Chamber and committees

The Scottish Government does not centrally hold this information in a format that would allow it to be readily identified and categorised by type of respondent or by position (objection or support) for the full period requested.

Prior to 16 January 2026, representations were recorded within individual application records on the Energy Consents Unit (ECU) Portal and extracting this information would require a manual review of each case, which would incur disproportionate cost. The Scottish Government also does not hold information which distinguishes between representations made by members of the public and those made by organisations.

However, following the introduction of new functionality to the ECU Portal on 16 January 2026, representations relating to Section 36 wind farm applications can now be more readily categorised.

Details of representations received since 16 January 2026 are as follows, with Local Authority areas provided, as the closest available proxy for regional breakdown: