the development will consist of a 10-year planning permission for the construction of, and a 40-year operation and subsequent decommissioning of, a development consisting of a 205.15-hectare solar farm (red line boundary) and underground grid connection route. The solar farm comprises of three separate land parcels divided by local roads. The proposed solar farm will consist of a series of ground mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) panels, mounted on steel support structures and in some areas on concrete shoes to protect possible underground archaeological features, together with 58 electrical transformation enclosures, underground cabling, 2no. temporary construction compounds and use of existing 1no. hardstanding, the use of existing farm access tracks, existing site entrances, widening of 3no. existing site entrance, inverters, CCTV poles and cameras, deer type security/boundary fencing with some areas of boundary development on concrete shoes to further protect possible underground archaeological features, landscaping and biodiversity measures and all associated ancillary development works, for the purpose of generating renewable energy electricity and transmitting it in the townlands of Mulhussey, Batterstown, Longtown, Mullagh & Milltown, Kilcock, Co. Meath. A Natura Impact Statement will also be submitted to the Planning Authority with this application. Significiant further information / revised plans submitted on this applicaiton.
This application contains a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) not an EIA(R)
Decision
Decision Date:
13/08/2024
Manager Order:
1147/24
Decision Type:
Conditional
Number of Conditions:
28
Grant Date:
Grant Managers Order #:
Section 47
Apply?:
Part 5
Apply?:
Expiry Date:
30/03/2035
Decision Description:
the development will consist of a 10-year planning permission for the construction of, and a 40-year operation and subsequent decommissioning of, a development consisting of a 205.15-hectare solar farm (red line boundary) and underground grid connection route. The solar farm comprises of three separate land parcels divided by local roads. The proposed solar farm will consist of a series of ground mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) panels, mounted on steel support structures and in some areas on concrete shoes to protect possible underground archaeological features, together with 58 electrical transformation enclosures, underground cabling, 2no. temporary construction compounds and use of existing 1no. hardstanding, the use of existing farm access tracks, existing site entrances, widening of 3no. existing site entrance, inverters, CCTV poles and cameras, deer type security/boundary fencing with some areas of boundary development on concrete shoes to further protect possible underground archaeological features, landscaping and biodiversity measures and all associated ancillary development works, for the purpose of generating renewable energy electricity and transmitting it in the townlands of Mulhussey, Batterstown, Longtown, Mullagh & Milltown, Kilcock, Co. Meath. A Natura Impact Statement will also be submitted to the Planning Authority with this application. Significiant further information / revised plans submitted on this applicaiton.
development which will consist of a new limestone rock quarry on a site of 26.2 hectares(ha) in total. The quarry footprint and quarry access road will cover an area of 11.8ha and the remaining 14.4ha of the site will be used for the provision of a site entrance with gates and access road(770 metres(m)), with stream crossing to gain access to the site from the R156; an internal haul road(590m), with gates and improvements to an existing land-drain crossing; a quarry surface-water settlement lagoon system(3988 square metres (sq.m)) with full retention separator and discharge weir; office and reception building(55sq.m); weigh-bridge (60 sq.m); proprietary effluent treatment system and percolation area (96 sq.m); wheelwash (53 sq.m); covered and bunded fuel tanks (38 sq.m.); erection of a garage building (388 sq.m.) containing: workshop, canteen, laboratory, office, storeroom, toilet and shower block facilities; ESB supply room and switch-house (35 sq.m.); an overburden screening mound(2.
a new limestone rock quarry on a site of 26.2hectares (ha) in total. The quarry footprint and quarry access road will cover an area of 11.8 ha and the remaining 14.4 ha of the site will be used for the provision of: a site entrance with gates and access road (770 metres (m)), with stream crossing to gain access to the site from the R156; an internal haul road (590m), with gates and improvements to an existing land-drain crossing; a quarry surface-water settlement lagoon system (3988 square metres(sq.m.) with full retention separator and discharge weir; office and reception building (55sq.m); weighbridge (60 sq.m.); proprietary effluent treatment system and percolation area (171 sq.m); wheel wash (53 sq.m); erection of a garage building (442sq.m) containing : workshop, bunded fuel tanks, canteen, office, store-room, toilet and shower block facilities; ESB supply room and switch-house (35 sq. ); an overburden screening mound (2.3ha); a fixed processing plant for the production of limestone aggregates; an aggregate washing plant with closed circuit settlement lagoon system (3988sq.m); provisions for landscaping and landscaped earthen berms; site hardstand (0.9ha) including: parking for 10 trucks and 14 cars, with provisions for a new land drain crossing and improvements to an existing land drain crossing. Permission is also sought to fully restore the site to an agriculture and water amenity use, upon completion of the 20 year lifespan of the development
