Planning application
Scottish And Southern Electricity Networks HVDC Converter Station Arnish Isle Of Lewis
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Request to Discharge Conditions 6, 19 and 23 pertaining to Planning Permission 25/00061/PPPM - Condition 6 - Construction Environmental Management Plan; Condition 19 - Constrcution Noise Management Plan; Condition 23 - Schedule of Environmental Mitigation
As published by the council, reference 26/00271/DISCON
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00271/DISCON
- Type
- Discharge of Conditions
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 9 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 9 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Steòrnabhagh A Tuath
- Parish
- North Lochs
- Decision by
- Delegate Decision
Site history
Applications at this address on the Na h-Eileanan Siar register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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26/00278/DISCON Granted
Scottish And Southern Electricity Networks HVDC Converter Station Arnish Isle Of Lewis
Request to Discharge Conditions 7 & 8 pertaining to Planning Permission 25/00061/PPPM - Condition 7 - Burrow Pit Plan, Condition 8 - Blasting & Vibration
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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9 Jul 2026
Received by Na h-Eileanan Siar
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27 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 3 September 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Na h-Eileanan Siar took a median of 55 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Application: 25/00061/PPPM (Decided)
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission Plc Applicant, registered in Perth
Active · incorporated 2000 · Perth
8 applications on PlanIndex · across 5 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
29 documents on file for this application
- DSICHARGE OF CONDITION 19
- APPENDIX J - INSTALLATION OF TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT BRIDGES METHOD STATEMENT
- APPENDIX K - POST CONSTRUCTION RESTORATION AND REINSTATEMENT OF WORKING AREA NOT
- APPENDIX M - SWM REPORT - MTEC - PART 1
- APPENDIX M - SWM REPORT - MTEC - PART 2
- APPENDIX M - SWM REPORT - MTEC - PART 3
- PEAT MANAGEMENT PLAN - ADDENDUM 1
- RJ MACLEOD RESPONSE TO SEPA ADVICE
- SITE CLEARANCE PLAN - CEMP DWG 4 UPDATE
- SEPA - RESPONSE
- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH - RESPONSE
- NATURE SCOT - RESPONSE
- DISCHARGE OF CONDITION
- CEMP - MAIN DOCUMENT
- CEMP DRAWINGS 4 TO 9 - REFER TO INDEX
- CEMP DRAWING INDEX
- CEMP DRAWINGS 1 TO 3 - REFER TO INDEX
- CEMP - DOCUMENT INDEX
- APPENDIX A - SCHEDULE OF MITIGATION
- APPENDIX B - SSEN GEMPS
- APPENDIX C - SPECIES PROTECTION PLAN
- APPENDIX D - CONSENTS & ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMME
- APPENDIX E - WASTE MGT CONTRACTOR
- APPENDIX F - WATER QUALITY BASELINE DATA
- APPENDIX G - ARCHAEOLOGY WRITTEN SCHEME OF INVESTIGATION
- APPENDIX I - PT 2 - ACCESS ROAD EARTHWORKS SECTIONS PLANS
- APPENDIX L - PLANNING CONDITIONS ADDRESSED IN THIS CEMP
- APPENDIX I - ACCESS ROAD METHOD STATEMENT
- APPENDIX H - ENABLING WORKS PHASING PLAN
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Na h-Eileanan Siar for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Na h-Eileanan Siar decided condition discharge and variation applications in a median of 52 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About condition discharge and variation applications
This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.
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HVDC Converter Station Arnish Isle Of Lewis
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Awaiting decision Conditions 85 docsMajor scheme -
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