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Search the Public Notice PortalThe MOD has applied for temporary planning permission to site modular cabins at West Camp on the Isle of Benbecula, to provide welfare, meeting, reception and security facilities for NATO’s ‘Formidable Shield’ live-fire military exercise, which returns to Hebridean waters in 2027.
NATO describes Formidable Shield as the largest live-fire naval exercise in Europe, focused on integrated air and missile defence and on the ability of allied navies, air forces and ground units to operate together.
Previous exercises have been led by the US Sixth Fleet with Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO, and have run every two years since 2015, splitting between the Andøya range in Norway and the Hebrides Range.
The 2025 exercise involved around 6,900 personnel, more than 16 ships and 27 aircraft from allied nations.
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The application, which is with Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, seeks one year’s permission for a mixed-use building containing a dining area, kitchen, bar servery and seating area, WCs, meeting rooms, a TV room and a reception and security check, alongside three detached units serving as a gym, laundry and induction building.
The facilities would serve a separate proposed temporary accommodation project at the camp.
MOD Hebrides is operated by QinetiQ under its Long Term Partnering Agreement with the Ministry of Defence, with sites on South Uist, Benbecula and St Kilda. During the 2025 exercise the range was extended to a managed battlespace of 1.1 million square kilometres, four times the size of the UK.
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