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Laois County Council · 20308448

Knockardagur , Laois

  1. 19 Oct 2020Received
  2. 22 Nov 2021Conditional
  3. 23 Dec 2021Final grant
  4. 22 Dec 2026Permission expires
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Status
Granted with conditions
Decision
Conditional · 22 Nov 2021
Council
Laois County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Site
14.87 ha
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What’s proposed

application to An Bord Pleanála for a ten-year permission in relation to a proposed development in the townland of Knockardagur, Co. Laois as described below:- i. A 110 kilovolt (kV) ‘loop-in/loop-out’ Air-Insulated Switchgear (AIS) electrical substation with a ‘split level’ design, including 2 no. single-storey control buildings (with a Gross Floor Area of 589 square metres), 1 no. transformer bay, 2 no. line bays and all associated electrical equipment, services and lighting within an up to 2.95 metre high fenced compound (with a total footprint of 13,100 square metres); ii. 2 no. lattice-type strain towers with a maximum height of up to 21m and approximately 70m of 110kV overhead electricity lines to facilitate connection of the proposed substation to the permitted 110kV Laois-Kilkenny Grid Reinforcement Project electricity transmission line (An Bord Pleanála Reference PL11.VA0015); iii. Approximately 0.65km of on-site access track with associated site entrance from local public road (L77951); and iv. All associated and ancillary site development, excavation, construction, landscaping and reinstatement works, including provision of site drainage infrastructure and surface water protection measures. The site of the proposed development has a total area of c. 5.5 hectares. The proposed development will facilitate the export of renewable electricity generated at the permitted ‘Pinewoods Wind Farm’ (An Bord Pleanála Reference PL11.248518/Laois County Council Planning Register Reference 16/260 & An Bord Pleanála Reference PL10.248392/Kilkenny County Council Planning Register Reference 17/62) to the national electricity grid. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report and Natura Impact Statement have been prepared in respect of the proposed development and accompany this planning application

20308448 is a planning application to Laois County Council for application to An Bord Pleanála for a ten-year permission in relation to a proposed, received on 19 Oct 2020; permission was granted with conditions on 22 Nov 2021.

Planning details

Reference
20308448
Local authority
Laois County Council
Status
Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received
19 Oct 2020
Observations close
23 Nov 2020 (closed 2125 days ago)
Decision due
13 Dec 2020 · decided 22 Nov 2021
Decision
Conditional on 22 Nov 2021
Proposed development
application to An Bord Pleanála for a ten-year permission in relation to a proposed development in the townland of Knockardagur, Co. Laois as described below:- i. A 110 kilovolt (kV) ‘loop-in/loop-out’ Air-Insulated Switchgear (AIS) electrical substation with a ‘split level’ design, including 2 no. single-storey control buildings (with a Gross Floor Area of 589 square metres), 1 no. transformer bay, 2 no. line bays and all associated electrical equipment, services and lighting within an up to 2.95 metre high fenced compound (with a total footprint of 13,100 square metres); ii. 2 no. lattice-type strain towers with a maximum height of up to 21m and approximately 70m of 110kV overhead electricity lines to facilitate connection of the proposed substation to the permitted 110kV Laois-Kilkenny Grid Reinforcement Project electricity transmission line (An Bord Pleanála Reference PL11.VA0015); iii. Approximately 0.65km of on-site access track with associated site entrance from local public road (L77951); and iv. All associated and ancillary site development, excavation, construction, landscaping and reinstatement works, including provision of site drainage infrastructure and surface water protection measures. The site of the proposed development has a total area of c. 5.5 hectares. The proposed development will facilitate the export of renewable electricity generated at the permitted ‘Pinewoods Wind Farm’ (An Bord Pleanála Reference PL11.248518/Laois County Council Planning Register Reference 16/260 & An Bord Pleanála Reference PL10.248392/Kilkenny County Council Planning Register Reference 17/62) to the national electricity grid. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report and Natura Impact Statement have been prepared in respect of the proposed development and accompany this planning application
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Site area
14.87 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant
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      Provenance

      Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 393695). 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/20308448/0.

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