Planning application
Offshore Works Spiorad Na Mara Wind Farm Barvas Barvas Isle Of Lewis
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Scottish Government - Marine Directorate Consultation on Applications for S36 Consent and Marine Licences associated with the Spiorad na Mara offshore windfarm, North West Lewis. [NOTE: Comhairle nan Eilean Siar issued its reponse to this consultation to Marine Directorate on 30 June 2026]. [Note: Scottish Ministers are the Determing Authority in respect of these applications.]
As published by the council, reference 26/00107/CONSG
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00107/CONSG
- Type
- Consultation Scottish Government
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Refused As published: Recommend Refusal (SG Consultation)
- Received
- 19 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 23 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 30 Jun 2026
- Ward
- An Taobh Siar Agus Nis
- Parish
- Barvas & Brue
- Decision by
- Delegate Decision
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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19 Mar 2026
Received by Na h-Eileanan Siar
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23 Mar 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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30 Jun 2026
Decision issued: Recommend Refusal (SG Consultation)
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27 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Spiorad Na Mara Limited Applicant, registered in Edinburgh
Active · incorporated 2021 · Edinburgh
1 application on PlanIndex
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151 documents on file for this application
- PAB MEETING 24.06.26
- VIEW OF THE COMHAIRLE
- REPORT TO PAB 24.06.26
- APPENDIX 1 - PLANS
- APPENDIX 2 - POLICY CONTEXT
- APPENDIX 3 - LEGISLATIVE CONTEXT
- APPENDIX 4 - REGULATING OFFSHORE WIND FARM DEVELOPMENT IN SCOTTISH WATERS
- APPENDIX 5 - APPLICATION DETAILS
- APPENDIX 6 - HABITATS REGULATIONS APPROPRIATE ASSESSMENT
- APPENDIX 7 - PRE-APPLICATION CONSULTATION
- APPENDIX 8 - CONSULTATIONS
- APPENDIX 8A - LANDSCAPE COMMENTS
- CONSULTATION ON ATLANTIC SALMON UNDRWATER NOISE ASSESSMENT AND ASSOCIATED DATA A
- COMMERCIAL FISHERIES BASELINE CHARACTERISATION REPORT
- SLVIA FIGURES AND PHOTOMONTAGE VISUALISATIONS
- DIGITAL AERIAL BIRD AND MARINE MEGAFAUNA SURVEYS
- PUBLIC NOTICE
- BASELINE NOISE SURVEY
- SOCIO ECONOMIC- FIGURES
- SOCIO-ECONOMIC-
- CLIMATE RESILIENCE
- GREENHOUSE GASES
- PHYSICAL & COASTAL PROCESSES - FIGURES
- PHYSICAL & COASTAL PROCESSES
- MARINE SEDIMENT AND WATER QUALITY - FIGURES
- MARINE SEDIMENT AND WATER QUALITY
- BETHIC & INTERTIDAL ECOLOGY - FIGURES
- BENTHIC & INTERTIDAL ECOLOGY
- FISH ECOLOGY
- FISH ECOLOGY
- MARINE MAMMALS - FIGURES
- MARINE MAMMALS
- MARINE & NEARSHORE ORNITHOLOGY - FIGURES
- MARINE & NEARSHORE ORNITHOLOGY
- OFFSHORE ARCHAEOLOGY AND CULTURAL HERITAGE - FIGURES
- OFFSHORE ARCHAEOLOGY AND CULTURAL HERITAGE - FIGURES
- SHIPPING & NAVIGATION - FIGURES
- SHIPPING & NAVIGATION
- MILITARY & CIVIL AVIATION - FIGURES
- MILITARY & CIVIL AVIATION
- SEASCAPE, LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- OFFSHORE AIRBORNE NOISE - FIGURES
- OFFSHORE AIRBORNE NOISE
- NOISE MODELLING & PREDICTION
- OTHER SEA USERS AND RECREATION
- COMMERCIAL FISHERIES
- COMMERCIAL FISHERIES - FIGURES
- OFFSHORE HUMAN HEALTH
- COMBINED EFFECTS ASSESSMENT
- SUMMARY OF LIKELY SIGNIFICANT RESIDUAL EFFECTS
- SUMMARY OF OFFSHORE MITIGATION - STATEMENT OF OFFSHORE EIA COMMITMENTS
- OUTLINE PROTOCOL FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES
- FISHERIES MITIGATION MONITORING AND COMMUNICATION PLAN
- MARINE POLLUTION CONTINGENCY PLAN
- OFFSHORE INVASIVE NON-NATIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT PLAN
- OUTLINE LIGHTING & MARKING
- OUTLINE MARINE MAMMAL MITIGATION PROTOCOL
- OUTLINE NAVIGATIONAL SAFETY AND VESSEL MANAGEMENT PLAN
- OUTLINE OFFSHORE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN
- OUTLINE OFFSHORE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE PLAN
- OUTLINE OFFSHORE WRITTEN SCHEME OF INVESTIGATION
- HRA - COMPENSATION PLAN ROADMAP
- HRA - DEROGATION CASE
- OFFSHORE PLANNING STATEMENT
- INDIVIDUAL COLONY APPORTIONMENT (BREEDING SEASON)
- CONFIRMED SCREENING CONCLUSIONS
- INFORMATION ON DESIGNATED SITES
- CONSULTATION
- OFFSHORE ORNITHOLOGY APPORTIONING
- HRA POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS REPORT
- ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT DEFINITIONS
- OFFSHORE ORNITHOLOGY IN-COMBINATION DATA TABLES
- HRA - REPORT TO INFORM APPROPRIATE ASSESSMENT
- SECTION 36 CONSENT APPLICATION LETTER
- MARINE LICENCE APPLICATION
- MARINE LICENCE TRANSMISSION APPLICATION FORM - SUPPORTING DOCUMENT
- MARINE LICENCE APPLICATION FORM
- MARINE LICENCE GENERATION SUPPORTING INFORMATION
- GLOSSARY & ABBREVIATIONS
- COMPETENT EXPERTS
- PERCUSSIVE PILING INSTALLATION APPROACH
- OFFSHORE PROJECT PARAMETERS
- OFFSHORE PROJECT COORDINATES
- EIA REGULATIONS REQUIREMENTS
- RESPONSE TO SCOPING OPINION
- CUMULATIVE EFFECTS ASSESSMENT
- OFFSHORE STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION AND ENGAGEMENT
- INTRODUCTION - FIGURES
- INTRODUCTION
- POLICY AND LEGISLATIVE CONTEXT
- PROJECT DESCRIPTION - FIGURES
- PROJECT DESCRIPTION
- CONSIDERATION OF ALTERNATIVES - FIGURES
- CONSIDERATION OF ALTERNATIVES
- APPROACH TO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
- NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY
- WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE WATER BODY
- EDNA BENTHIC BIODIVERSITY REPORT
- APPORTIONED ABUNDANCE ESTIMATES ARRAY BUFFERS
- UNAPPORTIONED ABUNDANCE ESTIMATES ARRAY BUFFERS
- SURVEY DISTRIBUTION FIGURES
- MRSEA MODELLING REPORT
- MRSEA UNAPPORTIONED AND UNCORRECTED ABUNDANCE & DENSITY ESTIMATES
- MRSEA APPORTIONED AND CORRECTED ABUNDANCE & DENSITY ESTIMATES
- MRSEA MODEL ABUNDANCE CONFIDENCE LIMITS & COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION
- MRSEA MODEL DIAGNOSTICS
- COLONIES IN REGIONAL BREEDING POPULATION
- ORNITHOLOGY DISPLACEMENT DATA
- SEABORD REPORT
- HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT GAZETTEER
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF GEOPHYSICAL & HYDROGRAPHIC DATA
- STAGE 1 GEOARCHAEOLOGICAL REVIEW OF GEOTECHNICAL DATA
- HERITAGE WIREFRAMES
- DETAILED SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC BASELINE
- FOCUS GROUP SUMMARY REPORT
- CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT
- PHYSICAL AND COASTAL PROCESSES MODELLING CALIBRATION & VALIDATION REPORT
- PHYSICAL AND COASTAL PROCESSES MODELLING RESULTS REPORT
- WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE - ASSESSMENT & TECHNICAL REPORT
- SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENTAL BASELINE SURVEY TECHNICAL REPORT
- FISH ECOLOGY BASELINE
- FISH TRACKING STUDY (ATLANTIC SALMON FISH TAGGING SURVEY)
- OVERVIEW OF PERCUSSIVE PILING FISH ECOLOGY MITIGATION
- PASSIVE ACOUSTIC MONITORING SURVEY REPORT
- UNDERWATER NOISE MODELLING ASSESSMENT
- MARINE MAMMAL POPULATION MODELLING
- ORNITHOLOGY BASELINE REPORT
- DISPLACEMENT REPORT
- COLLISION RISK MODEL REPORT
- MIGRATORY COLLISION RISK MODELLING REPORT
- EIA POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS REPORT
- EIA ORNITHOLOGY CONSULTATION
- MARINE ARCHAEOLOGY DESK BASED ASSESSMENT
- OFFSHORE CULTURAL HERITAGE SETTINGS ASSESSMENT
- NAVIGATIONAL RISK ASSESSMENT
- AIRSPACE ANALYSIS AND RADAR MODELLING
- INSTRUMENT FLIGHT PROCEDURES
- SLVIA METHODOLOGY
- ASSESSMENT OF EFFECTS ON VIEWPOINT
- ASSESSMENT OF EFFECTS ON COASTAL CHARACTER
- ASSESSMENT OF EFFECTS ON SPECIAL LANDSCAPE QUALITIES (AESLQ)
- VISIBILITY OF AVIATION WARNING LIGHTS
- POLICY , GUIDANCE AND LEGISLATIVE CONTEXT
- WIND SHEAR CORRECTION
- BASELINE NOISE CONDITIONS
- BASELINE NOISE ANALYSIS COMPARISON - DESIGN OPTION 1 VS OPTION 2
- BASELINE NOISE CONDITIONS - DIRECTIONAL SPLIT
- EXISTING WIND TURBINE CONTRIBUTION CHECK
- MODELLED RECEPTOR NOISE LEVELS
- NOISE LIMITS
- CUMULATIVE WIND TURBINE NOISE ASSESSMENT
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