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Tullamore Distillery Campus Ballard & Clonminch , Tullamore , Co. Offaly

CONDITIONAL

Planning application 2460250

Offaly - Offaly County Council

Proposed Development

the construction of a solar PV development with an installed capacity of up to 2.6 MWdc (MEC=0) to provide electrical power to the existing distillery comprising approximately 4,100 no. photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames within a site area of 3.90 hectares and associated ancillary development including 1 no. transformer station, 5 no. CCTV security cameras mounted on 8 metre high poles, perimeter security fencing (2.4 metres high), internal access tracks, extension to existing maintenance access track on the site to the solar PV development, installation of underground cable to connect the transformer station and the distillery and site works required to facilitate the development including the provision of a secondary vehicle access and gate on the northern boundary of the site. The proposed development is for modifications to an establishment to which the major accidents directive applies and is for the purposes of an activity requiring an integrated pollution prevention and control licence

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Application Timeline

  1. Application received

    3 Jul 2024

  2. Further information requested

    28 Aug 2024

  3. Further information received

    12 Sept 2024

  4. Decision: CONDITIONAL

    13 Nov 2024

  5. Decision due

    14 Nov 2024

  6. Grant issued

    18 Dec 2024

Application Details

Location
Tullamore Distillery Campus Ballard & Clonminch , Tullamore , Co. Offaly
Applicant
N/A
Application Type
PERMISSION
Planning Authority
Offaly County Council
Site Area
3.9 ha

Timeline

Registration Date
3 July 2024
Status
APPLICATION FINALISED
Decision
CONDITIONAL
Decision Date
13 November 2024
Grant Date
18 December 2024
Permission Expires
17 December 2029

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