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ESB lands to the east of the R630 in the townlands located inside the Aghada Generating Station Ballincarroonig Whitegate, Co. Cork

Conditional Permission

Planning 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

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Application Timeline

  1. Application received

    21 Aug 2020

  2. Decision due

    13 Oct 2020

  3. Decision: Conditional Permission

    13 Oct 2020

  4. 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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