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CONDITIONALCarlow - Carlow County Council
Proposed Development
development will consist of the erection of five wind turbines with turbine blade diameter of 117m and overall height to tip of 136.5m. one permanent meteorlogical mast, access road and internal tracks, electricity sub-station, temporary construction compound, turbine laydown area, control building, 1 borrow pit, crane hardstanding, underground cabling, up to approximately 18 hectares of forestry felling and all associated site works, with an operation lifetime of 30 years. The application is accompanied by a Planning Report, Environmental Impact Assessment, and Natura Impact Statement.
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Application received
7 Oct 2022
Further information requested
30 Nov 2022
Further information received
1 Aug 2023
Decision due
25 Sept 2023
Decision: CONDITIONAL
25 Sept 2023
Appeal submitted
19 Oct 2023
Grant issued
21 Nov 2024
Appeal decided: CONDITIONAL
21 Nov 2024
Application Details
- Location
- Bilboa Wind Farm , Land at Boolyvannanan & Coolnakisha , Bilboa
- Applicant
- N/A
- Application Type
- PERMISSION
- Planning Authority
- Carlow County Council
Timeline
- Registration Date
- 7 October 2022
- Status
- APPLICATION FINALISED
- Decision
- CONDITIONAL
- Decision Date
- 25 September 2023
- Grant Date
- 21 November 2024
- Permission Expires
- 20 November 2034
An Coimisiún Pleanála Appeal
- Appeal Reference
- 318295-23
- Decision
- CONDITIONAL
- Submitted
- 19 October 2023
- Decided
- 21 November 2024
Location
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Permission for development consisting of alterations to a previously permitted wind farm development (Planning Register References: Carlow County Council 11/154; An Bord Pleanala PL 01.240245) The proposed alteration will consist of increasing the maximum turbine blade diameter of the permitted turbines from 93m up to a maximum of 120m, while maintaining the overall tip height of the permitted development; increasing the size of crane hardstanding area at 4 turbines to 30m x 62.5m; felling of up to an additional 6.3 hectares of onsite forestry to accommodate the proposed increased turbine blade diameter in addition to the permitted felling; and an extension of the operational lifetime of the permitted wind farm development from 25 years to 30 years. The application is accompanied by a Planning Report, Environmental Impact Assessment Report and Natura Impact Statement.
Boolyvannanan , Coolnakisha , Bilboa
for alterations to previously permitted wind farm development (Planning Register References: Carlow County Council 11/154; An Bord Pleanala PL01.240245). The proposed alteration will consist of increasing the maximum turbine blade diameter of the permitted turbines from 93m up to a maximum of 120m, while maintaining the overall tip height of the permitted development. The application is accompanied by a Planning Report, Environmental Impact Assessment Screening Report, Appropriate Assessment Screening Report and Environmental Considerations Report.
Bilboa Wind Farm , Boolyvannanan & Coolnakisha , Bilboa
Permission for development consisting of alterations to a previously permitted wind farm development (Planning Register References: Carlow County Council 11/154; An Bord Pleanala PL 01.240245) The proposed alteration will consist of increasing the maximum turbine blade diameter of the permitted turbines from 93m up to a maximum of 120m, while maintaining the overall tip height of the permitted development; increasing the size of crane hardstanding area at 4 turbines to 30m x 62.5m; felling of up to an additional 6.3 hectares of onsite forestry to accommodate the proposed increased turbine blade diameter in addition to the permitted felling; and an extension of the operational lifetime of the permitted wind farm development from 25 years up to 30 years. The application is accompanied by a Planning Report, Environmental Impact Assessment and Natura Impact Statement.
Bilboa Wind Farm , Land at Boolyvannanan & Coolnakisha , Bilboa
The development will consist of alterations to a previously permitted wind farm development (Planning Register References: Carlow County Council 11/154; An Bord Pleanala PL01.240245). The proposed alteration will consist of increasing the maximum turbine blade diameter of the permitted turbines from 93m up to a maximum of 120m, while maintaining the overall tip height of the permitted development. The application is accompanied by a Planning Report, Environmental Impact Assessment Screening Report, Appropriate Assessment Screening Report and Environmental Considerations Report.
Bilboa Wind Farm , Land at Boolyvannanan & Coolnakisha , Bilboa
Permission for alterations to a previously permitted wind farm development (Planning Register References: Carlow County Council 11/154; an Bord Pleanala PL01.240245). The proposed alterations will consist of increasing the maximum turbine blade diameter of the permitted turbines from 93m up to a maximum of 120m, while maintaining the overall tip height of the permitted development.
Bilboa Wind Farm , Boolyvannanan & Coolnakisha , Bilboa
the erection of five wind turbines with turbine blade diameter of 117m and overall height to tip of 136.5m. One permanent meteorological mast, access road and internal tracks, electricity substation, temporary construction compound, turbine laydown area, control building, 1 borrow pit, crane hardstanding, underground cabling, up to approximately 18 hectares of forestry felling and all associated site works, with an operational lifetime of 30 years. The application is accompanied by a Planning Report, Environmental Impact Assessment and Natura Impact Statement
Bilboa Wind Farm , Townland of Boolyvannanan & Coolnakisha , Bilboa
for the installation of approximately 4.6 kilometres (km) of underground cables within the Carlow County Council (CCC) boundary and approximately 2.0 km within the Laois County Council (LCC) boundary with a voltage of up to 38 kilovolts and associated works, including a new substation within LCC, for the connection of the consented Bilboa Wind Farm (Planning Register References: Carlow County Council 11/154; An Bord Pleanala PL 01.240245) to the national electricity grid; upgrading of an existing forestry track within CCC; construction of two new onsite access tracks within CCC; re-orientation and increasing in size of a crane hardstanding within CCC; and road strengthening and widening along an updated turbine delivery route, within LCC, pursuant to the consented Bilboa Wind Farm (Planning Register References; Carlow County Council 11/154; An Bord Pleanala PL 01.240245). The application is accompanied by a Planning Report, Environmental Impact Assessment Report and Natura Impact Statement.
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