1950357
CONDITIONALDonegal - Donegal County Council
Proposed Development
CONSTRUCTION OF A 6MW BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM (BESS) PROVIDED WITHIN A COMPOUND AREA CONSISTING OF ASSOCIATED PLANT, EQUIPMENT AND BUILDINGS INCLUDING : 2 NO. BESS CONTAINER BUILDINGS OF 2.6M IN HEIGHT, 12.2M IN LENGTH AND 2.5M IN WIDTH, 2 NO. TRANSFORMERS (EQUIPMENT) OF 2.5M IN HEIGHT, 2M IN LENGTH AND 2M IN WIDTH; A GRP SWITCHGEAR KIOSK (PLANT) OF 4.1M IN HEIGHT, 5.5M IN LENGTH AND 5.5M IN WIDTH; COMPOUND MESH FENCE OF 2.75M IN HEIGHT; AREA OF HARDSTANDING; 50M UNDERGROUND CABLE CONNECTING THE DEVELOPMENT TO THE EXISTING WINDFARM SUBSTATION; AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT. ACCESS TO THE SITE WILL BE VIA THE EXISTING BARNESMORE WINDFARM PRIVATE LANEWAY WHICH ACCESSES ONTO THE LOCAL ROAD (L20151-1) WITHIN THE EXISTING BARNESMORE WINDFARM SITE
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Application received
19 Mar 2019
Decision: CONDITIONAL
10 May 2019
Decision due
13 May 2019
Grant issued
12 Jun 2019
Application Details
- Location
- CULLIONBUOY , BARNESMORE , DONEGAL PO
- Applicant
- N/A
- Application Type
- PERMISSION
- Planning Authority
- Donegal County Council
- Site Area
- 4.962 ha
Timeline
- Registration Date
- 19 March 2019
- Status
- APPLICATION FINALISED
- Decision
- CONDITIONAL
- Decision Date
- 10 May 2019
- Grant Date
- 12 June 2019
- Permission Expires
- 11 June 2024
Location
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UPGRADING OF EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE TO PROVIDE AN EXTERNAL TRANSFORMER AT TURBINE NO.22 AT THE EXISTING BARNESMORE WINDFARM SITE, THE DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF UPGRADING OF EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDING A GRP TRANSFORMER ENCLOSURE HOUSING, TRANSFORMER EQUIPMENT, TRANSFORMER PLINTH AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. THE PROPOSED TRANSFORMER ENCLOSURE WILL BE 2 METRES IN HEIGHT, 3.55 METRES IN LENGTH AND 2.44 METRES IN WIDTH. THE TRANSFORMER ENCLOSURE WILL BE LOCATED ON A NEW TRANSFORMER CONCRETE PLINTH ON THE EXISTING WIND TURBINE HARD STAND AREA. DUCTING WILL BE INSTALLED BETWEEN THE PROPOSED PLINTH AND THE EXISTING TURBINE
BARNESMORE WINDFARM SITE , CULLIONBUOY , CLOGHER BARNESMORE
UPGRADING OF EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDING A GRP TRANSFORMER ENCLOSURE HOUSING TRANSFORMER EQUIPMENT, TRANSFORMER PLINTH AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT. THE PROPOSED TRANSFORMER ENCLOSURE WILL BE 2 METRES IN HEIGHT, 3.55 METRES IN LENGTH AND 2.44 METRES IN WIDTH. THE TRANSFORMER ENCLOSURE WILL BE LOCATED ON A NEW TRANSFORMER CONCRETE PLINTH ON THE EXISTING WIND TURBINE HARD STAND AREA. DUCTING WILL BE INSTALLED BETWEEN THE PROPOSED PLINTH AND THE EXISTING TURBINE
BARNESMORE WINDFARM SITE , CULLIONBUOY , BARNESMORE
UPGRADING OF EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE TO PROVIDE AN EXTERNAL TRANSFORMER AT TURBINE NO.22 AT THE EXISTING BARNESMORE WINDFARM SITE, THE DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF UPGRADING OF EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDING A GRP TRANSFORMER ENCLOSURE HOUSING TRANSFORMER EQUIPMENT, TRANSFORMER PLINTH AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. THE PROPOSED TRANSFORMER ENCLOSURE WILL BE 2 METRES IN HEIGHT, 3.55 METRES IN LENGTH AND 2.44 METRES IN WIDTH. THE TRANSFORMER ENCLOSURE WILL BE LOCATED ON A NEW TRANSFORMER CONCRETE PLINTH ON THE EXISTING WIND TURBINE HARD STAND AREA. DUCTING WILL BE INSTALLED BETWEEN THE PROPOSED PLINTH AND THE EXISTING TURBINE
BARNESMORE WINDFARM SITE , KEADOW UPPER , CLOGHER BARNESMORE
DEVELOPMENT OF A MODULAR BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM (BESS) FACILITY FOR A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS CONSISTING OF UP TO 27 NO. BATTERY STORAGE MODULES (UP TO 14M LENGTH, 2.44M WIDE AND 2.9M HIGH) AND ANCILLARY EQUIPMENT INCLUDING UP TO 27 NO. TRANSFORMERS (UP TO 2.5M LENGTH, 2.5M WIDE AND 2.9M HIGH), 27 NO. POWER CONDITIONING UNIT BLOCK AREAS (UP TO 8.0M LENGTH, 1.5M WIDE AND 2.3M HIGH), 27 NO. SWITCHGEAR UNITS (UP TO 1.5M LENGTH, 1.5M WIDE AND 2.2M HIGH), SUBSTATION CONTAINER (UP TO 4.5M LENGTH, 4.5M WIDE AND 3.0M HIGH); INTERNAL PERMEABLE ACCESS ROAD JOINING THE FACILITY WITH THE EXISTING MEENADREEN WIND FARM ROAD NETWORK AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS, INCLUDING FENCING, DRAINAGE AND UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS, REQUIRED TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF EXISTING ACCESS ARRANGEMENTS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION
MEENADREEN , STRANESS , CO. DONEGAL
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