ESB Belcamp 220 kV Substation, in the townlands of Clonshaugh and Belc
GRANT PERMISSIONPlanning application F23A/0040
Dublin - Fingal County Council
Proposed Development
The development will consist of the provision of
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Further information requested
30 Mar 2023
Application received
1 Sept 2023
Further information received
1 Sept 2023
Decision due
26 Oct 2023
Decision: GRANT PERMISSION
26 Oct 2023
Grant issued
6 Dec 2023
Application Details
- Location
- ESB Belcamp 220 kV Substation, in the townlands of Clonshaugh and Belc
- Applicant
- N/A
- Application Type
- Permission
- Planning Authority
- Fingal County Council
- Site Area
- 1000 ha
Timeline
- Registration Date
- 1 September 2023
- Status
- Final Grant
- Decision
- GRANT PERMISSION
- Decision Date
- 26 October 2023
- Grant Date
- 6 December 2023
Location
Planning Applications Nearby
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Mayne Stability Limited intends to apply for permission for a period o
Lands to the south of Belcamp 220 k V Substation, Dublin 17
Permission for a new gas reciprocating engine power plant which will h
Lands to the south of Belcamp 220 kV substation, Belcamp, Dublin 17
A new gas reciprocating engine power plant which will have the capability to generate 50 MW of electricity. The footprint of the development site area within Dublin City Council is 1.1 hectares, a further 1.7 hectares is located within Fingal County Council's administrative area. The proposed development within Dublin City Council area comprises: 1. A gas above ground installation (AGI) compound which will contain the Pressure Regulating & Metering Building (approx. 3.0 m width by 11.0 m length x 4.1 m height); Control & Instrumentation Building (approx. 3.0 m width by 4.0m length x 4.3 m height); Chromatography Building (approx. 2.5 m width by 2.5 m length by 4.2 m height). 2. Access to the power plant development will be via the R139 and one emergency exit is also provided. 3. Internal access roads, two bridges to access the remainder of the site within the Fingal County Council area, and the overall development will be enclosed with a 2.6 m high palisade security fencing. 4. All other ancillary site development works including water supply pipeline, firewater and stormwater drainage, as required to facilitate the development. 5. For clarification, the electricity generating power plant is located within the administrative area of Fingal County Council and will be the subject of a separate planning application. The planning application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement. This application also relates to a development that will require an Industrial Emission Directive licence from the Environmental Protection Agency.
Lands to the south of Belcamp 220 kV substation, Dublin 17
Mayne Stability Limited intends to apply for permission for a period of 10 years for the development of access to the Synchronous Compensator Development (Grid Stabililisation Facility) on the site of a c 0.94 ha. at lands south of Belcamp 220KV substation , Belcamp Dublin 17 . The proposed development will consist of the following elements within the administrative boundary of Dublin City Council: a) New access entrance from the R139 and a clear span bridge crossing over River Mayne. b) Internal access tracks, security fencing, temporary construction compound, landscaping, and drainage. A concurrent planning application is being made to Fingal County Council which relates to the lands directly to the north of the site of c.1.65 ha for the construction of A Grid Stabilisation Facility containing 1 No. High Inertia Synchronous Compensator (HISC) unit enclosed within a steel clad framed style structure (12.1m max height) and supported by 8 No. electrical equipment containers (containing ancillary power supply products including a static frequency converts, MV switchgear, exciters, LV distribution, control room, welfare and office), main, auxiliary & start-up electrical transformers, generator circuit breaker, switchgear equipment, External cooler units and 1 No. back up diesel generator and associated diesel storage tank; A 220kV High Voltage Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) compound containing a GIS building with all control & HV equipment within a single storey building (13.2m max height). The building will be surrounded by a compound road and contained within a 2.6m high galvanised steel palisade fence; A 220kV underground cable to the existing adjoining Eirgrid substation boundary; Associated elements comprising a clear span bridge over the River Mayne, various underground cables and ducts, equipment plinths, boundary security fence, compound lighting and palisade gates and fencing, security lighting, CCTV, internal access roads, hardstanding areas and all necessary foundations works for the above compounds. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. The NIS may be inspected, or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the Planning Authority during its public opening hours.
The site of c. 0.94 ha at lands South of Belcamp 220 kV Substation, Belcamp, Dublin 17
Mayne Stability Limited intends to apply for permission for a period of 10 years for the development of access to the Synchronous Compensator Development (Grid Stabililisation Facility) on the site of a c 0.94 ha. at lands south of Belcamp 220KV substation , Belcamp Dublin 17 . The proposed development will consist of the following elements within the administrative boundary of Dublin City Council: a) New access entrance from the R139 and a clear span bridge crossing over River Mayne. b) Internal access tracks, security fencing, temporary construction compound, landscaping, and drainage. A concurrent planning application is being made to Fingal County Council which relates to the lands directly to the north of the site of c.1.65 ha for the construction of A Grid Stabilisation Facility containing 1 No. High Inertia Synchronous Compensator (HISC) unit enclosed within a steel clad framed style structure (12.1m max height) and supported by 8 No. electrical equipment containers (containing ancillary power supply products including a static frequency converts, MV switchgear, exciters, LV distribution, control room, welfare and office), main, auxiliary & start-up electrical transformers, generator circuit breaker, switchgear equipment, External cooler units and 1 No. back up diesel generator and associated diesel storage tank; A 220kV High Voltage Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) compound containing a GIS building with all control & HV equipment within a single storey building (13.2m max height). The building will be surrounded by a compound road and contained within a 2.6m high galvanised steel palisade fence; A 220kV underground cable to the existing adjoining Eirgrid substation boundary; Associated elements comprising a clear span bridge over the River Mayne, various underground cables and ducts, equipment plinths, boundary security fence, compound lighting and palisade gates and fencing, security lighting, CCTV, internal access roads, hardstanding areas and all necessary foundations works for the above compounds. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. The NIS may be inspected, or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the Planning Authority during its public opening hours.
The site of c. 0.94 ha at lands South of Belcamp 220 kV Substation, Belcamp, Dublin 17
RETENTION: The retention of the existing scrolling internally illuminated double sided ‘Metropole’ advertising display case mounted on an offset leg.
On the public footpath on the Southern side of the N32, on the West side of the entrance to Saint Michael's House, Belcamp, Dublin 17
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The development will consist of the undergrounding a section of the Gr
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Remediation by excavation and removal of circa 22,000 cubic metres
Belcamp, Clonshaugh, Dublin 17
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