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Cork County Council · 09/847

Derryduff & Cappanabrick Coomhola Bantry Co. Cork

  1. 24 Jul 2009Received
  2. 28 Aug 2009Observations closed
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Status
Withdrawn or invalid
Decision
Not yet
Council
Cork County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Site
20.50 ha

What’s proposed

Ten year permission to construct a 45MegaWatt Pumped Hydroelectric Energy Storage (PHES) Scheme, including pump/turbine building, upper and lower water lakes/reservoirs of 300,000m³ capacity, spill reservoir, 2no. peat storage pits, 6no. permanent sedimentation ponds, over and underground penstock/pipeline interconnecting the upper and lower lakes, permanent access roads and temporary removable bridge over the Coomhola River, and septic tank, 1no. puraflo module, and percolation area and all associated site works

09/847 is a planning application to Cork County Council for ten year permission to construct a 45MegaWatt Pumped Hydroelectric Energy Storage (PHES), received on 24 Jul 2009; the file is recorded as incompleted application.

Planning details

Reference
09/847
Local authority
Cork County Council
Status
Withdrawn or invalid · register status “INCOMPLETED APPLICATION”
Received
24 Jul 2009
Observations close
28 Aug 2009 (closed 6240 days ago)
Decision due
No due date published
Decision
Not decided
Proposed development
Ten year permission to construct a 45MegaWatt Pumped Hydroelectric Energy Storage (PHES) Scheme, including pump/turbine building, upper and lower water lakes/reservoirs of 300,000m³ capacity, spill reservoir, 2no. peat storage pits, 6no. permanent sedimentation ponds, over and underground penstock/pipeline interconnecting the upper and lower lakes, permanent access roads and temporary removable bridge over the Coomhola River, and septic tank, 1no. puraflo module, and percolation area and all associated site works
As published by the register.
Site area
20.50 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant
Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register

Nearby nothing else within 500 m in the last 5 years

No other application within 500 m in the last 5 years.

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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.

    • Recorded monument · 4
      Megalithic structure; Enclosure; R107284

    Provenance

    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 324324). 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=09/847.

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