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CONDITIONALDonegal - Donegal County Council
Proposed Development
(1) INSTALLATION OF A GRID TRANSFORMER IN THE PREVIOUSLY CONSENTED AND CONSTRUCTED LENALEA WIND FARM SUBSTATION TO PLANNING REFERENCES: 09/50116 AND 20/50835 AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF AN INDEPENDANT POWER PRODUCER (IPP) BUILDING (MEASURING 149M2) ALONG WITH ASSOCIATED GRID COMPENSATION EQUIPMENT, A DIESEL GENERATOR, AND UNDER GROUND CABLE TRENCHES LINKING THE PROPOSED IPP BUILDING TO THE GRID TRANSFORMER, AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT, A BOREHOLE AND ALL ANCILLARY WORKS
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Application received
23 Oct 2023
Decision: CONDITIONAL
14 Dec 2023
Decision due
17 Dec 2023
Grant issued
24 Jan 2024
Application Details
- Location
- KILLYMASNY , LETTERKENNY , CO. DONEGAL
- Applicant
- N/A
- Application Type
- PERMISSION
- Planning Authority
- Donegal County Council
- Site Area
- 0.2732 ha
Timeline
- Registration Date
- 23 October 2023
- Status
- APPLICATION FINALISED
- Decision
- CONDITIONAL
- Decision Date
- 14 December 2023
- Grant Date
- 24 January 2024
- Permission Expires
- 23 January 2029
Location
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INSTALLATION OF APPROXIMATELY 580M OF OVERHEAD ELECTRICAL CABLE, 2 NO. TWIN WOODEN POLE -SETS AND 2 NO. STEEL END MASTS AND THE DECOMMISSIONING OF APPROXIMATELY 203M OF EXISTING OVERHEAD ELECTRICAL CABLE, ON SITE AREA OF 5.72 HECTARES, FROM THE PROPOSED ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION AT LENALA WIND FARM (PREVIOUSLY GRANTED PERMISSION REF. 09/50116 AND 12/40091) TO EXISTING LETTERKENNY TO BINBANE 110KV OVERHEAD LINE
KILLYMASNEY , LETTERKENNY PO , CO. DONEGAL
CONSTRUCTION OF WIND FARM, CONSISTING OF 9 WIND TURBINES OF UP TO 85M HUB HEIGHT AND UP TO 100M BLADE DIAMETER WITH A TOTAL HEIGHT NOT EXCEEDING 135M, A PERMANENT METEROLOGICAL LATTICE MAST 85M HIGH, A SUBSTATION AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, A BORROW PIT, INTERNAL SITE TRACKS, DRAINAGE AND ASSOCIATED WORKS
CARK KILLYMASNEY LENALEA , KIRKNEEDY AND RAREAGH , LETTERKENNY PO
CONSTRUCTION OF WIND FARM, CONSISTING OF 9 WIND TURBINES OF UP TO 85M HUB HEIGHT AND UP TO 100M BLADE DIAMETER WITH A TOTAL HEIGHT NOT EXCEEDING 135M, A PERMANENT METEROLOGICAL LATTICE MAST 85M HIGH, A SUBSTATION AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, A BORROW PIT, INTERNAL SITE TRACKS, DRAINAGE AND ASSOCIATED WORKS
CARK KILLYMASNEY , LENALEA KIRKNEEDY , AND RAREAGH
ELEMENTS OF WIND FARM INFRASTRUCTURE AND RECTIFICATION OF ASSOCIATED RED LINE BOUNDARY
LENALEA WIND FARM WITHIN THE TOWNLANDS , CARK KILLYMANSY LENALEA KIRKNEEDY RAREAGH , LETTERKENNY PO
REVISIONS TO THE LAYOUT OF LENELEA WIND FARM (PLANNING REF:09/50116), 200M OF NEW SECTION OF TRACK AND MINOR ROAD IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE ADJACENT OPERATIONAL CARK (PLANNING REF: 02/8328), MEENTYCAT (01/8038) AND MEENALABAN (02/8008) WIND FARMS TO FACILITATE DELIVERY OF TURBINE COMPONENTS TO LENALEA. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF THE FOLLOWING REVISIONS (1) OMMISSION OF PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED PERMANENT MET MAST AND ACCESS TRACK (2) OMMISSION OF PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED TURBINE T1 AND T4 AND ASSOCIATED TRACK (3) OMMISSION OF PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED TEMPORARY CONTRACTORS COMPOUND (4) OMMISSION OF PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED BORROW PIT (5) PROVISION OF PERMANENT MET MAST AND ACCESS TRACK AT A REVISED LOCATION (6) PROVISION OF A NEW MATERIAL STORAGE AREA (7) PROVISION OF TWO NEW EXCAVATED BORROW PITS (8) PROVISION OF A NEW TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUND (9) REVISED SUBSTATION LAYOUT TO MEET EIRGRID SPECIFICATION FOR 110 KV SUBSTATIONS (10) ADJUSTMENT TO ALIGNMENT OF PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED INTERNAL WIND FARM ROADS (11) ALL ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE AND CABLING (12) UPGRADING OF EXISTING ACCESS TRACK FROM OPERATIONAL CARK WIND FARM (PLANNING REF: 02/8328) TO THE PERMITTED SOUTHERN SITE ENTRANCE (13) LOCALISED WIDENING OF THE MAIN ACCESS ROAD THROUGH THE OPERATIONAL CARK (PLANNING REF: 02/8328), MEENTYCAT (01/8038) AND MEENALABAN (02/8008) WIND FARMS TO FACILITATE TURBINE COMPONENT DELIVERY TO LENALEA WIND FARM
CARK KILLYMANSY LENALEA KIRKNEEDY RAREAGH , LETTERKENNY PO , CO. DONEGAL
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