Moneypoint Generating Station, Carrowdotia North and Carrowdotia South, Kilimer
Planning application 20318
DecisionConditional grant
Decided16 July 2020
Application typePERMISSION
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Extracts from the council's own decision documents for this application — 40 pages of searchable text on file.Chief Executives Order3 pages indexed
CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ACT 2000 (AS AMENDED) Order No: File Reference Number: Name of Applicant: Address: Application Received: Nature of Application: Location of Development: 11.8 13 P20/318 The Electricity Supply Board (ESB) c/o Brendan Allen Planning Team Leader ESB Engineering & Major...
Final Grant2 pages indexed
COMHAIRLE CONTAE AN CHLAIR CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL The Electricity Supply Board (ESB), c/o Brendan Allen Planning Team Leader, ESB Engineering & Major Projects, One Dublin Airport Central, Dublin Airport, Cloghran, Co. Dublin. K67 XF72 ae) DAY “august 2020 Re: Planning Ref No P20/318 A Chara, | attach herewith a Grant of...
Final Grant3 pages indexed
CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ACTS 2000 (AS AMENDED) NOTIFICATION OF GRANT OF PERMISSION (SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS) UNDER SECTION 34 OF THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ACT 2000 (AS AMENDED) Comhairle Contae an Chiair Clare County Council To: The Electricity Supply Board (ESB), c/o Brendan Allen Planning Team...
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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 / 375f993f-2a3a-483d-9b2f-698216726b75.PDF / Document 501082Source PDF
- Final Grant / file 1 of 2Source: clarecoco.eplanning.ie / 677194.PDF / Document 506319Source PDF
- Final Grant / file 2 of 2Source: clarecoco.eplanning.ie / 677195.PDF / Document 506319Source PDF
- Planners ReportSource: clarecoco.eplanning.ie / Dc14c5d6-42ce-424d-ae65-24a5d8072834.PDF / Document 501090Source PDF
- Planners ReportSource: clarecoco.eplanning.ie / 399f2c29-8753-44f7-9e84-c9ed732dd111.PDF / Document 501094Source PDF
- Planners ReportSource: clarecoco.eplanning.ie / 233428c6-640e-41c8-9df7-a96736cafdc0.PDF / Document 501097Source PDF
Nearby precedent
Similar nearby applications linked to this planning decision.- 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 / 0.3 km away / 15 March 2023Granted
- 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 / 0.4 km away / 21 August 2018Granted
- 19746For 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. / 0.4 km away / 20 November 2019Granted
- 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 ) / 0.4 km away / 14 December 2017Granted
- 249000319080 - for proposed transition and conversion of the existing 900MW electricity generating station from coal to heavy fuel oil and associated ancillary development / 0.8 km away / 23 September 2024Granted
- 2560314To construct a new dwelling house, private garage, site entrance, on-site wastewater treatment system and all associated site works and services / 1.2 km away / 21 July 2025Granted
- 20668To erect extension to dwelling house include first floor living area. / 1.5 km away / 17 November 2020Granted
- 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 / 1.9 km away / 10 September 2019Granted