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Wind energy development proposed at FAIAFANNA & CUNLIN, KILLYBEGS, Co. Donegal
7 June 2024 · Permission.ie Planning Wire · from the Donegal County Council planning register · published 1 September 2026
An applicant lodged plans with Donegal County Council on 7 June 2024 for a wind energy development at FAIAFANNA & CUNLIN, KILLYBEGS. The application seeks a 10-year permission.
Key facts
- Reference
- 2460857
- Planning authority
- Donegal County Council
- Location
- TOWNLANDS OF FAIAFANNA & CUNLIN, APPROX. 3.5KM NORTH OF KILLYBEGS HARBOUR, KILLYBEGS
- Received
- 7 June 2024
- Application type
- PERMISSION
- Site area
- 5.2 hectares
- Permission sought
- 10 years
- Status
- INCOMPLETED APPLICATION
- Submissions until
- 11 July 2024 (closed)
In context
It is one of 9 wind energy applications Donegal County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 61 nationally. Of the 84 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 74% were granted.
What happens next
The five-week window for public submissions has closed. The council normally decides within eight weeks of the application being lodged, unless it requests further information, which stops the clock.
The development description, as lodged
Verbatim from the Donegal County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.
10 YEAR PLANNING PERMISSION FOR WORKS RELATING TO BRADÁN WIND FARM WHICH WILL CONSIST OF (1) THE UPGRADE OF APPROXIMATELY 0.7KM OF EXISTING ACCESS TRACK AND EXISTING SITE ENTRANCE, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF APPROXIMATELY 1.2KM OF NEW ACCESS TRACKS AND NEW SITE ENTRANCE, (3) CONSTRUCTION OF A 5.5M SPAN TEMPORARY BRIDGE AND ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY INFRASTRUCTURE
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Source: Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, "Wind energy development proposed at FAIAFANNA & CUNLIN, KILLYBEGS, Co. Donegal", 7 June 2024. https://www.permission.ie/news/donegal-county-council/2460857
<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/donegal-county-council/2460857">Wind energy development proposed at FAIAFANNA & CUNLIN, KILLYBEGS, Co. Donegal</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 7 June 2024.</p>
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