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Clare County Council · 19746

Moneypoint Generating Station, Carrowdotia North, Kilimer

Approved in 2019. No sign of building yet.

  1. 26 Sept 2019Received
  2. 20 Nov 2019Conditional
  3. 21 Dec 2019Final approval
  4. 20 Dec 2029Approval runs out
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Status
Approved
Decision
Conditional · 20 Nov 2019
Council
Clare County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Site
1.48 ha

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What’s proposed

for development on a c. 1.8 ha site located within Moneypoint Generating Station, Carrowdotia North and Carrowdotia South, Kilimer, County Clare (Eircode V15 R963) which is licenced by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under an Industrial Emissions (IE) Licence (Ref.P0605-04) and Upper Tier COMAH site and therefore falls under the requirements of the Control of Major Accident Hazard Regulations (COMAH) Regulations, 2015. The development, which will be located within a fenced compound c. 0.94 ha. will consist of a 300 to 400 MVA (electrical rating) synchronous condenser, including the following elements: a) a Generator and Flywheel building (c. 962 sq.m., c. 15m high) to house equipment including the generator, flywheel, lube oil skid, air compressor and pumps; b) supporting items of plant located within the compound including *cooling equipment (c. 690 sq.m., c. 3m high); *c. 7m high modular containers to house electrical and control equipment (total area of c. 384sq.m); *a generator step-up transformer (c.150 sq.m c. 8m high), auxilary transformer (c. 48 sq.m., 7m high) and electrical plant including an external circuit breaker (c 66 sq.m., c. 9m high); *fire fighting water tank (c. 7m dia., c. 8m high, pump house (c. 21 sq.m., c. 3m high); and * an above-ground oil separator and collection pit (c. 72sq.m.) connections to existing site services networks including electrical, water and wastewater and an underground surface water attenuation tank connecting to existing surface water drains; c) all other ancillary and miscellaneous site works including site clearance; site access, internal roads and development of areas of hard standing including a maintenance lay-down area; and d) the development will be bounded by a c. 3m high chainlink fence. Site access will be by means of a new c. 2.7 m high palisade gate accessed from existing roads within the station site. Planning Permission is being sought for a duration of 10 years

Planning details

Reference
19746
Local authority
Clare County Council
Status
Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received
26 Sept 2019
Observations close
31 Oct 2019 (closed 2529 days ago)
Decision due
20 Nov 2019 · decided 20 Nov 2019
Decision
Conditional on 20 Nov 2019
Proposed development
for development on a c. 1.8 ha site located within Moneypoint Generating Station, Carrowdotia North and Carrowdotia South, Kilimer, County Clare (Eircode V15 R963) which is licenced by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under an Industrial Emissions (IE) Licence (Ref.P0605-04) and Upper Tier COMAH site and therefore falls under the requirements of the Control of Major Accident Hazard Regulations (COMAH) Regulations, 2015. The development, which will be located within a fenced compound c. 0.94 ha. will consist of a 300 to 400 MVA (electrical rating) synchronous condenser, including the following elements: a) a Generator and Flywheel building (c. 962 sq.m., c. 15m high) to house equipment including the generator, flywheel, lube oil skid, air compressor and pumps; b) supporting items of plant located within the compound including *cooling equipment (c. 690 sq.m., c. 3m high); *c. 7m high modular containers to house electrical and control equipment (total area of c. 384sq.m); *a generator step-up transformer (c.150 sq.m c. 8m high), auxilary transformer (c. 48 sq.m., 7m high) and electrical plant including an external circuit breaker (c 66 sq.m., c. 9m high); *fire fighting water tank (c. 7m dia., c. 8m high, pump house (c. 21 sq.m., c. 3m high); and * an above-ground oil separator and collection pit (c. 72sq.m.) connections to existing site services networks including electrical, water and wastewater and an underground surface water attenuation tank connecting to existing surface water drains; c) all other ancillary and miscellaneous site works including site clearance; site access, internal roads and development of areas of hard standing including a maintenance lay-down area; and d) the development will be bounded by a c. 3m high chainlink fence. Site access will be by means of a new c. 2.7 m high palisade gate accessed from existing roads within the station site. Planning Permission is being sought for a duration of 10 years
As published by the register.
Site area
1.48 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant
Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register

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Zoning

C7 — Rural business

Zoned for rural-related business with a demonstrated need for a rural location.

Protections nearby 250 m

No mapped flood area nearby.

  • Recorded monument · 1
    R119082

Where this comes from

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Summary

19746 is a planning application to Clare County Council for for development on a c. 1.8 ha site located within Moneypoint Generating Station, received on 26 Sept 2019; permission was granted with conditions on 20 Nov 2019.