Site planning risk brief

THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL COMPRISE OF THE FOLLOWING ON A SITE MEASURING APPROXIMATELY 6.9 HECTARES: (1) REMOVAL OF EXISTING CABLE JOINT, BAY WITHIN TARBERT GENERATING STATION, 220kV SWITCHGEAR WITHIN THE EXISTING TARBERT SUBSTATION COMPOUND AND ASSOCIATED 220kV CABLING; (2) TWO NO. NEW LENGTHS OF 220kV UNDERGROUND CABLING MEASURING APPROXIMATELY 340M EACH, RUNNING BETWEEN TWO NO. NEW UNDERGROUND CABLE JOINT BASE IN TARBERT GENERATING STATION AND THE CONNCETION POINT AT TARBERT SUBSTATION; (3) THE NEW 220kV SWITCHGEAR BAY WITHIN THE EXISTING TARBERT SUBSTATION COMPOUND COMPRISING ASSOCIATED ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING CABLE SEALING ENDS, INSULATORS, OVER HEAD CONDUCTORS, SURGE ARRESTORS, LIGHTNING MASTS AND LIGHTING POLES; AND (4) ALL ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS INCLUDING TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPUND AND LAYOUT AREAS, SITE PREPARATION WORKS AND GROUND LEVELING AS REQUIRED TO FACILITATE THE WORKS. TARBERT GENERATING STATION IS LICENSED BY THE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA) UNDER THE INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS (IE) LICENSE (REF: P0607-02). THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES WORKS LOCATED WITHIN THE IE LICENSE BOUNDARY OF TARBERT GENERATING STATION WHICH IS AN UPPER TIER ESTABLISHMENT TO WHICH THE CHEMICALS ACT (CONTROL OF MAJOR ACCIDENTS HAZARDS INVOLVING DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES) REGULATIONS 2015 (THE COMAH REGULATIONS) APPLY. THIS PLANNING IS ACCOMPANIED BY A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS). AMENDMENTS TO THE NIS HAVE BEEN MADE IN RESPONSE TO THE FURTHER INFORMATION REQUEST

CONSTRUCT A BATTERY STORAGE FACILITY WITHIN A TOTAL SITE AREA OF UP TO 2.278HA, TO INCLUDE 50 NO. SELF CONTAINED BATTERY CONTAINER UNITS WITH ASSOCIATED HVAC COOLING UNITS, 13 CONVERTER AND 13 STEP UP TRANSFORMER CONTAINER UNITS, ASSOCIATED COMPOUND CABLING AND DUCTING, A GRID TRANSFORMER, A SINGLE STOREY SUBSTATION / CONTROL BUILDING WITH WELFARE FACILITIES, A CABLE ROUTE GRID CONNECTION TO THE EXISTING ESB SUBSTATION BUILDING, MAINTENANCE LIGHTING, SECURITY FENCING, A CCTV MONITORING SYSTEM,AND ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY INFRASTRUCTURE ON LANDS WITHIN THE TARBERT GENERATING FACILITY. A TEN YEAR PLANNING PERMISSION IS BEING SOUGHT TO CONSTRUCT THE DEVELOPMENT

RETENTION OF THE DWELLING HOUSES WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES, RETENTION OF THE PARTIALLY CONSTRUCTED STOREY AND A HALF DORMER EXTENSIONS TO REAR OF BOTH PROPERTIES COMPRISING OF 55.4 SQM OF ACCOMMODATION AT GROUND LEVEL AND 20.3 SQM OF HABITABLE ACCOMMODATION AT FIRST FLOOR AT NO. 2 THE RANGE, AND 54.0 OF ACCOMMODATION AT GROUND FLOOR AND 21.7 SQM OF HABITABLE ACCOMMODATION AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL AT FLOOR LEVEL AT NO. 3 THE RANGE AS CONSTRUCTED/ CURRENTLY EXISTS ON SITE AND PLANNING PERMISSION TO, (A) COMPLETE THE STOREY AND A HALF DORMER EXTENSIONS TO BOTH PROPERTIES COMPRISING 55.4 SQM OF ACCOMMODATION AT GROUND FLOOR LEVEL AND 20.3 SQM OF HABITABLE ACCOMMODATION AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL AT NO. 2 THE RANGE, AND 54.0 SQM OF ACCOMMODATION AT GROUND FLOOR LEVEL AND 21.7 SQM OF HABITABLE ACCOMMODATION AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL AT NO. 3 THE RANGE AND (B) ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AT SITE

CONSTRUCT AND INSTALL A GROUND MOUNTED SOLAR ARRAY CONSISTING OF 296 SOLAR PV PANELS ALONG WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS LOCATED WITHIN THE SITE BOUNDARY

Change of use for a business unit to residential at no 5.

Change of use for a business unit to residential at no 6