Site planning risk brief

CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, FORM NEW ENTRANCE, INSTALL EFFLUENT TREATMENT UNIT WITH PERCOLATION AREA & ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

THE INSTALLATION OF APPROXIMATELY 12.5KM OF 38KV ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION LINE FROM THE PERMITTED (WIND FARM) SUBSTATION (OFFALY COUNTY COUNCIL PLANNING REGISTER REFERENCE 14/188 & AN BORD PLEANALA REFERENCE PL19.244053) IN THE TOWNLAND OF STONESTOWN, COUNTY OFFALY TO THE EXISTING ELECTRICITY SUBSTATION IN THE TOWNLAND OF CLONDALLOW, COUNTY OFFALY. THE TRANSMISSION LINE WILL COMPRISE APPROXIMATELY 8.5KM OF UNDERGROUND LINE AND APPROXIMATELY 3.7KM OF OVERHEAD LINE. UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE WILL BE LOCATED WITHIN PRIVATE LANDS AND WITHIN THE PUBLIC ROADS NUMBERED N62, R439 AND THE L70152; WILL BE INSTALLED IN EXCAVATED TRENCHES OF APPROXIMATELY 1.2M IN DEPTH AND WILL INCLUDE ASSOCIATED UNDERGROUND DUCTING, JOINT BAYS, COMMUNICATION CHAMBER BAYS, SHEATH LINK BOXES AND INSPECTION CHAMBERS; DIRECTIONAL DRILLING AT 1 NO. RAILWAY CROSSING ALONG THE N62, AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT AND REINSTATEMENT WORKS. OVERHEAD INFRASTRUCTURE WILL CONSIST OF 3 NO. POWERLINES SUSPENDED FROM WOODEN POLES WITH A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 16 METRES, AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT AND REINSTATEMENT WORKS. THIS PLANNING APPLICATION IS ACCOMPANIED BY AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT (EIAR) / ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT (EIS) WHICH INCLUDES AN ASSESSMENT OF THE LIKELY IMPACTS OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, AS A WHOLE AND IN COMBINATION WITH THE RELEVANT OFF-SITE OR SECONDARY DEVELOPMENTS WHICH WILL OCCUR AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING THE WIND FARM DEVELOPMENT PERMITTED PURSUANT TO OFFALY COUNTY COUNCIL PLANNING REGISTER REFERENCE 14/188 & AN BORD PLEANALA REFERENCE PL19.244053

(I) THE EXISTING 80 METRE METEOROLOGICAL MAST, WHICH WAS ERECTED AS EXEMPTED DEVELOPMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH CLASS 20A, SCHEDULE 2, OF THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS 2001 (AS AMENDED), AND ALL ANCILLARY INFRASTRUCTURE AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT AND REINSTATEMENT WORKS; AND (II) PERMISSION TO INCREASE THE HEIGHT OF THE EXISTING METEOROLOGICAL MAST FROM 80 METRES TO A HEIGHT OF 100 METRES. THE OPERATIONAL LIFETIME OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL BE UP TO FIVE YEARS. THIS PLANNING APPLICATION IS ACCOMPANIED BY AN APPROPRIATE ASSESSMENT SCREENING REPORT

ADDITION & ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, INSTALL SEPTIC TANK WITH PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

DOMESTIC GARAGE, FUEL SHED AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND SERVICES

A TEN YEAR PERMISSION FOR THE ERECTION OF 2 NO. WIND TURBINES, EACH WITH A MAXIMIUM HEIGHT OF UP TO 169 METRES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT, ACCESS AND REINSTATEMENT WORKS; INCLUDING TURBINE FOUNDATIONS, HARDSTANDING AREAS, SITE ACCESS TRACKS, THE UPGRADE OF 1 NO. EXISTING SITE ENTRANCE, ELECTRICAL SWITCH ROOM AND UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL CABLING. THE COMBINED ELECTRICAL CAPACITY OF THE WIND TURBINES SHALL NOT EXCEED 4.98 MEGAWATTS. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL HAVE A 30-YEAR OPERATIONAL LIFE FROM THE DATE OF COMMISSIONING OF THE WIND TURBINES