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Monaghan County Council grants permission for wind farm grid connection works at Cornawall Td, Newbliss, Co. Monaghan

5 March 2024 · Permission.ie Planning Wire · from the Monaghan County Council planning register · published 1 September 2026

Monaghan County Council granted permission on 5 March 2024 for a wind farm grid connection works at Cornawall Td, Newbliss, an application first lodged on 16 November 2023.

Key facts

Reference: 2360285
Planning authority: Monaghan County Council
Location: Cornawall Td, Newbliss, Co Monaghan
Received: 16 November 2023
Application type: PERMISSION
Site area: 0.1 hectares
Status: APPLICATION FINALISED
Decision: CONDITIONAL
Decision date: 5 March 2024
Council file: View on the Monaghan County Council planning portal

In context

It is one of 4 wind energy applications Monaghan County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 63 nationally. Of the 84 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 5 March 2024. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.

The development description, as lodged

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

permission for the installation of a Turbine Service Base Compound consisting of an Office/Canteen unit, 2 no. storage containers, a 2-person toilet block unit with an associated underground alarmed effluent tank, and all ancillary site works on an area adjacent to the existing Drumlins Park Wind farm 110kV Substation and Compound

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Source: Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, "Monaghan County Council grants permission for wind farm grid connection works at Cornawall Td, Newbliss, Co. Monaghan", 5 March 2024. https://www.permission.ie/news/monaghan-county-council/2360285

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<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/monaghan-county-council/2360285">Monaghan County Council grants permission for wind farm grid connection works at Cornawall Td, Newbliss, Co. Monaghan</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 5 March 2024.</p>

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