ESB lands to the east of the R630 in the townlands located inside the Aghada Generating Station Ballincarroonig Whitegate, Co. Cork
Conditional PermissionPlanning application 20/5788
Cork - Cork County Council
Proposed Development
The development will consist of: development on a 0.8ha site of a c. 2MW capacity edge computing facility located within a secured compound, and will, subject to a detailed design, commercial and technical considerations, include: (a) 1 no. modular control building (c. 116sq.m. and c .4.1m high). (b) Electrical and computing plant and equipment comprising: (1) 20 No. IT modules (c. 45 sq.m. and c. 3.9 sq.m high with additional roof mounted cooling units), (2) 2 No. LV modules (c. 59 sq.m. and c. 3.8m high), (3) 2 No. battery modules (c.25 sq.m and c. 3.8m high), (4) 1 No. MV module containing bunded and ventilated transformer (c. 29.7 sq.m. and c. 3.8m high) and (5) 7 no. standby generator units (c. 10 sq. m. c. 2.3m high), surrounded by c. 2.6 m high palisade fencing and gates (d) Ancillary site clearance and development works including provision of areas of hard standing, car park area, covered walkway linking all modules and connections to site services networks. Licenced by the Environmental Protection Agency under an Industrial Emissions (IE) Licence [Ref. P0561-05] and a Lower Tier (COMAH) site and therefore falls under the requirements of the Control of Major Accident Hazard Regulations (COMAH) Regulations, 2015
Application Timeline
Application received
21 Aug 2020
Decision due
13 Oct 2020
Decision: Conditional Permission
13 Oct 2020
Grant issued
16 Nov 2020
Application Details
- Location
- ESB lands to the east of the R630 in the townlands located inside the Aghada Generating Station Ballincarroonig Whitegate, Co. Cork
- Applicant
- N/A
- Application Type
- Permission
- Planning Authority
- Cork County Council
Timeline
- Registration Date
- 21 August 2020
- Status
- Application Closed
- Decision
- Conditional Permission
- Decision Date
- 13 October 2020
- Grant Date
- 16 November 2020
Location
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Development on a a c. 0.8 ha site on ESB lands. The proposed development will consist of: a c. 2 MW capacity edge computing facility located within a secured compound, and will, subject to detailed design, commercial and technical considerations, include: (a) 1 no. modular control building (c. 116 sq. m. and c. 4.1 m high). (b) Electrical and computing plant and equipment comprising: (1) 20 no. IT modules (c. 45 sq. m. and c. 3.9 m high with additional roof mounted cooling units), (2) 2 no. LV modules (c. 59 sq. m. and c. 3.8 m high), (3) 2 no. battery modules (c. 25 sq. m. and c. 3.8 m high), (4) 1 no. MV module containing bunded and ventilated transformer (c. 29.7 sq. m. and c. 3.8m high) and (5) 7 no. standby generator units (c. 10 sq. m. c. 2.3 m high), surrounded by c. 2.6 m high palisade fencing and gates. (d) Ancillary site clearance and development works including provision of areas of hard standing, car park area, covered walkway linking all modules and connections to site services networks. Licensed by the Environmental Protection Agency under an Industrial Emissions (IE) License [Ref. P0561-05] and a Lower Tier COMAH site and therefore falls under the requirements of the Control of Major Accident Hazard Regulations (COMAH) Regulations 2015.
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