Donegal County Council grants permission for wind turbine delivery route at MOMEEN & LETTERGULL, LIFFORD PO, Co. Donegal

In context

It is one of 9 wind energy applications Donegal County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 62 nationally. Of the 85 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 74% were granted.

What happens next

The applicant, or anyone who made a submission on the application, can appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála within four weeks of 30 July 2026. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.

The development description, as lodged

Verbatim from the Donegal County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.

DEVELOPMENT ON LANDS WITHIN AND ADJOINING THE PERMITTED LETTERGULL WIND FARM (PLANNING REF. NO. 18/50156, ACP REF. 304685-19) WHICH WILL COMPRISE OF THE PROVISION OF A RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT CONSISTING OF THE FOLLOWING: (1) 1 NO. WIND TURBINE WITH AN OVERALL BLADE TIP HEIGHT OF 135M, ROTOR DIAMETER OF 115M, AND A HUB HEIGHT OF 77.5M, (2) TURBINE FOUNDATION AND ASSOCIATED HARD-STANDING AREAS, (3) TEMPORARY WORKS TO THE EXISTING LETTERGULL WIND FARM SITE ACCESS (AS PERMITTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 18/50156, ACP REF. 304685-19) TO FACILITATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROPOSED WIND TURBINE CONSISTING OF THE REMOVAL AND REINSTATEMENT OF FENCING AND LANDSCAPING AND TEMPORARY WIDENING OF THE SITE ACCESS JUNCTION, (4) PROVISION OF NEW SITE ACCESS TRACK CONNECTING THE PROPOSED WIND TURBINE TO THE EXISTING INTERNAL LETTERGULL WIND FARM SITE ACCESS TRACKS (AS PERMITTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 18/50156, ACP REF. 304685-19), (5) TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUND AND TEMPORARY LAYDOWN AREA, (6) ASSOCIATED UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL AND COMMUNICATIONS CABLING CONNECTING THE PROPOSED WIND TURBINE TO THE PERMITTED ON-SITE 38KV SUBSTATION (AS PERMITTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 18/50156, ACP REF. 304685-19), (7) SITE DRAINAGE, (8) ACCESS GATES, FENCING AND SIGNAGE AND (9) ALL RELATED SITE WORKS ABOVE AND BELOW GROUND AND ALL ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENT. FOLLOWING A THIRTY-YEAR OPERATIONAL LIFE FROM THE DATE OF FULL COMMISSIONING OF THE WIND TURBINE THE PROPOSED WIND TURBINE AND ASSOCIATED UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL AND COMMUNICATIONS CABLING WILL BE DECOMMISSIONED. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE ACCESSED VIA THE EXISTING LETTERGULL WIND FARM SITE ENTRANCE ON THE R236 REGIONAL ROAD AND EXISTING INTERNAL LETTERGULL WIND FARM SITE ACCESS TRACKS (AS PERMITTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 18/50156, ACP REF. 304685-19). AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT (EIAR) AND NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANY THIS APPLICATION. THE EIAR AND NIS ASSESS THE FULL EXTENT OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AS DESCRIBED IN (1) – (9) ABOVE AS WELL AS THE TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION WORKS TO FACILITATE THE DELIVERY OF TURBINE COMPONENTS FROM THE PORT OF KILLYBEGS TO THE EXISTING SITE ENTRANCE VIA THE NATIONAL (N56, N15 AND N14) REGIONAL (R263 AND R236) PUBLIC ROAD NETWORK IN COUNTY DONEGAL. THE DEVELOPMENT IS COVERED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE (RED III) RENEWABLE ENERGY DIRECTIVE III (DIRECTIVE (EU) 2023/2413)