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Land 2KM SE Of Faegour Cottage Kinloch Laggan

Awaiting decision Highland 26/03975/SCOP Scoping Applications

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

EIA Scoping Opinion request - the proposed new Coire Mashie 400kV substation, required to connect the Earba Storage - Pumped Storage Hydro Project.

As published by the council, reference 26/03975/SCOP

Application record

Reference
26/03975/SCOP
Type
Scoping Applications
Status
Under Consideration
Received
3 Sep 2026
Validated
3 Sep 2026
Ward
Badenoch And Strathspey
Parish
Laggan Community Council
Decision by
Delegated Decision

Site history

Applications at this address on the Highland register

This site has had 3 applications since 2026.

  • 26/00761/SCRE Decided

    Land 2KM SE Of Faegour Cottage Kinloch Laggan

    EIA Screening Opinion Request for the proposed Coire Mashie Substation

    Decided 2 Apr 2026 Outline
  • 26/00464/SCRE Decided

    Land 2KM SE Of Faegour Cottage Kinloch Laggan

    EIA Screening Opinion Request for the proposed reconfiguration of the existing Overhead Line (OHL) at the location of the proposed Coire Mashie 400kV Substation, near Laggan.

    Decided 27 Mar 2026 Outline

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 3 Sep 2026

    Received by Highland

  2. 15 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 29 October 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Highland took a median of 68 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

24 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Highland for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Highland decided outline applications in a median of 72 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About outline applications

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