Roscommon County Council grants permission for 138-turbine wind farm with 149.38m turbines at Kilcash, Co. Roscommon

In context

It is one of 2 wind energy applications Roscommon 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 3 May 2024. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.

The development description, as lodged

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

Permission for a development relating to the: • The construction of one Enercon E138 Wind Turbine on an 81m tower with an electrical rating of 4.2MW and an overall tip height of 149.38m • Installation of the hardstanding area for the Wind Turbine. • Installation of underground circuit cables which will run in underground cable trenches (c.1.2m deep), from the proposed Wind Energy Converter to the proposed substation building on the site. • Construction of the proposed substation building which will be located c.282m from the proposed wind turbine and surrounded by stock proof fencing. It will be a single storey building, measuring 55m 2 and c.5m in height; • Construction of proposed internal site access track, constructed from permeable material and which will run from the site entrance to the Wind Energy Converter hardstanding area. • All associated ancillary infrastructure and preparatory works such as provision of the site entrance The power rating associated with the proposed wind turbine will be 4.2 megawatts (MW). The proposed Project will have a 30-year lifespan. A Natura Impact Statement has been prepared as part of this planning application at