Planning Permission Ireland
GrantedInfrastructureDecided 24 January 2020

STONESTOWN CORAKNOCK GLEBE, COOLREAGH OR CLOGHANHILL, CORTULLAGH OR GROVE AND LUMCLOON

Installation of an 8km underground electricity line between two substations in County Offaly.

19555 · Offaly County Council · Lodged 22 November 2019

Reference
19555
Authority
Offaly County Council
Register status
Decided
Type
PERMISSION
Received
22 November 2019

Summary

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The project involves installing approximately 8 kilometres of underground electricity line with a capacity of up to 38kV. The line will connect a permitted wind farm substation in Stonestown to the Derrycarney substation in Lumcloon, running through private lands and public roads.

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Development description

The installation of approximately 8 kilometres of underground electricity line with a capacity of up to 38kv from the permitted (wind farm) substation (offaly county council planning register reference 14/188 & an bord pleanála reference pl19.244053 and offaly county council planning register reference 19/22) in the townland of stonestown, county offaly to the permitted derrycarney electricity substation in the townland of lumcloon, county offaly. The electricity line will be located within private lands and within the public roads numbered l7009, l70091, r437, l70099 and r357; will be installed in excavated trenches of approximately 1.3 metres in depth and will include associated underground ducting, joint bays, communication chamber bays, sheath link boxes and inspection chambers; directional drilling at 1 no. Railway crossing along the l70091, and all associated site development and reinstatement works. This planning application is accompanied by an environmental impact assessment report (eiar)/ environmental impact statement whcih includes an assessment of the likely effects of the proposed development, as a whole and in combination with the relevant off-site or secondary developments which will occur as a direct result of the proposed development, including the wind farm development permitted pursuant to offaly county council planning register reference 14/188 & an bord pleanála reference pl19.244053 and proposed amendments to this permitted wind farm development, proposed pursuant to offaly county council planning register reference 19/404 (currently under consideration). This planning application is also accompanied by an appropriate assessment screening report

Key dates

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  1. Application received22 November 2019
  2. Decision due25 January 2020
  3. Decision issued24 January 2020
  4. Grant issued11 March 2020
  5. Permission expiry10 March 2025

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