Planning Permission Ireland
GrantedEnergyDecided 28 March 2023

BALLYKILLEEN SHEAN KILCUMBER AND BALLINOWLART NORTH, CO. OFFALY

Access road, cabling, and substation works for the Cushaling Wind Farm in Offaly.

22494 · Offaly County Council · Lodged 23 September 2022

Reference
22494
Authority
Offaly County Council
Register status
Decided
Type
PERMISSION
Received
23 September 2022

Summary

AI-generated

This development supports the permitted Cushaling Wind Farm. It includes 970m of new internal access roads, upgrading 560m of bog access road, a 1.6km underground collector cable, bridge replacement, and the relocation of the wind farm substation.

Energywind energyinfrastructuresubstationgrid

Generated from the description above by an AI model and may contain mistakes. The council’s description is the authoritative record.

Official record

Development description

The development of (a) approximately 970m of new internal access roads for the permitted cushaling wind farm (planning ref. Pl2/ 19/606 and abp 306924-20), (b) upgrade of approximately 560m of an existing bord na moná bog access road, (c) construction of a 1.6km double circuit 33kv underground collector cable from the permitted cushaling wind farm to the permitted wind farm substation, (d) demolition and replacement of a bord na moná bogland access bridge and (e) relocation of the permitted cushaling wind farm substation 25 meters southwest. A natura impact statement (nis) will be submitted to the planning authority with the application

Key dates

Timeline

  1. Application received23 September 2022
  2. Further information requested17 November 2022
  3. Further information received1 February 2023
  4. Decision due28 March 2023
  5. Decision issued28 March 2023
  6. Grant issued4 May 2023
  7. Permission expiry3 May 2028

In the area

Applications near this site

Other planning applications within about 500 m — what else is being proposed or built nearby.

Related developments

Similar applications

Ranked by what these developments actually propose, not by matching words — so you can see how comparable applications were decided.

Community

Discussion

What local people think about this application.

Nobody watching yet

Community sentiment

No votes yet

Nobody has voted on this application yet.

Community sentiment — a straw poll of people who visited this page, not a statutory submission. To make a valid observation you must submit it to the planning authority.

Sign in to have your say on this application.

No comments yet. Be the first to say what you think about this application.

Sign in to join the discussion on this application.

Comments are moderated and are the opinions of the people who wrote them. They form no part of the statutory planning process — to make a valid observation you must submit it to the planning authority.