 15 - SUPERSEDED EIA VOL. 02 - 07. LANDSCAPE VISUAL AMENITY PART 1 OF 2
- 15 - SUPERSEDED EIA VOL. 02 - 07. LANDSCAPE PART 2 OF 2 - FIGURES
- 15 - SUPERSEDED EIA VOL. 02 - 08. CULTURAL HERITAGE AND ARCHAEOLOGY
- 15 - SUPERSEDED EIA VOL. 02 - 09. TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT
- 15 - SUPERSEDED EIA VOL. 02 - 10. NOISE IMPACTS
- 15 - SUPERSEDED EIA VOL. 02 - 11. OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS
- 15 - SUPERSEDED EIA VOL. 02 - 12. CUMULATIVE EFFECTS
- 15 - SUPERSEDED EIA VOL. 02 - 13. MITIGATION
- 15 - SUPERSEDED EIA VOL. 02 - 14. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
- 15 - SUPERSEDED EIA VOL. 03 - APP. 01. EIA TEAM
- 15 - SUPERSEDED EIA VOL. 03 - APP. 03 - 3.1. INDUSTRY GUIDANCE AND 3.2 ALTERNAT
- 15 - SUPERSEDED EIA VOL. 03 - APP. 06 - 6.1. ECOLOGICAL IMPACT, 6.2. GREAT CRES
- 15 - SUPERSEDED EIA VOL. 03 - APP. 07 - 7.1. LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL
- 15 - SUPERSEDED EIA VOL. 03 - APP. 08 - 8.1. GAZETTEER AND 8.2. PHOTOS
- 15 - SUPERSEDED EIA VOL. 03 - APP. 09 - 9.1. TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT
- 15 - SUPERSEDED EIA VOL. 03 - APP. 10. NOISE IMPACTS
- 07 - ELECTRICAL LAYOUT PLAN
- 17 - FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT APPENDIX B
- 18 - FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT APPENDIX C
- 16 - FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT
- 12 - STATEMENT - GI SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT
- 01 - SUPERSEDED LOCATION PLAN
- 14 - PAC REPORT - PT 1 OF 2
- 14 - PAC REPORT - PT 2 OF 2
- 06 - PERIMETER FENCE DETAIL
- 11 - PLANNING STATEMENT
- 04 - PROPOSED ELEVATIONS
- 03 - PROPOSED SITE LAYOUT
- 08 - SECTION DRAWING OF SITE LEVELS
- WITHDRAWN SITE PLAN SHOWING TEMPORARY ROAD WORKS FOR INFO
- 02 -SUPERSEDED SITE PLAN
- 20 - SURFACE WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN
- 10 - TEMPORARY ROADWORK AREAS
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