TEN YEAR PLANNING PERMISSION FOR AMENDMENTS TO THE DEVELOPMENT PERMITTED UNDER AN BORD PLEANALA REFERENCE PL19.244053…

Application details

Planning reference

19379

Council

Offaly County Council

Proposal description

TEN YEAR PLANNING PERMISSION FOR AMENDMENTS TO THE DEVELOPMENT PERMITTED UNDER AN BORD PLEANALA REFERENCE PL19.244053 (OFFALY COUNTY COUNCIL PLANNING REGISTER REFERENCE PL2/14/188) TO PROVIDE (I) AN INCREASE IN THE OVERALL WIND TURBINE HEIGHT FROM 150 METRES TO UP TO 169 METRES; (II) THE RE-SITING OF WIND TURBINES T1, T2, T4, T6, T7 AND T9 AND THEIR ASSOCIATED FOUNDATIONS AND CRANE HARDSTANDINGS BY UP TO 19 METRES; (III) THE REALIGNMENT OF WIND FARM ACCESS TRACKS INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF TURNING HEADS AND PASSING BAYS AND THE ASSOCIATED REALIGNMENT OF UNDERGROUND WIND FARM ELECTRICAL CABLING; (IV) AN INCREASE IN THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF THE METEOROLOGICAL MAST TO UP TO 100.5 METRES; AND (V) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT, ACCESS AND REINSTATEMENT WORKS. 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 DEVELOPMENTS WHICH WILL OCCUR AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING THE WIND FARM DEVELOPMENT PERMITTED PURSUANT TO OFFALY COUNTY COUNCIL PLANNING REGISTER REFERENCE 14/188 & AN BORD PLEANALA REFERENCE PL19.244053 AND THE PROPOSED GRID CONNECTION PROPOSED PURSUANT TO OFFALY COUNTY COUNCIL PLANNING REGISTER REFERENCE 18/230 & AN BORD PLEANALA REFERENCE ABP-304056-19. THIS PLANNING APPLICATION IS ALSO ACCOMPANIED BY AN APPROPRIATE ASSESSMENT SCREENING REPORT.

Location / address

STONESTOWN KILCAMIN CRANCREAGH DERRINLOUGH AND BALLINAHOWN, CO OFFALY

Application type

PERMISSION

Received / registered

29 Jul 2019