Seecon ,
- 25 Sept 2019Received
- 27 Mar 2020Conditional
- 15 Dec 2025Permission expires
- Status
- Appeal decided — granted
- Decision
- Conditional · 27 Mar 2020
- Council
- Galway County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Site
- 71.81 ha
What’s proposed
for a 10 year permission for development at Derradda, Seecon, Shannapheasteen, Uggool, Letter, Finnaun. The development will consist of the following elements; A change to the dimensions of nine previously consented turbines (Galway County Council Planning Reference 10/303 and 11/429 and An Bord Pleanala Planning Reference PL07.239118) from a maximum hub height of 90m and rotor diameter of 101m with a maximum turbine tip height of 140.5m, to a maximum rotor diameter of 138m with a maximum turbine tip height of 156m; Adjust the locations of three turbines as follows: T9 moved 6m, T30 moved 16m & T40 moved 16m; Provision of 1.9km of new internal wind farm access roads, localised upgrades to existing access roads. Underground cable route connecting proposed turbines to the Knockranny substation at Letter, on or adjacent to existing wind farm roads. Three new borrow pits located adjacent to proposed T19, T20 and T31 for rock excavation and peat deposition; Extension of two existing / permitted borrow pit for the excavation of rock and the deposition of surplus peat material. All on a site of approximately 76.07ha. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report and & Natura Impact Statement has been prepared and accompanies this application
191481 is a planning application to Galway County Council for for a 10 year permission for development at Derradda, Seecon, Shannapheasteen, Uggool, received on 25 Sept 2019; permission was granted with conditions on 27 Mar 2020.
Planning details
- Reference
- 191481
- Local authority
- Galway County Council
- Status
- Appeal decided — granted · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
- Received
- 25 Sept 2019
- Observations close
- 30 Oct 2019 (closed 2515 days ago)
- Decision due
- 30 Mar 2020 · decided 27 Mar 2020
- Decision
- Conditional on 27 Mar 2020
- Proposed development
- for a 10 year permission for development at Derradda, Seecon, Shannapheasteen, Uggool, Letter, Finnaun. The development will consist of the following elements; A change to the dimensions of nine previously consented turbines (Galway County Council Planning Reference 10/303 and 11/429 and An Bord Pleanala Planning Reference PL07.239118) from a maximum hub height of 90m and rotor diameter of 101m with a maximum turbine tip height of 140.5m, to a maximum rotor diameter of 138m with a maximum turbine tip height of 156m; Adjust the locations of three turbines as follows: T9 moved 6m, T30 moved 16m & T40 moved 16m; Provision of 1.9km of new internal wind farm access roads, localised upgrades to existing access roads. Underground cable route connecting proposed turbines to the Knockranny substation at Letter, on or adjacent to existing wind farm roads. Three new borrow pits located adjacent to proposed T19, T20 and T31 for rock excavation and peat deposition; Extension of two existing / permitted borrow pit for the excavation of rock and the deposition of surplus peat material. All on a site of approximately 76.07ha. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report and & Natura Impact Statement has been prepared and accompanies this applicationAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 71.81 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
- Applicant
- Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register
Full planning report for 53.36006, -9.37701
Zoning, appeals, sold prices, flood and heritage — the whole area in one PDF.
No account, no payment. Not a statutory planning search.
Appeal
The register records appeal ABP-307117-20 (status unknown) but we have not matched the ACP case yet.
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 352896). 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/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/191481/0.
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