Derryfrench ,
- 24 Nov 2021Received
- 13 Apr 2022Conditional
- 8 Feb 2023Final grant
- 7 Feb 2028Permission expires
- Status
- Appeal decided — granted
- Decision
- Conditional · 13 Apr 2022
- Council
- Galway County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Site
- 4.47 ha
What’s proposed
for an Open Cycle Gas Turbine power plant (299MW) and associated infrastructure and buildings. The proposed development will include: Demolition of existing administration building, gatehouse, workshop, storage buildings (3no.) and car parking area; Installation of an Open Cycle Gas Turbine (OCGT) unit and associated plant (Including air intake, stack (40m high); main, auxiliary and ancillary transformers; fire wall; acoustic wall; electrical rooms; finfan coolers; skids (to include gas skid, distillate fuel skid, compressor cleaning skid, air drier skid, compressed air skid, lube oil skid, CO2 fire fighting skid); propane store; Continuous Emissions Monitoring System (CEMS); fire water tank and pump house; hardstanding maintenance area]; Secondary fuel storage area [4 no. bunded distillate fuel storage tanks - each tank c. 20.2m high (incl. hand rail), 10m diameter]; Fuel forwarding building; Extension to existing distillate unloading plant [1 no. new pump house to be installed]; Fuel forwarding gantry; Expanded Above Ground Installation ('AGI') to facilitate connection to existing gas pipeline; A new 220 kV bay and 220kV bus section within the existing electricity substation; New administration building, gatehouse and associated car parking (2 no. spaces), workshop, storage buildings (3 no.) and car park (52 no. spaces); And all associated ancillary development, site works and services including fill, underground pipework and cabling , upgraded wastewater treatment plant, drainage infrastructure, lighting, fencing, internal roadways, vehicle and pedestrian access gates, vehicular ramp, entrance barrier, etc. The application relates to development for the purposes of an activity requiring a license from the Environmental Protection Agency under the Industrial Emissions Directive. It also relates to a Lower Tier COMAH establishment and therefore falls under the requirements of the Control of Major Accident Hazard (COMAH) Regulations, 2015. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) will be submitted to the planning authority with the application
212192 is a planning application to Galway County Council for for an Open Cycle Gas Turbine power plant (299MW) and associated infrastructure and, received on 24 Nov 2021; permission was granted with conditions on 13 Apr 2022.
Planning details
- Reference
- 212192
- Local authority
- Galway County Council
- Status
- Appeal decided — granted · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
- Received
- 24 Nov 2021
- Observations close
- 7 Jan 2022 (closed 1715 days ago)
- Decision due
- 14 Apr 2022 · decided 13 Apr 2022
- Decision
- Conditional on 13 Apr 2022
- Proposed development
- for an Open Cycle Gas Turbine power plant (299MW) and associated infrastructure and buildings. The proposed development will include: Demolition of existing administration building, gatehouse, workshop, storage buildings (3no.) and car parking area; Installation of an Open Cycle Gas Turbine (OCGT) unit and associated plant (Including air intake, stack (40m high); main, auxiliary and ancillary transformers; fire wall; acoustic wall; electrical rooms; finfan coolers; skids (to include gas skid, distillate fuel skid, compressor cleaning skid, air drier skid, compressed air skid, lube oil skid, CO2 fire fighting skid); propane store; Continuous Emissions Monitoring System (CEMS); fire water tank and pump house; hardstanding maintenance area]; Secondary fuel storage area [4 no. bunded distillate fuel storage tanks - each tank c. 20.2m high (incl. hand rail), 10m diameter]; Fuel forwarding building; Extension to existing distillate unloading plant [1 no. new pump house to be installed]; Fuel forwarding gantry; Expanded Above Ground Installation ('AGI') to facilitate connection to existing gas pipeline; A new 220 kV bay and 220kV bus section within the existing electricity substation; New administration building, gatehouse and associated car parking (2 no. spaces), workshop, storage buildings (3 no.) and car park (52 no. spaces); And all associated ancillary development, site works and services including fill, underground pipework and cabling , upgraded wastewater treatment plant, drainage infrastructure, lighting, fencing, internal roadways, vehicle and pedestrian access gates, vehicular ramp, entrance barrier, etc. The application relates to development for the purposes of an activity requiring a license from the Environmental Protection Agency under the Industrial Emissions Directive. It also relates to a Lower Tier COMAH establishment and therefore falls under the requirements of the Control of Major Accident Hazard (COMAH) Regulations, 2015. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) will be submitted to the planning authority with the applicationAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 4.47 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 53.16689, -8.38334
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-313538-22 (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 359124). 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/212192/0.
Source: npad · fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
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