Aghada Generating Station Ballincarroonig Aghada Whitegate, Co. Cork
Approved in 2019. Approval ran out in 2024.
- 30 May 2019Received
- 2 Oct 2019Conditional
- 12 Nov 2019Final approval
- 12 Nov 2024Approval ran out
Earlier approval here ran out with no sign of building: 18/5659 (2018)
- Status
- Approved
- Decision
- Conditional · 2 Oct 2019
- Council
- Cork County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Site
- 1.81 ha
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A 55 MWe (electrical output) aero derivative gas fired turbine, including the following elements: (a) 1 No. Turbine module (c.535 sq.m., c.15.2m high) in a fully enclosed weatherproof acoustic enclosure including a c.30m high stack, selective catalytic reduction (SCR), gas turbine and air intake; (b) supporting items of plant including: step up transformer with firewall (c.192 sq. m.); bunded station service transformer (c.11 sq. m.); single storey control/electrical room (c.150 sq. m.); bunded ammonia storage tank (c.20 sq. m.); gas compressor (c.128 sq. m); gas compressor cooler (c.28 sq. m.); single storey building containing a fire suppression system and gas bottle storage (c.79 sq. m.); fin fan coolers (c.53 sq. m.); lube oil skid (c.32 sq. m.); fenced gas receiving station (c.11 sq. m.); (c) external service areas including a maintenance laydown area and an ammonia unloading area; (d) connections to existing site services networks including: gas, liquid fuel, electrical, water, wastewater, and an underground surface water attenuation tank connecting to surface water drains; (e) all other ancillary and miscellaneous site works including site clearance; site access and a temporary construction compound. Planning permission is being sought for a duration of 10 years. The application relates to a development which comprises or is for the purposes of an activity requiring an Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) licence and full details of the proposed development and its anticipated environmental impacts will be notified to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. A 1.81 ha site located to the east of the R630; located inside the Aghada Generating Station, which is licenced by the Environmental Protection Agency under an Industrial Emissions (IE) Licence [Ref.P0561-05] and a Lower Tier COMAH site and therefore falls under the requirements of the Control of Major Accident Hazard Regulations (COMAH) Regulations, 2015
Planning details
- Reference
- 19/5411
- Local authority
- Cork County Council
- Status
- Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
- Received
- 30 May 2019
- Observations close
- 4 Jul 2019 (closed 2653 days ago)
- Decision due
- 3 Oct 2019 · decided 2 Oct 2019
- Decision
- Conditional on 2 Oct 2019
- Proposed development
- A 55 MWe (electrical output) aero derivative gas fired turbine, including the following elements: (a) 1 No. Turbine module (c.535 sq.m., c.15.2m high) in a fully enclosed weatherproof acoustic enclosure including a c.30m high stack, selective catalytic reduction (SCR), gas turbine and air intake; (b) supporting items of plant including: step up transformer with firewall (c.192 sq. m.); bunded station service transformer (c.11 sq. m.); single storey control/electrical room (c.150 sq. m.); bunded ammonia storage tank (c.20 sq. m.); gas compressor (c.128 sq. m); gas compressor cooler (c.28 sq. m.); single storey building containing a fire suppression system and gas bottle storage (c.79 sq. m.); fin fan coolers (c.53 sq. m.); lube oil skid (c.32 sq. m.); fenced gas receiving station (c.11 sq. m.); (c) external service areas including a maintenance laydown area and an ammonia unloading area; (d) connections to existing site services networks including: gas, liquid fuel, electrical, water, wastewater, and an underground surface water attenuation tank connecting to surface water drains; (e) all other ancillary and miscellaneous site works including site clearance; site access and a temporary construction compound. Planning permission is being sought for a duration of 10 years. The application relates to a development which comprises or is for the purposes of an activity requiring an Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) licence and full details of the proposed development and its anticipated environmental impacts will be notified to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. A 1.81 ha site located to the east of the R630; located inside the Aghada Generating Station, which is licenced by the Environmental Protection Agency under an Industrial Emissions (IE) Licence [Ref.P0561-05] and a Lower Tier COMAH site and therefore falls under the requirements of the Control of Major Accident Hazard Regulations (COMAH) Regulations, 2015As published by the register.
- Site area
- 1.81 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
- Applicant
- Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register
Nearby 8 · 500 m · 5 years
- OpenThe townland of Ballincarroonig, Aghada, Co. Cork, within the wider ESB landholding
- WithdrawnThe townland of Ballincarroonig, Aghada, County Cork, within the wider ESB landholding
- GrantedESB Aghada Generating Station, Townlands of Ballincarroonig and Aghada, Aghada, Co. Cork, P25 XE94
- GrantedAghada Above Ground Installation (AGI) Ballincarroonig Aghada Co. Cork
- WithdrawnAghada AGI (Above Ground Installation) Ballincarroonig Aghada Co.Cork
- 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
- For saleCareystown, Whitegate, Midleton, Co. Cork, P25 X0C7
- For saleMain Street, Whitegate, Co. Cork, P25 K6C8
- For saleHarbour Vista, Church Road, Aghada, Co. Cork, P25 FF83
- For saleChurch Road, Aghada, Co. Cork, P25 P295
- Withdrawn10 Careystown Meadows, Whitegate, Co. Cork, P25 HK28
- Withdrawn6 Careystown Meadows, Whitegate, Midleton, Co. Cork, P25 PN76
- Withdrawn"Wavecrest", Main Street, Whitegate, Co. Cork, P25 K6C8
- Withdrawn28 Cois Cuain, Whitegate, Midleton, Co. Cork, P25 A721
- WithdrawnBeech Cottage, Corkbeg, Whitegate, Midleton, Co. Cork, P25 RH32
- Sold46 Careystown Woods, Whitegate, Midleton, Co. Cork
- SoldIvy House, Main Street, Whitegate, Midleton, Co. Cork
- Sold20 Ard An Ghleanna, Upper Aghada, Midleton, Co. Cork
Zoning
Zoned for employment uses. Housing is not the intended use here.
Protections nearby 250 m
No mapped flood area nearby.
- NIAH-recorded building · 1
- Recorded monument · 2
Where this comes from
National planning feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44.
Source: npad · fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
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Summary
19/5411 is a planning application to Cork County Council for a 55 MWe (electrical output) aero derivative gas fired turbine, including the following, received on 30 May 2019; permission was granted with conditions on 2 Oct 2019.