Ten year planning permission for development consisting of the construction of a 100MW gas fired power plant…

Application details

Planning reference

18256

Council

Roscommon County Council

Proposal description

Ten year planning permission for development consisting of the construction of a 100MW gas fired power plant with associated balance of plant, equipment and buildings including an Engine Hall Building with height of 17.20m (comprising 10 no. gas engines; ventilation units, cooling radiator units and 2 no. 27m stacks), an Electrical Annex Building (12.95m height), a 110kV Electrical Substation and Control Building (5.8m height) a Gas AGI including an Instrument House (4.9m height), an Administration Building of 6.1m height, a Workshop/storeroom of 6.45m height, a Tank Farm (consisting of a Diesel Oil Storage Tank (1500m3) , Urea Storage Tank (160m3), Waste Oil Tank (50m3), Pilot Oil Tank (2m3), Lube Oil Storage Tank (16m3), and a Lube Oil Run-Down Tank (16m3) an Engineering Building of 6.45m height, a Raw/Fire Water Storage Tank (1200m3), Treated Water Tank (15m3), Cooling Water Run-Down Tank (12m3), an underground Surface Water Attenuation Tank (348m3) and an underground wastewater holding tank (20m3). The development will also include an access road onto an existing Roscommon County Council owned road with access via the Monksland Industrial Estate; 13 no. car parking spaces; footpath; landscaping, 3m paladin security fence; and all other associated site development works including surface water and foul drainage required to facilitate the development. (The proposed power plant is a project type that requires an Industrial Emissions Licence from the Environmental Protection Agency in accordance with the requirements of the First Schedule to the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992) at

Location / address

Monksland, Athlone, Co. Roscommon

Application type

PERMISSION

Received / registered

30 May 2018

Council decision

CONDITIONAL

Council decision date

8 May 2019

Final grant date

14 Jun 2019