Black Lough , Tawnamore , Co Sligo

a ten year permission for development consisting of: (a) erection of four wind turbines with blade tip height of 124.33m (78.33m hub height, 92m rotor diameter) (b) cranage and assembly hardstand areas adjacent to each turbine (c) control room and parking spaces (d) cabling between each turbine (e) widening of existing access road and provision of new sections of access road to serve wind turbines (f) stilling ponds (g) peat reinstatement areas (h) replacement bridge across Gowlan River and realignment of approaches to the bridge (i) use of existing borrow pit and (j) all associated ancillary infrastructure. An Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) have been submitted with the application. The proposed development is located

Black Lough , Tawnamore , Co. Sligo

for development consisting of an amendment to the permitted grid connection (Ref. No. PL16/422). The amended grid connection will be from the Black Lough Wind Farm at Tawnamore, Co. Sligo (Ref. No. PL17/93 to the permitted control building at Cloonkeelaun (Ref. No. PL 16/422), traversing the townlands of Tawnamore and Cloonkeelaun. The development will consist of a 20kv cable extending to (a) circa 2.3 kilometres of overhead line supported by a single wooden poles, (b) approximately 240m of underground cabling extending from turbine T2 at Black Lough to the first wooden pole and (c) approximately 100m of underground cabling from the southern-most pole of the proposed overhead line to the control building at Cloonkeelaun. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the planning authority at

Tawnamore and Cloonkeelaun , Co. Sligo