Lands to the east of the R630 in the townlands of Ballincarroonig and Aghada located inside the Aghada Generating Station, Ballincarroonig Whitegate, Co. Cork
Planning application 19/4891
DecisionConditional grant
Decided04 June 2019
Application typePERMISSION
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- 14/6380Permission to erect a 36 metre high, free standing lattice telecommunication structure to facilitate the relocation of the existing cellular telemetry equipment from the rooftop of Boiler House No. 1 onto the proposed structure, enclosed within a 2.4 metre high palisade compound / 0.1 km away / 05 January 2015Granted
- 20/5788The development will consist of: development on a 0.8ha site of a c. 2MW capacity edge computing facility located within a secured compound, and will, subject to a detailed design, commercial and technical considerations, include: (a) 1 no. modular control building (c. 116sq.m. and c.4.1m high). (b) Electrical and computing plant and equipment comprising: (1) 20 No. IT modules (c. 45 sq.m. and c. 3.9 sq.m high with additional roof mounted cooling units), (2) 2 No. LV modules (c. 59 sq.m. and c. 3.8m high), (3) 2 No. battery modules (c.25 sq.m and c. 3.8m high), (4) 1 No. MV module containing bunded and ventilated transformer (c. 29.7 sq.m. and c. 3.8m high) and (5) 7 no. standby generator units (c. 10 sq. m. c. 2.3m high), surrounded by c. 2.6 m high palisade fencing and gates (d) Ancillary site clearance and development works including provision of areas of hard standing, car park area, covered walkway linking all modules and connections to site services networks. Licenced by the Environmental Protection Agency under an Industrial Emissions (IE) Licence [Ref. P0561-05] and a Lower Tier (COMAH) site and therefore falls under the requirements of the Control of Major Accident Hazard Regulations (COMAH) Regulations, 2015 / 0.2 km away / 13 October 2020Granted
- 24/6510Permission for the replacement of approximately 324m of existing 2.4m high chainlink fencing and associated gates with 324m of new 2.4m high green palisade security fencing/gates and all associated site works. / 0.2 km away / 24 February 2025Granted
- 14/6342Construction of first floor extension to side of existing dwellinghouse, extension of duration to permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 09/7304 / 0.3 km away / 07 January 2015Granted
- 09/7304Construction of first floor extension to side of existing dwellinghouse / 0.3 km away / 03 December 2009Granted
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- 20/4294Development on a a c. 1.8 ha site, on ESB lands. The development will consist of a c.19 MW capacity battery storage facility located within a secured compound, and will - subject to detailed design, commercial and technical considerations, include: (a) a control building (c. 112 sq. m., c. 4.7 m high); (b) plant and equipment comprising: (1) up to 12 no. battery container units (c. 30 sq. m. and up to c. 4.7 m high) with roof mounted HVACs; (2) up to 6 no. battery unit transformers on concrete plinths (c. 11 sq. m. and c. 4 m high); (3) up to 6 no. inverter units (c. 30 sq. m. and c. 3 m high); (4) a bunded house transformer (c. 20 sq. m. and c. 3.3 m high) with firewall on three sides; (5) an MV stepdown transformer (c. 60 sq. m. and c. 4.5 m high) with firewall on three sides; (6) VAR supports system on a concrete plinth (c.24 sq. m. and c. 3.4 m high); (7) cable trays and associated service connections; (8) up to 4 no. lightning masts (c. 20 m high); (9) a c. 18 m high SCADA pole; (10) a pole mounted security camera (c. 8.3 m high); (c) c. 2.6 m high palisade fencing and gates; (d) demolition of an existing building (c. 147 sq. m. and c.5.5 m high) and (e) ancillary site clearance and development works including provision of areas of hardstanding, internal access roads, and connections to site services networks. The planning permission is being sought for a 10 year duration. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. Licensed by the Environment Protection Agency under an Industrial Emissions (IE) License [Ref. P0561-05] and a Lower Tier COMAH site and therefore falls under the requirements of the Control of Major Accident Hazard (COMAH) Regulations, 2015. / 0.3 km away / 09 April 2020Granted