GrantedDecided 16 May 2024Kildare County Council

The townlands of Ballyvergal and Pollertown Little County Carlow and Knocknagee County Kildare, Kildare, County KIldare

Planning application 2460253
DecisionConditional grant
Decided16 May 2024
Application typePERMISSION
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Proposed development

Application description published by Kildare County Council.
The development will consist of a 38 kV / MV electrical substation, underground cables and associated works. The development will include the following elements - see site notice for full description due to limited characters here. 1)Construction of a substation compound of approximately 2,850 m2 gross area, with 2.6 m high palisade fence around the entire perimeter of the substation, with the following electrical plant within the substation: 1 No. prefabricated 38 kV GIS module and foundation (c.31m2 and c.5.2 m high); 1 No. prefabricated MV GIS module and foundation (c.32m2 and c.4.7 m high); 1 No. prefabricated Control Room module and foundation (c.32m2 and c.4.7 m high); 2 No. 38/20 kV 10 MVA transformers and associated bunds (c.15m2, c.4.5 m high ea.); Telecommunication SCADA pole of c.10 metres in height; Associated and ancillary outdoor electrical equipment and other apparatus, including installation of underground cables; Internal access road of c.40 m in length and c.5m wide within the proposed substation; Compound lighting, boundary treatment, associated drainage, landscaping and all ancillary site development works; 2)Use of a portion of the existing temporary road (c.200 m in length) permitted as part of the recent MSD Rathgall development (Planning Ref: 21/360 & 22/110) for permanent use to facilitate access to the proposed substation; 3)Construction of new stone wall, fencing and gates at the existing junction of the temporary road with the public road; 4)Construction of an internal access road (c.140 m in length) to the proposed substation extending from the existing temporary road on the MSD lands to the proposed substation; 5)Site clearance works related to the proposed substation compound and access road; 6)Installation of c.1.3 kilometres of double-circuit 38 kV underground cables (UGC) along the R448 road between the proposed substation and the existing Carlow – Graigue 38 kV OHL; 7)Installation of c.0.7 kilometres of single circuit 38 kV UGC along the R448 road between the proposed substation and the existing Carlow – Ballylinan 38 kV OHL; 8)Installation of c.0.3 kilometres of six circuit MV UGC along the R448 road between the proposed substation and the existing R448 roundabout; 9)Installation of a new 12 m high steel lattice mast on the existing Carlow – Graigue 38 kV OHL; 10)Replacement of an existing timber poleset (IMP 1395) with a new 15 m high steel lattice mast on the existing Carlow – Ballylinan 38 kV OHL - this applicatio

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