Ballyspillane West Midleton Co. Cork
CONDITIONALPlanning application 21/6613
Cork - Cork County Council
Proposed Development
Permission to amend the design of the approved development (Planning Reference 175498) which comprises consent for the construction of a Solar PV Energy Development. Proposed amendments include (1) Project lifetime proposed to be extended from 25 years to 35 years, (2) Reduction, relocation and change of inverter/transformer stations from 7 to 4 (3) Provision of distributed energy storage capability at each of the inverter locations, (4) Reduction of the lengths of onsite access tracks (from c. 1,571m to c.1,357m) and realigning of the routes to make use of existing hedgerow openings (5) Increase in solar panel area from c. 84,200 sqm to c. 93,344 sqm (6) Change of solar panel type to bifacial and (7) Addition of spare parts container. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application.
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Application received
23 Sept 2021
Decision due
31 Mar 2022
Decision: CONDITIONAL
31 Mar 2022
Grant issued
10 May 2022
Application Details
- Location
- Ballyspillane West Midleton Co. Cork
- Applicant
- N/A
- Application Type
- PERMISSION
- Planning Authority
- Cork County Council
Timeline
- Registration Date
- 23 September 2021
- Status
- APPLICATION FINALISED
- Decision
- CONDITIONAL
- Decision Date
- 31 March 2022
- Grant Date
- 10 May 2022
Location
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