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Highland Council has granted planning permission in principle for onshore transmission infrastructure associated with the Ayre Offshore Wind Farm.
The decision notice for application 25/02964/PIP is dated 30 March 2026. It covers a cable landfall, substation, cable circuits, temporary construction areas, access, drainage, landscaping and associated works at Bower.
The consent is at the in-principle stage. The notice says specified matters must be approved before development begins within each stage, including further details for the substation and cable works. The grant does not itself establish that those details have been approved or that construction has started.
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