A 10-YEAR PERMISSION.

Application details

Planning reference

20494

Council

Offaly County Council

Proposal description

A 10-YEAR PERMISSION. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF: 1. A SOLAR PV DEVELOPMENT ON A C.132 HA SITE CONSISTING OF SOLAR PANELS ON GROUND-MOUNTED FRAMES, 27 NO. SINGLE STOREY ELECTRICAL INVERTER/ TRANSFORMER UNITS, SECURITY FENCING, CCTV SYSTEM WITH POLE MOUNTED CAMERAS, UPGRADING OF EXISTING ACCESS, LANDSCAPING AND ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENT WORKS; 2. AN ENCLOSED BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM COMPOUND ON A C.0.385 HA LOCATED WITHIN THE SOLAR PV DEVELOPMENT SITE CONSISTING OF 18 NO. BATTERY STORAGE UNITS (EACH WITH ASSOCIATED CONTAINERISED STEP UP TRANSFORMER), 1 NO. CONTAINERISED CONTROL ROOM AND 1 NO. CONTAINERISED SWITCH ROOM AND ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENT WORKS; AND 3. A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUND ADJACENT TO THE EXISTING ACCESS. THE OPERATIONAL LIFESPAN OF THE SOLAR PV DEVELOPMENT AND BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM WILL BE 35 YEARS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) WILL ACCOMPANY THE PLANNING APPLICATION

Location / address

SRAH GREENHILLS AND WOOD, RHODE, CO. OFFALY

Application type

PERMISSION

Received / registered

13 Oct 2020

Council decision

CONDITIONAL

Council decision date

26 Apr 2021

Final grant date

15 Jun 2021