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Donegal County Council · 2560056

UPPER ILLIES , ILLIES TOWNLAND , CO. DONEGAL

  1. 21 Jan 2025Received
  2. 6 Mar 2025Conditional
  3. 9 Apr 2025Final grant
  4. 8 Apr 2050Permission expires
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Status
Granted with conditions
Decision
Conditional · 6 Mar 2025
Council
Donegal County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Site
6.89 ha
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What’s proposed

CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF 2 NO. WIND TURBINES COMPRISING OF A STEEL TOWER, NACELLES, AND COMPOSITE FIBRE ROTOR BLADES WITH A HUB HEIGHT OF UP TO 85 METRES, A ROTOR BLADE DIAMETER OF UP TO 82 METRES, AND THUS A BLADE TIP HEIGHT OF UP TO 126 METRES. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES: EXTERNAL WIND TURBINE TRANSFORMERS, TURBINE HARDSTANDS, NEW ACCESS TRACKS, UPGRADING OF EXISTING TRACKS, NEW SITE ENTRANCE, DRAINAGE WORKS INCLUDING DRAINAGE CHANNELS AND SILT TRAPS ALONG THE ACCESS TRACKS, UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL CABLES, AND ALL ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENT AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

2560056 is a planning application to Donegal County Council for cONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF 2 NO. WIND TURBINES COMPRISING OF A STEEL TOWER, NACELLES, received on 21 Jan 2025; permission was granted with conditions on 6 Mar 2025.

Planning details

Reference
2560056
Local authority
Donegal County Council
Status
Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received
21 Jan 2025
Observations close
25 Feb 2025 (closed 578 days ago)
Decision due
17 Mar 2025 · decided 6 Mar 2025
Decision
Conditional on 6 Mar 2025
Proposed development
CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF 2 NO. WIND TURBINES COMPRISING OF A STEEL TOWER, NACELLES, AND COMPOSITE FIBRE ROTOR BLADES WITH A HUB HEIGHT OF UP TO 85 METRES, A ROTOR BLADE DIAMETER OF UP TO 82 METRES, AND THUS A BLADE TIP HEIGHT OF UP TO 126 METRES. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES: EXTERNAL WIND TURBINE TRANSFORMERS, TURBINE HARDSTANDS, NEW ACCESS TRACKS, UPGRADING OF EXISTING TRACKS, NEW SITE ENTRANCE, DRAINAGE WORKS INCLUDING DRAINAGE CHANNELS AND SILT TRAPS ALONG THE ACCESS TRACKS, UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL CABLES, AND ALL ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENT AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
As published by the register.
Site area
6.89 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant
Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register

Nearby 1 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.

    No other designation nearby.

    Provenance

    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 326879). 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/2560056/0.

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