22340: Development will consist of the erection of five wind turbines with turbine blade diameter of 117m and overall height to tip of 136.5m. one permanent meteorlogical mast, access road and internal tracks, electricity sub-station, temporary construction compound, turbine laydown area, control building, 1 borrow pit, crane hardstanding, underground cabling, up to approximately 18 hectares of forestry felling and all associated site works, with an operation lifetime of 30 years. The application is accompanied by a Planning Report, Environmental Impact Assessment, and Natura Impact Statement.
Bilboa Wind Farm, Land at Boolyvannanan & Coolnakisha, Bilboa
DecisionConditional grant
Decided25 September 2023
Application typePERMISSION
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Original council portal records and source PDFs where available.- Application fileApplication file on www.eplanning.ieSource portal
- Notification Of DecisionSource: carlowcoco.eplanning.ie / 4d9178a6-ce2d-413e-9814-a511b12dad82.pdf / Document 103439Source PDF
- Planners ReportSource: carlowcoco.eplanning.ie / 480fa1a5-23c9-446f-a3e9-3889bc8ef712.pdf / Document 103440Source PDF
- F I Request LetterSource: carlowcoco.eplanning.ie / 03fa911d-8262-4b34-9dc3-44fb071579ba.pdf / Document 89310Source PDF
Nearby precedent
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- 20180For the installation of approximately 4.6 kilometres (km) of underground cables within the Carlow County Council (CCC) boundary and approximately 2.0 km within the Laois County Council (LCC) boundary with a voltage of up to 38 kilovolts and associated works, including a new substation within LCC, for the connection of the consented Bilboa Wind Farm (Planning Register References: Carlow County Council 11/154; An Bord Pleanala PL 01.240245) to the national electricity grid; upgrading of an existing forestry track within CCC; construction of two new onsite access tracks within CCC; re-orientation and increasing in size of a crane hardstanding within CCC; and road strengthening and widening along an updated turbine delivery route, within LCC, pursuant to the consented Bilboa Wind Farm (Planning Register References; Carlow County Council 11/154; An Bord Pleanala PL 01.240245). The application is accompanied by a Planning Report, Environmental Impact Assessment Report and Natura Impact Statement. / 0.5 km away / 13 July 2021Conditional grant
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