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20476

CONDITIONAL

Offaly - Offaly County Council

Proposed Development

A 10 YEAR PERMISSION FOR DEVELOPMENT WHICH CONSISTS OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SOLAR PV DEVELOPMENT WITH A MAXIMUM EXPORT CAPACITY (MEC) OF UP TO 45MW COMPRISING OF CA. 105,000 NO. PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS LAID OUT IN ARRAYS, THE CONSTRUCTION OF 38KV SUBSTATION (CA. 114.4M2 X 4.75 TALL), A TRANSFORMER UNIT (CA. 18M2 X 4M TALL) AND ASSOCIATED BUND (CA.55M2), ALONG WITH ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING: 16 NO POWER HUBS (CA.15.25M2 X 2.4M) WHICH INCORPORATE AN INVERTER AND A TRANSFORMER, 1 NO. SINGLE STOREY COMMUNICATIONS BUILDING (11.1M2 X 2.5M), 1 NO. SINGLE STOREY CLIENT SIDE SUB-STATION BUILDING (15.25M2 X 2.9M), 1 NO. SINGLE STOREY EQUIPMENT STORAGE BUILDING (7.5M2 X 2.7M), 1 NO. SINGLE STOREY GRP KIOSK (3M2 X 4M), 10 NO. CCTV CAMERAS MOUNTED ON 4M HIGH POLES, PERIMETER SECURITY FENCING, A NEW SITE ENTRANCE AND ALL ANCILLARY WORKS. THE TOTAL DEVELOPMENT AREA WILL BE CA. 45.2HA. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) WILL ACCOMPANY THE PLANNING APPLICATION

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Application Timeline

  1. Application received

    5 Oct 2020

  2. Further information requested

    27 Nov 2020

  3. Further information received

    16 Dec 2020

  4. Decision: CONDITIONAL

    16 Feb 2021

  5. Decision due

    18 Feb 2021

  6. Grant issued

    30 Mar 2021

Application Details

Location
RATHMOUNT MULLANAFAWNIA , AND RUSSELLSPENN , CO. OFFALY
Applicant
N/A
Application Type
PERMISSION
Planning Authority
Offaly County Council
Site Area
45.2 ha

Timeline

Registration Date
5 October 2020
Status
APPLICATION FINALISED
Decision
CONDITIONAL
Decision Date
16 February 2021
Grant Date
30 March 2021
Permission Expires
29 March 2026

Location

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