Site planning risk brief

To construct 7 number commercial serviced sites, extension of existing road and footpath network, connection to existing on site services and attenuation, street lighting, general landscaping, advertising signage and all associated site works

To construct 7 number commercial serviced sites, extension of existing road and footpath network, connection to existing on site services, street lighting, general landscaping, advertising signage and all associated site works

To restore and renovate an existing single storey cottage with a dormer style extension, connection to existing on site services, alterations to existing entrance allowing for a shared access point and all associated site works

Proposed development will consist of the security upgrade of the two existing road entrances - entrance one and entrance two to include the following works: new traffic barriers, new 1.2 meter high railings to match existing, two new pedestrian and bicycle turnstiles with canopies at entrance one, extension of existing footpaths and all associated site development works

Development at a 1.54ha site consisting of a 38kV/MV electrical substation, underground cables (UGC) & assoc. works. Development will include: 1)Construction of a substation compound of approx. 2,850m2 gross area, with 2.6m high palisade fence around entire perimeter of substation, with the following electrical plant within the substation: 1No. prefabricated 38kV GIS module & foundation (c.31m2 & c.5.2m high); 1No. prefabricated MV GIS module & foundation (c.32m2 & c.4.7m high); 1No. prefabricated Control Room module & foundation (c.32m2 & c.4.7m high); 2No. 38/20kV 10 MVA transformers & assoc. bunds (c.15m2, c.4.5m high ea.); Telecommunication SCADA pole of c.10 metres in height; assoc. & ancillary outdoor electrical equipment & other apparatus, incl. installation of UGC; Internal access road of c.40m in length & c.5m wide within proposed substation; Compound lighting, boundary treatment, assoc. drainage, landscaping & all ancillary site development works; 2)Use of a portion of existing temporary road (c.200m in length) permitted as part of recent MSD Rathgall development (Planning Ref: 21/360 & 22/110) for permanent use to facilitate access to proposed substation; 3)Construction of new stone wall, fencing & gates at existing junction of temporary road with public road; 4)Construction of internal access road (c.140m in length) to proposed substation extending from existing temporary road on MSD lands to proposed substation; 5)Site clearance works related to proposed substation compound & access road incl. removal of existing shed, store building & flat at rear of former B&B (c.376m2 & c.7.3m high), asphalt concrete yard adjacent to shed, septic tank, associated manholes & pipework, trees & hedgerow over a distance of c.8m to facilitate construction of new internal access road, 6)Installation of c.1.3km of double-circuit 38kV UGC along R448 road between proposed substation & existing Carlow–Graigue 38kV OHL; 7)Installation of c.0.7km of single circuit 38kV UGC along R448 road between proposed substation & existing Carlow–Ballylinan 38kV OHL; 8)Installation of c.0.3km of 6 circuit MV UGC along R448 road between proposed substation & existing R448 roundabout; 9)Installation of new 12m high steel lattice mast on existing Carlow–Graigue 38kV OHL; 10)Replacement of existing timber poleset (IMP1395) with new 15m high steel lattice mast on existing Carlow–Ballylinan 38kV OHL - located in Co. Kildare. Application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS)

For a proposed Waste Storage Area (1600msq) in the existing north yard service area which will contain 1 no. small modular office (21.6msq), 1 no. external staging area covered shed (65msq), the existing modular Chemstore type waste storage units, compactors, waste skips, store, and bio store - all relocated from other areas within the existing site, 13 no. new Chemstore type units similar to the existing and all associated access footpaths, site works, landscaping and site services