Other Permit Submitted

In 2024, the Sinclair Offshore Wind Farm project, being developed by Nadara as part of Crown Estate Scotland’s INTOG leasing round, reached an important early regulatory milestone with the submission of scoping requests for all development areas. The project website’s indicative project timeline shows “Scoping requests submitted for all development areas” under the 2024 heading, signalling that the developer has formally initiated the environmental and technical scoping process needed to frame subsequent consent applications. This step is typically associated with Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) scoping, where the range of issues, study areas, and methodologies to be assessed are agreed with the competent authorities. Sinclair Offshore Wind is planned as a floating offshore wind farm of up to 99.5 MW, located 58 km north of Fraserburgh in water depths up to 110 metres. By submitting scoping requests across all development areas, Nadara indicates that the full project envelope—offshore array, export route, and associated infrastructure—is being advanced in a coordinated manner. According to the same timeline, consent applications for all development areas are planned to be submitted from mid‑2025 to mid‑2026, followed by expected consent decisions from mid‑2026 to mid‑2027. The completion of the 2024 scoping submissions therefore marks the transition from very early concept definition into a more structured permitting phase, providing a foundation for detailed environmental studies and the preparation of formal consent applications in the coming years.