Site planning risk brief

Permission for a ten year planning permission is being sought for the proposed development which will consist of the following elements: the installation and operation of 1 no. battery energy storage system compound containing battery energy storage containers, 1 no. electrical substation and compound, connected to the national grid system via c. 50m of underground cable to the ESB Castlerea 38kV substation, electrical transformers and inverter units, underground cabling and ducting, boundary fencing, security entrance gates, CCTV, internal access road, associated ancillary site development, landscaping and reinstatement works. The operational lifespan of the development will be 35 years. The site of the proposed development has a total area of 0.644 hectares at

Permission for development which will consist of a new dwelling, gated entrance, 2 no. garages and suitable wastewater treatment system with polishing filter and all ancillary site works at

To extend existing car park to facilitate existing retail store, all as per drawing documentation submitted together with all ancillary site works and services at

Retention Permission to: (1) Retain milking parlour shed; (2) Retain roofed dung stead; (3) Retain and complete slatted shed with feeding passage and cow cubicle accommodation and associated site works; (4) PERMISSION to roof existing cow collection yard at

Planning permission for development consisting of the replacement of a permitted single storey terminal electrical station and separate permitted switchgear enclosure (both previously permitted as part of a solar farm permission by Roscommon County Council under Reg. Ref. PD/17/295) with 1 no. proposed single storey 20KV substation building on the site of the previously permitted terminal station. The development also includes ancillary revisions to the access track and security gate adjacent to the substation (as previously permitted under Reg. Ref. PD/17/295) comprising of a localised alteration to the alignment of the track and a slight repositioning of the gate at

Permission for development which will consist of the extension of the operational lifespan of a solar farm permitted by Roscommon County Council under Planning Register Ref. PD/17/295 from 30 No. years as permitted to 40 No. years. This proposed extension of the operational lifespan will consist of a material change in the use of the land from agricultural use to solar farm use and will maintain the permitted solar farm structures on site during the extended operational period from 30 to 40 years at