Communities

West of Orkney Windfarm

As part of our mission to deliver a world-leading offshore windfarm, we are continuing to communicate openly with communities across the north of Scotland and offer multiple opportunities for us to meet and hear your views. 

Prior to submitting our consent applications in 2023, we held a total of 33 events across Sutherland, Caithness and Orkney.  These included project specific consultation events, community panels, and 'formal' Pre-Application Consultation (PAC) events. As part of our commitment to hear from as many people as possible, we also attended the Durness Gathering, the Halkirk Games, the Dounby Show and the Orkney County Show during the summers of 2022 and 2023.

This year, we returned with our mobile exhibition to the Caithness Show, Halkirk Highland Games, Dounby Show and the Orkney Country Show, where team members took the chance to meet people and share our latest news.

Our virtual public exhibition can still be accessed here.

Our Pre-Application Consultation (PAC) Report presented an overview of our consultation to date and the output of our community consultation survey and was submitted alongside our consent applications to Scottish Ministers and The Highland Council.

The Highland Council has now approved the onshore application for planning permission in principle – which outlines the underground cables and electrical infrastructure required to connect our £multi-billion windfarm to the national transmission network.

Accompanying each application is an extensive suite of assessments based on survey data collected over two and a half years which can be viewed here:

Planning & consent documents.