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Longford County Development Plan 2021–2027
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- 5.4 Surface Water Management - Sustainable Drainage Systems The management of surface and storm water is important in order to avoid increased flood or pollution risk in the storm water network, rivers and streams in the County’s towns, villages and rural areas. Traditionally, rain falling on impervious surfaces was directed into a receiving watercourse through surface water drainage systems. While such drainage systems are effective at transferring surface water quickly, they provide only limited attenuation causing the volume of water in the receiving watercourse to increase more rapidly, thereby increasing flood risk. The Council will require compliance with best practice guidance for the collection, reuse, treatment and disposal of surface waters for all future development proposals. Best practice guidance is available from The Greater Dublin Strategic Drainage Study (GDSDS). Development proposals will be required to meet the design criteria (adjusted to reflect local conditions) and material designs therein. This approach using Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) offers a total solution to rainwater management and is applicable in both urban and rural situations. For new developments, Longford County Council will require that all developments incorporate ‘Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems’ (SuDS) as part of the development proposals. SuDS are effective technologies which aim to reduce flood risk, improve water quality and enhance biodiversity and amenity. The systems should aim to mimic the natural drainage of a site to minimise the effect of a development on flooding and pollution of existing waterways. SuDS include devices such as swales, permeable pavements, filter drains, storage ponds, constructed wetlands, soakways and green roofs. In some exceptional cases, and at the discretion of the Planning Authority, where it is demonstrated that SuDS devices are not feasible, approval may be given to install underground attenuation tanks or enlarged pipes in conjunction with other devices to achieve the required water quality. Such alternative measures will only be considered as a last resort. Development proposals will be required to be accompanied by a comprehensive SuDS assessment that addresses run-off rate, run-off quality and its impact on the existing habitat and water quality. This approach using SuDS offers a total solution to rainwater management and is applicable in both urban and rural situations. Current best practice guidance on SuDS is available from the Guidance Documents produced by the Greater Dublin Strategic Drainage Study (GDSDS). Proposals for surface water attenuation systems should include maintenance proposals and procedures. CPO 5.100 CPO 5.101 CPO 5.102 Surface Water Management - County Policy Objectives It is the County Policy Objective to: Support in conjunction with Irish Water the improvement of storm water infrastructure to improve sustainable drainage and reduce the risk of flooding in urban environments. Ensure new development is adequately serviced with surface water drainage infrastructure which meets the requirements of the Water Framework Directive, associated River Basin Management Plans and CFRAM Management Plans. Require surface water storage measures to be provided in new developments where it is considered that the surface water run-off levels exceed permissible discharge rates. Storm water run-off design should be carried out in accordance with Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SuDS) standards such as The SuDS Manual (CIRIA, 2015), ‘Dublin Corporation Stormwater Management Policy Technical Guidelines’ and ‘Greater Dublin Regional Code of Practice for Drainage Works’ incorporating ‘Greater Dublin Strategic Drainage Study, Volume 2, New Developments’ or any future updates. 151County Development Plan 2021–2027
- 5.5 Flood Risk Management Flooding is an environmental phenomenon and can pose a risk to human health as well as causing economic and social effects. Principal sources of flooding, for the purposes of the Development Plan and accompanying Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA), are defined as follows: ■ Fluvial flooding – when the capacity of a watercourse is exceeded or the channel is blocked or restricted, and excess water spills out from the channel onto adjacent low-lying areas (the floodplain). ■ Pluvial flooding – as a result of high intensity rainfall where the volume of run-off exceeds the capacity of the existing surface water network and the excess water cannot be absorbed. ■ Groundwater flooding – as a result of prolonged rainfall when the capacity of the natural underground reservoir is exceeded. The European Directive 2007/60/EC on the assessment and management of flood risk aims to reduce and manage the risks that floods pose to human health, the environment, cultural heritage and economic activity. The National Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) programme is the principal response to EU ‘Flood’ Directive (2007/60/EC) on the assessment and management of flood risk. Within County Longford, the CFRAM targeted areas of significant flooding which included the settlements of Longford Town, Edgeworthstown, Ballymahon, Granard and Lanesborough. The CFRAM Management Plans set out the long-term strategies and measures required to manage risk in these areas. Both the mapping and the proposed flood management strategy is incorporated into the Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA) that informs this Development plan. The Planning System and Flood Risk Management - Guidelines for Planning Authorities, DECLG and OPW (2009) address flood risk management within the planning system and describe good flood risk practice in planning and development management. Planning authorities are directed to have regard to the Planning Guidelines in the preparation of Development Plans and Local Area Plans, and for development management purposes. The key principles of flood risk management set out in the flood Guidelines are to: ■ Avoid development that will be at risk of flooding or that will increase the flooding risk elsewhere, where possible; ■ Substitute less vulnerable uses, where avoidance is not possible; and ■ Mitigate and manage the risk, where avoidance and substitution are not possible. A Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA) has been prepared to inform this Development Plan (Volume 4). Consequences of flooding depend on the hazards associated with the flooding (e.g. depth of water, speed of flow, rate of onset, duration, wave-action effects, water quality), and the vulnerability of people, property and the environment potentially CPO 5.103 CPO 5.104 CPO 5.105 Surface Water Management - County Policy Objectives It is the County Policy Objective to: Ensure that in public and private developments in urban areas, both within developments and within the public realm, seek to minimise and limit the extent of hard surfacing and paving and require the use of sustainable drainage techniques for new development or for extensions to existing developments, in order to reduce the potential impact of existing and predicted flooding risks. Maintain and enhance the existing surface water drainage systems in the county and promote and facilitate the development of Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems including integrated constructed wetlands and to promote and support the retrofitting of SuDS in established urban areas. Prohibit the discharge of surface water run-off and rainwater into foul sewer systems. 152Longford County Council
- affected by a flood (e.g. the age profile of the population, the type of development, presence and reliability of mitigation measures etc.). Climate change is a key consideration under the CFRAM, all flood relief schemes and the Guidelines for Planning Authorities on the Planning System and Flood Risk Management (DoEHLG/OPW 2009) and Circular PL2/2014. Certain lands within the County have the potential to be vulnerable to flooding and this vulnerability could be exacerbated by changes in both the occurrence of severe rainfall events and associated flooding. The SFRA defines the approach to the assessment of climate change impacts. 5.5.1 Climate Change and Flooding ‘The Planning System and Flood Risk Management Guidelines for Planning Authorities and Technical Appendices, 2009’ recommends that a precautionary approach to climate change is adopted due to the level of uncertainty involved in the potential effects. In contributing towards compliance with the Guidelines, climate change scenario mapping has been added to the SFRA that accompanies the Plan. The Plan requires that the SFRA mapping and the most up to date CFRAM Programme climate scenario mapping is consulted by prospective applicants for developments and that it is made available to lowertier Development Management processes in the Council. CPOs 5.108 and 5.110 require that any flood risk assessment includes an assessment of the potential impacts of climate change, such as an increase in the extent or probability of flooding, and any associated measures necessary to address these impacts. DMS16.206 requires applications for development in flood vulnerable zones to provide details of structural and non-structural risk management measures to include issues such as floor levels. 153County Development Plan 2021–2027
- CPO 5.106 CPO 5.107 CPO 5.108 Flood Risk Management - County Policy Objectives It is the County Policy Objective to: Support the implementation of recommendations in the CFRAM Programme to ensure that flood risk management policies and infrastructure are progressively implemented. Support the implementation of recommendations in the Flood Risk Management Plans (FRMP’s), including planned investment measures for managing and reducing flood risk. Support, in co-operation with the OPW, the implementation of the EU Flood Risk Directive (2007/60/EC), the Flood Risk Regulations (SI No. 122 of 2010) and the DEHLG/OPW publication The Planning System and Flood Risk Management Guidelines for Planning Authorities (2009) and Departmental Circular PL2/2014 (or any updated/superseding versions). This will include the following: ■ Avoid, reduce and/or mitigate, as appropriate in accordance with the Guidelines, the risk of flooding within the flood risk areas indicated in the accompanying Strategic Flood Risk Assessment report, including fluvial, pluvial and groundwater flooding, and any other flood risk areas that may be identified during the period of the plan or in relation to a planning application. ■ Development proposals in areas where there is an identified or potential risk of flooding or that could give rise to a risk of flooding elsewhere will be required to carry out a sitespecific Flood Risk Assessment, and Justification Test where appropriate, in accordance with the provisions of The Planning System and Flood Risk Management Guidelines for Planning Authorities 2009, (or any superseding document) and Circular PL2/2014 (as updated/superseded). Any flood risk assessment should include an assessment of the potential impacts of climate change, such as an increase in the extent or probability of flooding, and any associated measures necessary to address these impacts. ■ Development that would be subject to an inappropriate risk of flooding or that would cause or exacerbate such a risk at other locations shall not normally be permitted. ■ Where certain measures proposed to mitigate or manage the risk of flooding associated with new developments are likely to result in significant effects to the environment or European sites downstream, such measures will undergo environmental assessment and Appropriate Assessment, as appropriate. The Council shall work with other bodies and organisations, as appropriate, to help protect critical infrastructure, including water and wastewater, within the County, from risk of flooding. Future amendments to the plan shall consider, as appropriate any new and/or emerging data, including, when available, any relevant information contained in the CFRAM’s Flood Risk Management Plans and as recommended in the SFRA for the Plan. 154Longford County Council
- CPO 5.109 CPO 5.110 CPO 5.111 CPO 5.112 CPO 5.113 Flood Risk Management - County Policy Objectives It is the County Policy Objective to: Protect Flood Zone A and Flood Zone B from inappropriate development and direct developments/ land uses into the appropriate Flood Zone in accordance with The Planning System and Flood Risk Management Guidelines for Planning Authorities 2009 (or any superseding document) and the guidance contained in DMS 16.205. Where a development/land use is proposed that is inappropriate within the Flood Zone, then the development proposal will need to be accompanied by a Development Management Justification Test and site-specific Flood Risk Assessment in accordance with the criteria set out under with The Planning System and Flood Risk Management Guidelines for Planning Authorities 2009 and Circular PL2/2014 (as updated/ superseded). In Flood Zone C, (Please also refer to Development Management Standard, Development Management Standard, DMS 16.205, where the probability of flooding is low (less than 0.1%, Flood Zone C), site-specific Flood Risk Assessment may be required the developer should satisfy themselves that the probability of flooding is appropriate to the development being proposed. The County Plan SFRA datasets and the most up to date CFRAM Programme climate scenario mapping should be consulted by prospective applicants for developments in this regard and will be made available to lower-tier Development Management processes in the Council. Flood Zone maps should not be used to suggest that any areas are free from flood risk as they do not include groundwater or artificial drainage system flood risk. Applications for development on land identified as Benefitting Land (under Arterial Drainage Schemes /Drainage Districts) may be prone to flooding, and as such site-specific flood risk assessments may be required in these areas. The Council will ensure that new developments proposed in Arterial Drainage Schemes and Drainage Districts do not result in a significant negative impact on the integrity, function and management of these areas. Site-specific Flood Risk Assessment (FRA) is required for all planning applications in areas at risk of flooding (fluvial, pluvial or groundwater), even for developments appropriate to the particular Flood Zone. The detail of these site-specific FRAs will depend on the level of risk and scale of development. A detailed site-specific FRA should quantify the risks, the effects of selected mitigation and the management of any residual risks. The assessments shall consider and provide information on the implications of climate change with regard to flood risk in relevant locations. The Draft Guidance on Assessment of Potential Future Scenarios for Flood Risk Management (OPW, 2009), (or any superseding document) and available information from the CFRAM Studies shall be consulted with to this effect. Require all applications in areas prone to flooding to be subject to the Justification Test set out in the Planning System and Flood Risk Management Guidelines for Planning Authorities. Compensatory flood storage provision or the provision of flood defences will not override the need for completion of the justification test. Consult with the OPW in relation to proposed developments in the vicinity of drainage channels and rivers for which the OPW are responsible, and to retain a strip on either side of such channels where required, to facilitate maintenance access thereto. Actively work with the CFRAM Programmes and catchment-based Flood Planning Groups, including where catchments go beyond the Council’s administrative boundary, in the development and implementation of catchment-based strategies for the management of flood risk - including those relating to storage and conveyance. 155County Development Plan 2021–2027
- CPO 5.114 CPO 5.115 CPO 5.116 CPO 5.117 CPO 5.118 CPO 5.119 CPO 5.120 Flood Risk Management - County Policy Objectives It is the County Policy Objective to: Protect the integrity of any formal (OPW or Longford County Council) flood risk management infrastructure, thereby ensuring that any new development does not negatively impact any existing defence infrastructure or compromise any proposed new infrastructure. Ensure that the reasonable requirements of Inland Fisheries Ireland are adhered to in the construction of flood alleviation measures in the county. Protect water bodies and watercourses within the County from inappropriate development, including rivers, streams, associated undeveloped riparian strips, wetlands and natural floodplains. This will include protection buffers in riverine and wetland areas as appropriate. In addition, promote the sustainable management and uses of water bodies and avoid culverting or realignment of these features. Recognise the important role of peatland and other wetland areas in flooding patterns. Development in these areas shall therefore be subject to a Flood Risk Assessment in accordance with the relevant guidance. Ensure each flood risk management activity is examined to determine actions required to embed and provide for effective climate change adaptation as set out in the OPW Climate Change Sectoral Adaptation Plan Flood Risk Management applicable at the time. Facilitate the appropriate management and sustainable use of flood risk areas designated as ‘Constrained Land Use’ on Settlement Plan zoning maps33. Future development on these lands is limited to minor development where plan-making Justification Tests have not been undertaken and the Constrained Land Use applies. SFRA datasets will be made available to the lower-tier forward planning and Development Management and associated SFRA/FRA processes in the Council. These processes may lead to the identification of areas where the Constrained Land Use Zoning provisions contained within this Plan may apply. In this regard, prospective applicants for developments in areas that have been previously developed and are at elevated levels of flood risk are encouraged to consult with the Planning Department at the earliest opportunity. Appendix II of the SFRA that accompanies the Plan includes mapping at a County level of historic (page 2) and predictive (page 3) flood risk indicators. Ensure that applications to existing developments in flood vulnerable zones shall provide details of structural and non-structural risk management measures to include, but not be limited to specifications of the following - floor levels, internal layout, flood resilient construction, flood resistant construction, emergency response planning, access and egress during flood events. (Please Refer to CPO 5.119 and Development Management Standard DMS 16.206). 33 Constrained Land Uses Flood risk areas in settlement plans are represented by a ‘Constrained Land Use’ designation. This designation generally limits new development, but will facilitate existing development uses within these areas that may require small scale development such as small extensions. Development proposals within these areas shall be accompanied by a detailed Flood Risk Assessment, carried out in accordance with The Planning System and Flood Risk Assessment Guidelines and Circular PL 2/2014 (or as updated), which shall assess the risks of flooding associated with the proposed development. Proposals shall only be considered favourably where it is demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Planning Authority that they would not have adverse impacts or impede access to a watercourse, floodplain or flood protection and management facilities, or increase the risk of flooding to other locations and be in accordance with the proper planning and sustainable development of the area. The nature and design of structural and non-structural flood risk management measures required for development in such areas will also be required to be demonstrated, to ensure that flood hazard and risk will not be increased. Measures proposed shall follow best practice in the management of health and safety for users and residents of the development. Specifications for developments in flood vulnerable areas set out in this Plan shall be complied with as appropriate. (Please also refer to CPO 5.120 and Development Management Standard DMS 206). 156Longford County Council
- 5.6 Environmental Services 5.6.1 Waste Recovery and Disposal Longford County Council has actively been involved in facilitating the delivery of a more sustainable approach to waste management within the county. Key to this is the continued implementation of the Eastern and Midlands Region Waste Management Plan 2015-2021. The strategic vision of Eastern and Midlands Waste Management Plan (WMP) is to rethink the approach to managing wastes, by viewing waste streams as valuable resources which can lead to a healthier environment and sustainable commercial opportunities for our economy. The Eastern and Midlands WMP sets out 3 no. specific and measurable performance targets to: ■ achieve a 1% reduction per annum in the quality of household waste generated per capita over the period of the Eastern and Midlands WMP. ■ reduce to 0% the direct disposal of unprocessed municipal waste to landfill (from 2016 onwards), in favour of higher value pretreatment processes and indigenous recovery practices. ■ achieve a recycling rate of 50% of managed municipal waste by 2020. This accords with the transition to a more circular economy and bio economy, where the value of bio-based products, materials and resources is maintained in the economy for as long as possible, and the generation of waste is minimised. The NPF supports circular economy principles (NPO 56) that minimise waste going to landfill and maximises waste as a resource, with prevention, preparation for reuse, recycling and recovery prioritised in that order over the disposal of waste. The NPF (NSO 9) also supports the development of district heating networks where technically feasible and cost effective as well as the development of necessary and appropriate hazardous waste management facilities to avoid the need for treatment elsewhere. Similar circular economy principles in relation to waste management are supported in the RSES through RPO 10.25. 5.6.1.1 Construction and Demolition Waste There is only one large-scale licenced Construction and Demolition recycling facility in the region (Dublin based). In County Longford, there are currently 18 no. sites with permits to accept clean soil and stone, and 2 no. sites with permits to accept inert construction and demolition waste. It is anticipated that more facilities, particularly Construction and Demolition recycling facilities, will be established within the Eastern and Midlands WMP area. 5.6.1.2 Bring Facilities and Civic Amenity Facilities There are currently 25 no. bring banks within the County for the collection of aluminium cans and glass. There are also a number of privately owned/operated textile banks throughout the County and 2 no. civic amenity sites for the disposal of recyclable materials and waste electrical and electronic equipment. The Council will seek to develop such facilities over the life span of this plan. CPO 5.121 CPO 5.122 CPO 5.123 Waste Management - County Policy Objectives It is the County Policy Objective to: Support the implementation of the Eastern and Midlands Waste Management Plan 2015-2021 and any updates made thereto. Continue to facilitate and promote the provision of civic amenity sites, including ‘bring centres’ for the purposes of providing a collection point for the recycling of domestic waste, subject to siting, location, compatibility with adjacent land uses and other relevant development management criteria. Promote the principles of the circular economy in minimising waste going to landfill and maximise waste as a resource, with prevention, preparation for reuse, recycling and recovery prioritised in that order, over the disposal of waste. Waste reycling - every can counts 157County Development Plan 2021–2027
- 5.7 Energy Networks Infrastructure 5.7.1 Electricity Network The provision of a secure and adequate electricity infrastructure is essential to meet the growth in demand and to ensure that an efficient and reliable electricity supply is available to households, business and industry. County Longford is well served, given the role of the former Lough Ree Power Station in the midlands transmission network, with significant transmission infrastructure in the county, in particular a 110kV transmission line and associated substation at Lanesborough. This infrastructure also supplies the local distribution network that brings power to homes and businesses throughout Longford and Roscommon. Eirgrid, the national grid operators, are investing significantly in maintaining and enhancing the transmission infrastructure in the county, with the redevelopment of the 110kV substation at Lanesborough having been granted planning permission. The upgrading of the transmission network will facilitate power flows from both renewable and conventional sources to maximise the use of existing power corridors. The Council will continue to support the infrastructural renewal and development of electricity. 5.7.2 Gas Network Gas Networks Ireland owns and operates the gas transmission pipeline in the south of the county. This pipeline initially served the Longford Forest Center Parcs resort via a 29km distribution pipeline extension from County Westmeath to the resort site, just outside of Ballymahon and inside the Longford County boundary. Work is currently underway to extend the gas network transmission link to Ballymahon. These developments represent key milestones in enhancing the energy network and security in County Longford, with the Council supporting further extension of this network to other areas of the county and which is also supported in Chapter 6: Regeneration. CPO 5.125 CPO 5.124 CPO 5.126 CPO 5.127 CPO 5.128 CPO 5.129 CPO 5.130 Waste Management - County Policy Objectives It is the County Policy Objective to: Promote and support the provision of separate collection of waste in accordance with the requirements of the Waste Management (Food Waste) Regulations 2009, the Waste Framework Directive Regulations 2011 and other relevant legislation. Promote and facilitate communities to become involved in environmental awareness activities and community-based recycling initiatives or environmental management initiatives that will lead to local sustainable waste management practices. Promote and facilitate high quality sustainable waste recovery and disposal infrastructure/ technology including composting (anaerobic digester) plants for managing organic solid waste, at appropriate locations, with the County subject to the protection of the amenities of the surrounding environment including European Sites, and in keeping with the EU waste hierarchy. Require, where necessary, Project Construction and Demolition Waste Management Plans as part of applications for development in accordance with “Best Practice Guidelines on the Preparation of Waste Management Plans for Construction and Demolition Projects” (DoEHLG, 2006). Such plans should be submitted for developments above the stated thresholds within these guidelines and as required by the Planning Authority. Control development within its powers through the planning process in order to prevent and/ or limit the impact of potential air, water and soil pollution. The Council shall continue to fulfil its duties under the Waste Management (certification of historic unlicensed waste disposal and recovery activity) Regulations 2008 (S.I. No 524 of 2008), including those in relation to the identification and registration of closed landfills. Ensure that all waste collectors and householder who use the services of authorised waste collectors are fully compliant with the Waste Management Act 1996, as amended and the Waste Management (Collection Permits) Regulations 2007, as amended. 158Longford County Council
- CPO 5.131 CPO 5.132 CPO 5.133 CPO 5.134 CPO 5.135 CPO 5.136 Energy Networks Infrastructure - County Policy Objectives It is the County Policy Objective to: Support and promote the sustainable improvement and expansion of the electricity transmission and distribution network that supply the County, subject to landscape, residential, amenity, environmental and other planning considerations. Facilitate the delivery and expansion of the gas network infrastructure throughout the county for both domestic and business/industry use and to have regard to the location of existing gas infrastructure pipeline in the assessment of planning applications. Support and facilitate the development of enhanced electricity and gas supplies, and associated networks, to serve the existing and future needs of the county and facilitate new transmission infrastructure projects that might be brought forward in the lifetime of this Strategy, including the delivery of the necessary integration of transmission network requirements to facilitate linkages of renewable energy proposals to the electricity and gas transmission grid in a sustainable and timely manner subject to appropriate environmental assessment and planning merits. Support roll-out of the Smart Grids and Smart Cities Action Plan enabling new connections, grid balancing, energy management and micro grid development. Require that the location of local energy services such as electricity/telecommunications, be undergrounded, where appropriate. Where undergrounding of cables is being pursued, proposals should demonstrate that environmental impacts including the following are minimised: ■ Habitat loss as a result of removal of field boundaries and hedgerows (right of way preparation) followed by topsoil stripping (to ensure machinery does not destroy soil structure and drainage properties); ■ Short to medium term impacts on the landscape where, for example, hedgerows are encountered; ■ Impacts on underground archaeology; ■ Impacts on soil structure and drainage; ■ Impacts on surface waters as a result of sedimentation. Support the development, reinforcement, renewal and expansion of the electricity transmission and distribution grid, including the development of new lines overhead lines, underground cables, pylons and substations as required to provide for the future physical and economic development of County Longford. 159County Development Plan 2021–2027
- 5.8 Renewable Energy The European Commission agreed a binding EU renewable energy target of 32% of total energy consumption by 2030. National policy has reaffirmed this commitment towards a more climate resilient and low carbon Irish economy and society through the publication of a number of climate change, energy and planning policy documents. As per Project Ireland 2040, new energy systems and transmission grids will be necessary for a more distributed, renewables-focused energy generation system, harnessing potential from energy sources such as wind and solar. An efficient and secure energy supply is essential to the future growth and sustainable development of County Longford. However, it is essential to ensure that energy demands are met without compromising environmental quality. There is a need for a move from traditional energy generation methods based on the burning of carbon-based fossil fuels, towards a more sustainable, low-carbon based energy generation and overall economy through renewable energy technologies. Renewable energy such as wind, solar and biomass will assist in managing the transition of the local economies of such areas in gaining the economic benefits of greener energy. This change away from traditional fossil-fuel based energy generation will have positive environmental impact; however, not without adverse economic impacts as evidenced through the closure of the Lough Ree Power Station. The Council recognises the importance of Renewable Energy and its potential in contributing to the reductions in fossil fuel dependency and greenhouse gas emissions. EMRA will be working with the Council and other County Councils in the region to identify potential Strategic Energy Zones. In addition, during the lifetime of the Development Plan the Council will produce a Renewable Energy Strategy (Including a Wind Energy Strategy) for the County, which will include an assessment of the metrics including an assessment of the proportion of national renewable energy targets to be allocated for County Longford. This assessment will form part of the Renewable Energy Strategy for the County. Furthermore, within the County a number of renewable energy projects have also been granted with the potential to generate a combined output of between 78.3MW High Estimate of potential MW output to 63.3MW Low Estimate of potential MW output of clean renewable energy. Longford County Renewable Energy approved projects: Planning Ref Name – Location Description PL18135 Killashee - Middleton, Ballycore, Treanboy and Newtown Ten-year permission for a solar farm on a site of 51.38ha, up to 216,000sq.m of solar PV panels to generate 35MW to 50MW PL19222 Ballykenny 25 year permission for a solar farm up to 19Ha with an export capacity of 9MW comprising of solar PV panels PL1681 Edgeworthstown – Lisnageeragh 25 year permission for a solar farm for a 4.2MVA on a 14.5Ha site PL18146 Fisherstown, Clondra 30 year permission for a solar farm with an export capacity of 4MW comprising solar PV panels. PL14.248470 / PL.Ref.17/47 Cleghill 25 year operational period solar farm with export capacity of 11.1MW on a 19Ha site Total Granted 78.3MW High Estimate of potential MW output 63.3MW Low Estimate of potential MW output 160Longford County Council
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