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CONDITIONALOffaly - Offaly County Council
Proposed Development
A 10 YEAR PLANNING PERMISSION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF, AND A 40 YEAR OPERATION AND SUBSEQUENT DECOMMISSIONING OF, A DEVELOPMENT CONSISTING OF A 52.75 HECTARE SOLAR FARM AND BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM AND 9.32 KILOMETRE UNDERGROUND ELECTRICITY GRID CONNECTION (0.95 HECTARES) GIVING A TOTAL COMBINED AREA FOR BOTH THE SOLAR FARM, BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM AND UNDERGROUND ELECTRICITY GRID CONNECTION OF 53.7 HECTARES. THE PROPOSED SOLAR FARM AND BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM WILL CONSIST OF A SERIES OF GROUND MOUNTED SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV) PANELS MOUNTED ON STEEL SUPPORT STRUCTURES, TOGETHER WITH A SINGLE STOREY ESB SUB-STATION BUILDING ON SITE, 18 NO. ELECTRICAL TRANSFORMATION ENCLOSURES, 68 NO. BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE UNITS, A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUND, UNDERGROUND CABLING, INVERTERS, CCTV POLES AND CAMERAS, DEER TYPE SECURITY FENCING, PALISADE FENCING, ACCESS TRACKS, LANDSCAPING AND BIODIVERSITY MEASURES AND ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENT WORKS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF GENERATING RENEWABLE ENERGY ELECTRICITY AT THE TOWNLANDS OF DERRIES AND LACKAN. THE PROPOSED 9.32 KILOMETRE UNDERGROUND ELECTRICITY GRID CONNECTION WILL CONSIST OF UNDERGROUND; 13 JOINT BAYS, 13 LINK BOXES AND 13 COMMUNICATIONS CHAMBERS. THE PROPOSED UNDERGROUND ELECTRICITY GRID ROUTE PASSES UNDERNEATH THE WOOD OF O BRIDGE A PROTECTED STRUCTURE ON THE GRAND CANAL. THE PROPOSED SOLAR FARM IS LOCATED IN THE TOWNLANDS OF DERRIES AND LACKAN, CO. OFFALY. THE PROPOSED UNDERGROUND ELECTRICITY GRID CONNECTION IS TO BE INSTALLED ENTIRELY UNDER PUBLIC ROADS FROM THE PROPOSED SOLAR FARM AT DERRIES AND LACKAN TOWNLANDS TO THORNSBERRY 110KV ESB SUBSTATION, WHICH PASSES THROUGH THE TOWNLANDS OF DERRIES, KILMURRY, DERRYGROGAN LITTLE, DERRYGROGAN BIG, WOOD OF O, CORNDARRAGH, DERRYNAGALL OR BALLYDALY, ARDAN AND PUTTAGHAN, CO. OFFALY. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE PLANNING AUTHORITY WITH THIS APPLICATION
View the full application file on the council's planning portal →Application Timeline
Application received
15 Jan 2021
Further information requested
10 Mar 2021
Further information received
29 Sept 2021
Decision due
23 Nov 2021
Decision: CONDITIONAL
23 Nov 2021
Grant issued
12 Jan 2022
Application Details
- Location
- TOWNLANDS OF DERRIES LACKAN KILMURRY DERRYGROGAN LITTLE DERRYGROGAN BIG WOOD OF O CORNDARRAGH , DERRYNAGALL OR BALLYDALY ARDAN AND PUTTAGHAN , CO. OFFALY
- Applicant
- N/A
- Application Type
- PERMISSION
- Planning Authority
- Offaly County Council
- Site Area
- 53.7 ha
Timeline
- Registration Date
- 15 January 2021
- Status
- APPLICATION FINALISED
- Decision
- CONDITIONAL
- Decision Date
- 23 November 2021
- Grant Date
- 12 January 2022
- Permission Expires
- 11 January 2032
Location
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