Dernacart Forest Upper & Forest Lower , Co. Laois
- 23 Dec 2019Received
- 5 Feb 2020Observations closed
- Status
- Withdrawn or invalid
- Decision
- Not yet
- Council
- Laois County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Site
- 28 m²
What’s proposed
develop a wind farm and all associated site works within the townlands of Dernacart, Forest Upper and Forest Lower, Co. Laois. The development will consist of: up to 8 no. wind turbines with a tip height of up to 185 meters and all associated foundations and hardstanding areas; 1 no. on-site electrical substation, 1 no. temporary construction compound; all associated underground electrical and communications cabling connecting the turbines to the proposed on-site electrical substation; provision of new site access tracks and upgrading of existing access tracks and associated drainage; erection of 1 no. permanent meteorological mast of up to 110m in height; works to facilitate the delivery of turbines adjacent to the N80 within the townland of Dernacart and Forest Upper to include the laying of temporary surfacing; tree felling; and all associated site development works, ancillary works and equipment. Permission is sought for a period of 10 years and an operational life of 30 years from the date of commissioning of the entire wind farm. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) have been in prepared in respect of the proposed development
19732 is a planning application to Laois County Council for develop a wind farm and all associated site works within the townlands of Dernacart, received on 23 Dec 2019; the file is recorded as incompleted application.
Planning details
- Reference
- 19732
- Local authority
- Laois County Council
- Status
- Withdrawn or invalid · register status “INCOMPLETED APPLICATION”
- Received
- 23 Dec 2019
- Observations close
- 5 Feb 2020 (closed 2417 days ago)
- Decision due
- No due date published
- Decision
- Not decided
- Proposed development
- develop a wind farm and all associated site works within the townlands of Dernacart, Forest Upper and Forest Lower, Co. Laois. The development will consist of: up to 8 no. wind turbines with a tip height of up to 185 meters and all associated foundations and hardstanding areas; 1 no. on-site electrical substation, 1 no. temporary construction compound; all associated underground electrical and communications cabling connecting the turbines to the proposed on-site electrical substation; provision of new site access tracks and upgrading of existing access tracks and associated drainage; erection of 1 no. permanent meteorological mast of up to 110m in height; works to facilitate the delivery of turbines adjacent to the N80 within the townland of Dernacart and Forest Upper to include the laying of temporary surfacing; tree felling; and all associated site development works, ancillary works and equipment. Permission is sought for a period of 10 years and an operational life of 30 years from the date of commissioning of the entire wind farm. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) have been in prepared in respect of the proposed developmentAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 28 m² 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 53.16078, -7.36378
Zoning, appeals, sold prices, flood and heritage — the whole area in one PDF.
No account, no payment. Not a statutory planning search.
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 394089). 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/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/19732/0.
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