Public Consultation

Marine Scotland’s marine.gov.scot portal lists a “Pre-Application Consultation Notice (PAC) - Stromar Offshore Wind Farm” with a submission date of 1 October 2024. The PAC entry is recorded under the project’s Stromar Offshore Wind Farm page, where the project stage is identified as “Pre-application” and the project type as “Renewables - Wind.” The PAC listing sits alongside other pre-application documents such as the scoping report, HRA screening report, and scoping opinion, indicating it forms part of the formal progression of Stromar through the early development and regulatory engagement process. In the Scottish marine planning system, lodging a PAC Notice signals that the developer is entering the statutory pre-application consultation phase, during which stakeholders and the wider public are formally engaged on the emerging project proposal. By appearing on the Marine Scotland applications register with a defined submission date, the Stromar PAC establishes a clear regulatory milestone that consultation activity is moving from preparatory work into the formal, recorded process. This step helps frame subsequent documentation and consultation outputs associated with Stromar’s proposed offshore wind development in the Moray Firth. The PAC Notice therefore marks a key point at which Marine Scotland begins to track Stromar’s consultation obligations and related submissions, ahead of any future full consent applications for the offshore wind farm and its associated infrastructure.