Question reference: S6W-23456
- Asked by: Maggie Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: 14 December 2023
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Current status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 21 December 2023
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether the application for a new gas-fired power plant at Peterhead has been called in by the Scottish Ministers.
Answer
The application for construction and operation of a new generating station at Peterhead is one made under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989, directly to Scottish Ministers. This is due to its proposed generating capacity being in excess of 50 megawatts. Therefore, this is not the subject of call-in procedures, which may apply to planning applications made to planning authorities.