Aghada Generating Station Ballincarroonig Whitegate
- 30 Jul 2004Received
- 23 Sept 2004Conditional
- 29 Oct 2004Final grant
- Status
- Granted with conditions
- Decision
- Conditional · 23 Sept 2004
- Council
- Cork County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Site
- 22.49 ha
What’s proposed
A combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plant, with an output of 380 - 450MW, The development will consist of a gas turbine, heat recovery steam generator; one exhaust stack of up to 70m in height, one by-pass stack of up to 50m high, steam turbine, workshops and stores, control and administration building, water treatment plant, cooling water pumphouse, 440m long submerged sea cooling water outfall pipe with elevated platform at the discharge point, electrochlorination plant, auxiliary boiler with 48m high stack, gas compressor, minor ancillary buildings, two oil tanks of up to 20m in height, three water tanks of up to 15m in height, electrical equipment, transformers, gas compound, sewage treatment plant, miscellaneous plant and equipment, site development, landscaping and fencing. The planning application includes 2 different design options
04/5913 is a planning application to Cork County Council for a combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plant, with an output of 380 - 450MW, The, received on 30 Jul 2004; permission was granted with conditions on 23 Sept 2004.
Planning details
- Reference
- 04/5913
- Local authority
- Cork County Council
- Status
- Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
- Received
- 30 Jul 2004
- Observations close
- 3 Sept 2004 (closed 8059 days ago)
- Decision due
- 23 Sept 2004 · decided 23 Sept 2004
- Decision
- Conditional on 23 Sept 2004
- Proposed development
- A combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plant, with an output of 380 - 450MW, The development will consist of a gas turbine, heat recovery steam generator; one exhaust stack of up to 70m in height, one by-pass stack of up to 50m high, steam turbine, workshops and stores, control and administration building, water treatment plant, cooling water pumphouse, 440m long submerged sea cooling water outfall pipe with elevated platform at the discharge point, electrochlorination plant, auxiliary boiler with 48m high stack, gas compressor, minor ancillary buildings, two oil tanks of up to 20m in height, three water tanks of up to 15m in height, electrical equipment, transformers, gas compound, sewage treatment plant, miscellaneous plant and equipment, site development, landscaping and fencing. The planning application includes 2 different design optionsAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 22.49 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
- Applicant
- Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register
Nearby 4 applications within 500 m in the last 5 years
- GrantedESB Aghada Generating Station, Townlands of Ballincarroonig and Aghada, Aghada, Co. Cork, P25 XE94
- Granted0.56 hectares site within ESB Aghada Generating Station Ballincarroonig Aghada Co Cork P25 XE94
- GrantedESB Aghada Generating Station Ballincarroonig Aghada Co Cork
- GrantedLands to the east of the R630 in the townlands of Ballincarroonig, located inside the Aghada Generating Station, Ballincarroonig, Whitegate Co. Cork
Homes nearby
- Sold26 Careystown Meadows, Whitegate, Midleton, Co. Cork
- Withdrawn10 Careystown Meadows, Whitegate, Co. Cork, P25 HK28
- SoldIvy House, Main Street, Whitegate, Midleton, Co. Cork
- Sold46 Careystown Woods, Whitegate, Midleton, Co. Cork
- SoldPlum Tree Cottage, 1 Hawkins Gardens, Hill Road, Whitegate, Midleton, Co. Cork
- For saleMain Street, Whitegate, Co. Cork, P25 K6C8
Appeal
Not appealed.
Commencement
No commencement notice matched to this reference.
Zoning at the site
No zoning objective covers this site in the current plan.
Designations within 250 m
No OPW flood extent nearby.
No other designation nearby.
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 324409). Deadlines were computed by the store from the received / decided dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000 and are recorded as events, not recomputed here. Council register: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=04/5913.
Source: npad · fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
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