Planning application
Hunterston Estate West Kilbride North Ayrshire
Decided. The decision notice on the council portal carries the outcome in full, including any conditions.
Proposal
Request for EIA Scoping Opinion for new data centre
As published by the council, reference 26/00138/EIA
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00138/EIA
- Type
- Env Impact Assessment Scoping/Screening
- Status
- Scoping/Screening Agreed
- Decision
- Scoping Agreed
- Received
- 25 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 27 Feb 2026
- Decided
- 30 Mar 2026
- Ward
- North Coast
- Parish
- Fairlie Community Council
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
Site history
Applications at this address on the North Ayrshire register
This site has had 2 applications since 2024.
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24/00355/EIA Decided
Hunterston Estate West Kilbride North Ayrshire
Request for EIA scoping request for proposed 700MW High Voltage Direct Current Interconnector
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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25 Feb 2026
Received by North Ayrshire
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27 Feb 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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30 Mar 2026
Decision issued: Scoping Agreed
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27 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
12 documents on file for this application
- Natsco consultation response
- Histsc consultation response
- Wsas consultation response
- Hsen consultation response
- Roads consultation response
- Eh consultation response
- Water consultation response
- Flood consultation response
- Sepa consultation response
- Ts consultation response
- Request for eia screening opinion
- Eia scoping report
Trade members open them from here.
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