Application description published by Galway County Council.
For an Open Cycle Gas Turbine power plant (299MW) and associated infrastructure and buildings. The proposed development will include: Demolition of existing administration building, gatehouse, workshop, storage buildings (3no.) and car parking area; Installation of an Open Cycle Gas Turbine (OCGT) unit and associated plant (Including air intake, stack (40m high); main, auxiliary and ancillary transformers; fire wall; acoustic wall; electrical rooms; finfan coolers; skids (to include gas skid, distillate fuel skid, compressor cleaning skid, air drier skid, compressed air skid, lube oil skid, CO2 fire fighting skid); propane store; Continuous Emissions Monitoring System (CEMS); fire water tank and pump house; hardstanding maintenance area]; Secondary fuel storage area [4 no. bunded distillate fuel storage tanks - each tank c. 20.2m high (incl. hand rail), 10m diameter]; Fuel forwarding building; Extension to existing distillate unloading plant [1 no. new pump house to be installed]; Fuel forwarding gantry; Expanded Above Ground Installation ('AGI') to facilitate connection to existing gas pipeline; A new 220 kV bay and 220kV bus section within the existing electricity substation; New administration building, gatehouse and associated car parking (2 no. spaces), workshop, storage buildings (3 no.) and car park (52 no. spaces); And all associated ancillary development, site works and services including fill, underground pipework and cabling, upgraded wastewater treatment plant, drainage infrastructure, lighting, fencing, internal roadways, vehicle and pedestrian access gates, vehicular ramp, entrance barrier, etc. The application relates to development for the purposes of an activity requiring a license from the Environmental Protection Agency under the Industrial Emissions Directive. It also relates to a Lower Tier COMAH establishment and therefore falls under the requirements of the Control of Major Accident Hazard (COMAH) Regulations, 2015. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) will be submitted to the planning authority with the application.
Application and appeal history
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ABP-313538-22Submitted 10 May 2022 / decided 08 February 2023
Status not recordedCONDITIONAL
Appeal submittedAppeal reference ABP-313538-22
10 May 2022
Appeal decisionCONDITIONAL
08 February 2023
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Decision details
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Application ref
212192
Received
24 November 2021
Decided
13 April 2022
FI requested
Yes
Authority
Galway County Council
Application type
PERMISSION
Outcome
Conditional grant
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Planning analysis
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Refusal reasons
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Source documents
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