Tawnaghmore Upper and Tawnaghmore Lower , Killala , Co. Mayo
- 28 Apr 2023Received
- 20 Feb 2024Conditional
- 22 Mar 2024Final grant
- 21 Mar 2029Permission expires
- Status
- Granted with conditions
- Decision
- Conditional · 20 Feb 2024
- Council
- Mayo County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Site
- 19.12 ha
What’s proposed
A nominal 50 megawatt electricity generating station, combusting woody biomass chips (domestic and imported) as well as a small proportion of fuel oil for boiler start-up. The total site area is 19.0 ha of which approximately 7 ha will be developed. The elements of the station are: weighbridges (2 no.), scale house, roundwood storage area, log deck, enclosed wood chipper, wood chip truck dump, wood chip receiving hopper, wood chip screen, wood chip hog, wood chip bins (2 no.), wood chip storage building, wood chip reclaimer, wood chip conveyors with associated magnetic separators, fuel oil storage tank and associated pumps, fuel oil generator, boiler house, baghouse, ash silo, induced draft fan room, boiler stack, combustion air and flue gas fans, boiler additive material receiving hoppers (3 no.), boiler additive conveyors with associated magnetic separators, boiler additive silos (3 no.), boiler water treatment tanks and associated pumps, ammonia tank and associated pumps, turbine hall (existing), control room (existing), cooling tower and associated pumps, water treatment building, waste water storage tank, fire water storage tank and associated pumps, compressed air system, high voltage transfer lines (3 no.), low voltage transfer lines (3 no.), GSU transformer, switchyard, switchyard MCC room (existing), storage and maintenance building (existing), garage, car park, HGV parking, flagpoles (3 no.), external lighting, CCTV cameras, internal road system, signage, construction compound, landscaping, foul and storm water disposal systems, storm water attenuation, wheel washes, gatehouses (2 no.), entrance gates, security fencing, and all associated site works and services. (See attached Description of Proposed Development document for more details.)
2360134 is a planning application to Mayo County Council for a nominal 50 megawatt electricity generating station, combusting woody biomass chips, received on 28 Apr 2023; permission was granted with conditions on 20 Feb 2024.
Planning details
- Reference
- 2360134
- Local authority
- Mayo County Council
- Status
- Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
- Received
- 28 Apr 2023
- Observations close
- 2 Jun 2023 (closed 1213 days ago)
- Decision due
- 21 Feb 2024 · decided 20 Feb 2024
- Decision
- Conditional on 20 Feb 2024
- Proposed development
- A nominal 50 megawatt electricity generating station, combusting woody biomass chips (domestic and imported) as well as a small proportion of fuel oil for boiler start-up. The total site area is 19.0 ha of which approximately 7 ha will be developed. The elements of the station are: weighbridges (2 no.), scale house, roundwood storage area, log deck, enclosed wood chipper, wood chip truck dump, wood chip receiving hopper, wood chip screen, wood chip hog, wood chip bins (2 no.), wood chip storage building, wood chip reclaimer, wood chip conveyors with associated magnetic separators, fuel oil storage tank and associated pumps, fuel oil generator, boiler house, baghouse, ash silo, induced draft fan room, boiler stack, combustion air and flue gas fans, boiler additive material receiving hoppers (3 no.), boiler additive conveyors with associated magnetic separators, boiler additive silos (3 no.), boiler water treatment tanks and associated pumps, ammonia tank and associated pumps, turbine hall (existing), control room (existing), cooling tower and associated pumps, water treatment building, waste water storage tank, fire water storage tank and associated pumps, compressed air system, high voltage transfer lines (3 no.), low voltage transfer lines (3 no.), GSU transformer, switchyard, switchyard MCC room (existing), storage and maintenance building (existing), garage, car park, HGV parking, flagpoles (3 no.), external lighting, CCTV cameras, internal road system, signage, construction compound, landscaping, foul and storm water disposal systems, storm water attenuation, wheel washes, gatehouses (2 no.), entrance gates, security fencing, and all associated site works and services. (See attached Description of Proposed Development document for more details.)As published by the register.
- Site area
- 19.12 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
- Applicant
- Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register
Nearby 8 applications within 500 m in the last 5 years
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- GrantedKILLALA BUSINESS PARK , KILLALA , CO. MAYO
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 22 Sept 2026, 16:10 (store id 434224). 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/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360134/0.
Source: npad · fetched 22 Sept 2026, 16:10
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