CARROWMORE , QUIGLEY'S POINT , INISHOWEN

Planning details

Reference

1851230

Local authority

Donegal County Council

Status

Appeal decided — granted · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”

Received

10 Aug 2018

Observations close

14 Sept 2018 (closed 2936 days ago)

Decision due

13 Oct 2019 · decided 11 Oct 2019

Decision

Refused on 11 Oct 2019

Proposed development

10 YEAR DURATION FOR A PROPOSED WIND ENERGY AND GRID CONNECTION PROJECT WITH A 30-YEAR OPERATIONAL LIFE FROM THE DATE OF COMMISSIONING. THE PROPOSED WIND ENERGY SITE WILL BE LOCATED WITHIN THE TOWNLAND OF CARROWMORE OR GLENTOGHER, QUIGLEY'S POINT, INISHOWEN, CO DONEGAL. THE PROPOSED WIND ENERGY SITE WILL CONSIST OF 6 NO. THREE BLADED WIND TURBINES WITH A MAXIMUM BASE TO BLADE TIP HEIGHT OF UP TO 124.9 METRES AND WILL INCLUDE TURBINE TRANSFORMERS; TURBINE BASES AND FOUNDATIONS, TURBINE HARDSTANDS AND TEMPORARY SET-DOWN AREAS; 1 NO. PERMANENT LATTICE ANEMOMETER "MET" MAST OF 80 METRES HEIGHT WITH FOUNDATIONS AND HARDSTANDING AREA; WIDENING AND STRENGTHENING OF EXISTING ACCESS TRACKS AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW FLOATED AND EXCAVATED ACCESS TRACKS, JUNCTIONS AND TURNING AREAS; 1 NO. ELECTRICAL 38KV SUBSTATION WITH CONTROL BUILDING, CAR PARKING AND COMPOUND AREA WITH RELATED COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT/PLANT WITH UNDERGROUNDED ELECTRICAL FEEDER CABLES AND COMMUNICATIONS LINES CONNECTING WIND TURBINES TO THE SWITCH ROOM CONTROL BUILDING; 2 NO. SPOIL DEPOSITION AREAS; DEDICATED HABITATE MANAGEMENT AREA; ON-SITE DRAINAGE MANAGEMENT WORKS; UPGRADE OF 3 NO. EXISTING SITE ENTRANCES; 2 NO. TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUNDS; 2 NO. TEMPORARY BORROW PITS AND WITH ALL OTHER ANCILLARY AND ASSOCIATED DEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDING GENERAL AND EXACAVATION WORKS. THE PROPOSED UNDERGROUNDED GRID CONNECTION ROUTE WILL FACILITATE CONNECTION TO THE NATIONAL GRID AND WILL CONSIST OF THE LAYING OF A 38KV UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL CABLE INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE, UP-GRADING OF EXISTING TRACKS, CONSTRUCTION OF NEW ACCESS TRACKS, DRAINAGE, EXCAVATIONS, JOINT BAYS, JUNCTION BOXES/CHAMBERS, MARKER POSTS/PLATES AND ALL RELATED ACCOMMODATION WORKS, EXTENDING CIRCA. 17,620 METRES IN LENGTH, FROM THE WIND ENERGY SITE CONTROL BUILDING/ELECTRICAL COMPOUND TO THE EXISTING ESB OWNED 110KV TRILLICK SUBSTATION, IN BALLYNAHONE TOWNLAND, BUNCRANA. THE GRID ROUTE WILL PASS ALONG EXISTING PUBLIC ROADS AND PRIVATE ACCESS TRACKS WITHIN THE TOWNLANDS OF CARROWMORE OR GLENTOGHER, ILLIES, CONNAGHKINNAGOE, BALLYNAKEELOGE, FOFFENAGH, MEENAMULLAGAN, STRANACLEA, MEENKEERAGH, SORNE, OWENAKILLEW AND BARNAHONE, TULLYDUSH UPPER, ANNASLEE AND BALLYNAHONE ALL INISHOWEN, CO. DONEGAL. THE PLANNING APPLICATION IS ACCOMPANIED BY AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT (EIAR) AND BY A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS)

As published by the register.

Site area

149.86 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

The register records appeal ABP-305861-19 (status unknown) but we have not matched the ACP case yet.

Commencement

No commencement notice matched to this reference.

Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 325896). 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: http://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1851230/0.

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