GrantedDecided 13 October 2020Cork County Council

ESB lands to the east of the R630 in the townlands located inside the Aghada Generating Station Ballincarroonig Whitegate, Co. Cork

Planning application 20/5788
DecisionConditional grant
Decided13 October 2020
Application typePERMISSION
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Application description published by Cork County Council.
The 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

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