23284: BALLYMACASY COOLNAGRAIGUE BALLYLINE EAST, BALLYLINE WEST, LEANAMORE AND DROMALIVAUN
APPLY FOR A 10 YEAR PERMISSION AND 40 YEAR OPERATION FOR A SOLAR FARM OF 146.6 HECTARES, ON 3 NO. LAND PARCELS CONSISTING AS DESCRIBED HERIN: WEST PARCEL( BALLYMACASY, BALLYLINE EAST AND BALLYLINE WEST TOWNLANDS) C 58.48 HECTARES, CENTRAL PARCEL ( COOLNAGRAIGUE TOWNLAND) C. 53.8 HECTARES AND EAST PARCEL ( LEANAMORE AND DROMALIVAUN TOWNLANDS) C 34.32 HECTARES, A ROUTE CORRIDOR FOR AN UNDER GROUND INTERNAL ELECTRICAL CABLE CONNECTING THE WEST AND CENTRAL PARCELS TO THE EAST PARCEL CONSISTING OF C 3772 METERS IN LENGTH.THE TOTAL SITE AREA FOR THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS C. 146.6 HECTARES AND CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING: 794,430 SQ METERS OF SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS ON GROUND MOUNTED STEEL FRAMES, INVERTER/TRANSFORMER STATIONS, UNDERGROUND POWER AND COMMUNICATION CABLES AND DUCTS, BOUNDARY SECURITY FENCING, 2 NO.MEDIUM VOLTAGE (MV) CONTROL BUILDINGS, NEW INTERNAL ACCESS TRACKS AND ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE, UPGRADE OF 1 NO. SITE ENTRANCE OFF THE LIO12 LOCAL ROAD AND 1 NO. NEW SITE ENTRANCE OFF THE L 6021 LOCAL ROAD, CCTV/LIGHTING POSTS, 5 NO. CULVERT CROSSINGS, BIODIVERSITY ENHANCEMENT, LANDSCAPING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES AND WORKS. INSTALLATIONS OF AN INTERNAL NETWORK CABLE COMPRISE TRENCHING FOR AN UNDERGROUND MEDIUM VOLTAGE ELECTRICAL CABLE AND ASSOCIATED JOINT BAYS AND INFRASTRUCTURE, FOR A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 35 METRES IN LENGTH ALONG THE L6021 AND APPROXIMATELY 3,737 METRES WITHIN THE SOLAR FARM LANDS.AS PART OF A SEPARATE STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT (SID) PLANNING APPLICATION , PROVISION OF A 110KV ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION WOTH ELECTRICAL CONTROLBUILDING, ASSOCIATED COMPOUND WITH PALISADE FENCE AND 2 NO. OVERHEAD LINE MASTS, WILL BE LODGED WITH AN BORD PLEANALA IN DUE COURSE. THE PROPOSED SUBSTATION IS TO BE LOCATED IN THE EAST PARCEL IN THE TOWNLAND OF DROMALIVAUN WITH CONNECTION TO THE EXISTING OVERHEAD LINES IN EITHER THE EAST PARCEL IN THE TOWNLAND OF DROMALIVAUN OR THE CENTRAL PARCEL IN THE TOWNLAND OF LENAMORE. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) HAS BEEN PREPARED IN RELATION TO THE PROJECT AND ACCOMPANIES THIS PLANNING APPLICATION .
- Status
- Conditional
- Lodged
- 16 Mar 2023
- Decided
- 13 Sept 2023
- Type
- Permission
- Council
- Kerry County Council
- Council record
- eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/23284/0
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Source: National Planning Application Database (NPAD), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY 4.0); look the application up on the council's ePlanning register for documents and the current status. A lodged application is not an approval; an approval is not proof of completed works. Applicant names are not published.