For development consisting of the installation of approximately 9km of 38 kV underground electricity transmission cable…

Application details

Planning reference

17502

Council

Cavan County Council

Proposal description

For development consisting of the installation of approximately 9km of 38 kV underground electricity transmission cable from the permitted (wind farm) substation (County Cavan Planning Register Reference 16/74 & An Bord Pleanala Reference PL02.247401) across private lands and within the public roads numbered L7553, L3524, L3525, L3526, R165, L7612, L3536, L7611, R164, R162 and L7561. This Planning application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report/Environmental Impact Statement. The cable will be installed predominantly in excavated trenches of approximately 1.2m in depth and will include associated underground ducting, joint bays, chamber bays, sheath link boxes and inspection chambers; ducting across the length of span of 2 no. bridges/culverts and directional drilling at 2 no. bridges/culverts; and all associated site development and reinstatement works. The proposed development is part of a larger overall development which will involve the installation of approximately 13km of underground electricity transmission cable from the permitted (wind farm) substation in the townland of Taghart South, County Cavan to the existing electricity substation in the townland of Meath Hill, County Meath and also extends into lands in the townlands of Drumgill, Cornahoova, Corratober, Ardagh and Meath Hill, County Meath, and installed within R165, L74021 and L7408 within the adjoining planning authority jurisdiction of Meath County Council. A concurrent planning application for that part of the overall development located within County Meath has been submitted to Meath County Council. This Planning application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report/Environmental Impact Statement which includes an assessment of the likely impacts of the proposed development, as a whole and in combination with the relevant off-site or secondary development which will occur as a direct result of the proposed development, including the wind farm development permitted pursuant to County Cavan Planning Register Reference 16/74 & An Bord Pleanala Reference PL02.247401. Significant further information and revised plans have been submitted

Location / address

Taghart South Corlea Cornamagh Collops Corglass Drumsallagh Corawaddy Carnagee Cornakill Dunaree Lisanisky Lisasturrin Corgarry and Larchfield Glebe, Co. Cavan

Application type

PERMISSION

Received / registered

29 Nov 2017

Council decision

CONDITIONAL

Council decision date

30 Apr 2018

Appeal lodged

24 May 2018

Appeal decision date

3 Jul 2019