Ditcher Law Renewable Energy Development
Ditcher Law Limited, an associated company of E Power Ltd, submitted a planning application to the Energy Consents Unit (ECU) for the development of a wind farm at Ditcher Law in 2023. E Power hopes the project will comprise 8 wind turbines, with 5 turbines up to 200m tip height and 3 turbines up to 180m tip height with a total generation capacity of approximately 52.8MW. In addition, it is proposed to include 30MW of battery storage capacity.
Now called Ditcher Law Renewable Energy Development, it may eventually be located approximately 3.5km north of Oxton and 8km northwest of Lauder, Scottish Borders.
Project Timeline
March 2023 – Plans for Ditcher Law Wind Farm and associated infrastructure put out to public consultation
September 2023 – Ditcher Law Wind Farm planning application sent to the Scottish Government’s Energy Consents Unit (ECU)
September/October 2023 – Consultation period for the planning application
April 2025 – Additional Information submitted to Scottish Ministers, including an addendum to the original Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Report
April/May 2025 – Consultation period for the Additional Information submission
September 2025 – Scottish Borders Council planning committee objected to the application.
February 2026 – The Scottish Government’s Energy Consents Unit in Glasgow granted permission.
March 2026 – E Power sought an extension on planning permission for a met mast
May 2026 – Scottish Borders Council sought Judicial Review against the Energy Consents Unit decision to award the windfarm consent.
July 2026 – ECU decides not to contest SBC’s Judicial Review and the consent decision is quashed on the basis of the Raeshaw judgement that windfarm Environmental Impact Assessments should include the grid connection.
August 2026 – Epower Ltd produces an indicative and subject to change grid connection Appraisal.
September 2026 – set as the closing date for public comments on the grid connection Appraisal
December 2026 – extended deadline for Scottish Borders Council to opine on the grid connection Appraisal.
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You can read more on the Ditcher Law project website.