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20318: Moneypoint Generating Station, Carrowdotia North and Carrowdotia South, Kilimer

for development on a c. 2.7 ha site located within Moneypoint Generating Station, Carrowdotia North and Carrowdotia South, Kilimer, County Clare (Eircode V15 R963) which is licenced by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under an Industrial Emissions (IE) Licence (Ref. P0605-04) and an Upper Tier COMAH site and therefore falls under the requirements of the Control of Major Accident Hazard Regulations(COMAH) Regulations, 2015. The development, which will be located within a fenced compound c. 0.4 ha, will consist of a up to 400 MVA (electrical rating) synchronous condenser which shares the existing 400 KV/17 kV transformer and 400kV underground cable belonging to the existing coal fired unit 2. The following plant will be included within the compound: (a) main building (c. 420sq.m., c. 15m high) to house equipment including the synchronous condenser, flywheel, lube oil skid, air compressor and pumps. (b) supporting items of plant including; cooling equipment (c. 690sq.m., c. 3m high); c. 7m high modular containers to house electrical and control equipment (total area of c. 384sq.m.); auxiliary transformer (c. 48sq.m., 7m high) and electrical plant including an external circuit breaker (c. 66sq.m., c. 9m high); connections to existing site services networks including electrical, water and wastewater and an underground surface water attenuation tank connecting to existing surface water drains. (c) all other ancillary and miscellaneous site works including site clearance, site access, internal roads and development of areas of hard standing including a maintenance laydown area. (d) the development will be bounded by a c. 3m high chainlink fence. Site access will be by means of a new c. 2.7 m high palisade gate accessed from a new internal road within the station site. PERMISSION is also sought to continue the use of the existing underground cable grid connection, including the 400kV/17kV transformer and 400 kV underground cable belonging to the existing coal fired Unit 2 for use by the synchronous condenser into the future. Planning PERMISSION is being sought for a duration of 10 years. This application represents a relocation within Moneypoint of a similar application permitted by Clare County Council under Reg. Ref. P19/746. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and accompanies this planning application.

Status
Conditional
Lodged
20 May 2020
Decided
16 Jul 2020
Type
Permission
Council
Clare County Council
Council record
eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/20318/0
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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.