19746: For development on a c. 1.8 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 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. 0.94 ha. will consist of a 300 to 400 MVA (electrical rating) synchronous condenser, including the following elements: a) a Generator and Flywheel building (c. 962 sq.m., c. 15m high) to house equipment including the generator, flywheel, lube oil skid, air compressor and pumps; b) supporting items of plant located within the compound including *cooling equipment (c. 690 sq.m., c. 3m high); *c. 7m high modular containers to house electrical and control equipment (total area of c. 384sq.m); *a generator step-up transformer (c.150 sq.m c. 8m high), auxilary transformer (c. 48 sq.m., 7m high) and electrical plant including an external circuit breaker (c 66 sq.m., c. 9m high); *fire fighting water tank (c. 7m dia., c. 8m high, pump house (c. 21 sq.m., c. 3m high); and * an above-ground oil separator and collection pit (c. 72sq.m.) 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 lay-down area; and 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 existing roads within the station site. Planning Permission is being sought for a duration of 10 years.
Moneypoint Generating Station, Carrowdotia North, Kilimer
DecisionConditional grant
Decided20 November 2019
Application typePERMISSION
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Site
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Source documents
Original council portal records and source PDFs where available.- Application fileApplication file on www.eplanning.ieSource portal
- Chief Executives OrderSource: clarecoco.eplanning.ie / D10c71b4-09c0-4703-b5a2-244e779ce04a.PDF / Document 470821Source PDF
- Final Grant / file 1 of 2Source: clarecoco.eplanning.ie / 673674.PDF / Document 478620Source PDF
- Final Grant / file 2 of 2Source: clarecoco.eplanning.ie / 673675.PDF / Document 478620Source PDF
- Planners ReportSource: clarecoco.eplanning.ie / 093672f3-b02e-45cd-8fc3-b31b7292b211.PDF / Document 470824Source PDF
- Planners ReportSource: clarecoco.eplanning.ie / 109e959d-67e9-4e89-a976-b0d1119ec09d.PDF / Document 470825Source PDF
Nearby precedent
Similar nearby applications linked to this planning decision.- 18520For development on lands in the townland of Carrowdotia South, Killimer, Co. Clare; located inside the Moneypoint Generating Station ( Eircode V15R963) which is licensed by the Environmental Protection Agency under an Industrial Emissions ( IE) Licence ( Ref. P0605-03) 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 will consist of a c.7.5 MW capacity battery storage facility within a secured compound, on a 0.42 Ha site, and will subject to detailed design, commercial and technical considerations, include: (a) up to 3 No. battery storage units ( each typically comprising a containerised battery ( c.12.2m x 2.5m x 3.2m ), HVAC ( c2.7m x 2.7m ), inverter ( c. 3m x3m ) and transformer (c3.3m x3.3m); (b) a 28 sq. m single storey substation control building; (c) a 28 sq. m single-storey switchgear building; (d)ancillary electrical plant including a transformer and var support unit; (e) a c. 15.6m high lightning mast and c. 18m high SCADA communications mast; (f) a 2.6m high chainlink fence and vehicular access gates via the existing station road to the south of the site; (g) ancillary site works including site clearance and the installation of site services / 0.0 km away / 21 August 2018Conditional grant
- 2332For development within the 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 and 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 at various locations within the station complex, will consist of land based site Investigation (SI) works comprising of boreholes and trial pits across the site / 0.1 km away / 15 March 2023Conditional grant
- 17809For development which will consist of two water storage tanks above ground level and an underground pump chamber located within the Moneypoint generating station complex. The proposed development will take place within the existing footprint of the site and consists of an underground pump chamber ( V=60m3 ), that will collect the rainwater from two existing runoff lines and pump it to two water storage tanks 1,000m3 and 2,000m3 to facilitate the retainment of surface water from the site prior to discharge from licensed facility discharge point already on the site. This application relates to a site for which a licence under Part IV of the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 ( as amended for the Protection of the Environment Act, 2003 ) has been issued ( EPA Reg. Ref. P0605-03 ) / 0.1 km away / 14 December 2017Conditional grant
- 20318For 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. / 0.4 km away / 16 July 2020Conditional grant
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- 19592To alter the design of dwelling house granted under Planning Permission Ref. No. P17-620 to include a) elevational changes; b) revised location of private garage and all associated site works / 1.6 km away / 10 September 2019Conditional grant
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