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Meath County Council · LB190031

Carranstown & Caulstown, Platin, Duleek Co. Meath

  1. 17 Jan 2019Received
  2. 5 Jul 2019Conditional
Status
Appeal decided — refused
Decision
Conditional · 5 Jul 2019
Council
Meath County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Site
78 m²
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What’s proposed

a 208MW (electrical output) Open Cycle Gas Turbine (OCGT) Power Plant & comprises the following elements: a) 4 No containerised Peaker Plant units (each 248m2 and c. 8m wide x 31m long x 3.5m high), each housing a fully enclosed & roofed turbo generator comprising of 2No. turbines with a common generator, all on a concrete plinth of 615m2; b) Each unit has two exhaust stacks (15m in height) one for each turbine; c) Water treatment plant comprising: 275m2 Water Treatment (Demineralisation) Building (6m high x 11m wide x 25m long); a 120m2 raw water treatment tank of 1000m3 (c. 10m high); a 315m2 deionized (treated water) water storage tank (max. volume of 4900m3) c. 16m high; hydrochloric acid tank (5m3) c. 3m high; sodium hydroxide tank (2.5m3) c.2m high; waste water storage tank (40m3) (c.2.5m high); 25m2 Firewater Module measuring 5m wide x 5m length x 5m high; Foul water pump station (slab area of 121m2) d) 2 No Fuel storage tanks to each hold a maximum volume of 4,900m3 per tank (each c. 16m high), & associated fuel pumping & filtering equipment & pipework, all within a 2350m2 concrete bund e) 3 No. Waste Storage Containers, each 80m2 (c. 3m wide x 26m length x 4m high) f) Diesel Generator with floor area of 32m2 (c. 4m wide x 8m length x 4m high) g) 2 No transformers each 160m2, & each measuring c. 8m wide x 10m length x 9m high h) a 830m2 Office & ancillary services building (c. 20 wide x 47 length x 6m high) i) a 570m2 Switchgear (MV) building (c. 13 wide x 54 length x 5m high) j) all other miscellaneous & ancillary site works, including:12 No. Car parking spaces & 3No unloading bays, widened & upgraded entrance from the R152, two lowered site platform areas & internal circulation road & hard & soft landscaping, a temporary construction compound, & palisade fencing. k) New road markings, including deceleration lane approaching the site, on the R152. The proposed development will include connection to public water & wastewater provision, supplied by Irish Water. The application relates to a development which comprises or is for the purposes of an activity requiring an Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) licence & full details of the proposed development & its anticipated environmental impacts will be notified to the Environmental Protection Agency.The proposed development is planned to connect to a new 110kV substation to be located adjacent and to the south-west of the proposed OCGT Power Plant. A NIS accompanies the application. Significant

LB190031 is a planning application to Meath County Council for a 208MW (electrical output) Open Cycle Gas Turbine (OCGT) Power Plant & comprises the, received on 17 Jan 2019; permission was granted with conditions on 5 Jul 2019.

Planning details

Reference
LB190031
Local authority
Meath County Council
Status
Appeal decided — refused · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received
17 Jan 2019
Observations close
21 Feb 2019 (closed 2779 days ago)
Decision due
9 Jul 2019 · decided 5 Jul 2019
Decision
Conditional on 5 Jul 2019
Proposed development
a 208MW (electrical output) Open Cycle Gas Turbine (OCGT) Power Plant & comprises the following elements: a) 4 No containerised Peaker Plant units (each 248m2 and c. 8m wide x 31m long x 3.5m high), each housing a fully enclosed & roofed turbo generator comprising of 2No. turbines with a common generator, all on a concrete plinth of 615m2; b) Each unit has two exhaust stacks (15m in height) one for each turbine; c) Water treatment plant comprising: 275m2 Water Treatment (Demineralisation) Building (6m high x 11m wide x 25m long); a 120m2 raw water treatment tank of 1000m3 (c. 10m high); a 315m2 deionized (treated water) water storage tank (max. volume of 4900m3) c. 16m high; hydrochloric acid tank (5m3) c. 3m high; sodium hydroxide tank (2.5m3) c.2m high; waste water storage tank (40m3) (c.2.5m high); 25m2 Firewater Module measuring 5m wide x 5m length x 5m high; Foul water pump station (slab area of 121m2) d) 2 No Fuel storage tanks to each hold a maximum volume of 4,900m3 per tank (each c. 16m high), & associated fuel pumping & filtering equipment & pipework, all within a 2350m2 concrete bund e) 3 No. Waste Storage Containers, each 80m2 (c. 3m wide x 26m length x 4m high) f) Diesel Generator with floor area of 32m2 (c. 4m wide x 8m length x 4m high) g) 2 No transformers each 160m2, & each measuring c. 8m wide x 10m length x 9m high h) a 830m2 Office & ancillary services building (c. 20 wide x 47 length x 6m high) i) a 570m2 Switchgear (MV) building (c. 13 wide x 54 length x 5m high) j) all other miscellaneous & ancillary site works, including:12 No. Car parking spaces & 3No unloading bays, widened & upgraded entrance from the R152, two lowered site platform areas & internal circulation road & hard & soft landscaping, a temporary construction compound, & palisade fencing. k) New road markings, including deceleration lane approaching the site, on the R152. The proposed development will include connection to public water & wastewater provision, supplied by Irish Water. The application relates to a development which comprises or is for the purposes of an activity requiring an Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) licence & full details of the proposed development & its anticipated environmental impacts will be notified to the Environmental Protection Agency.The proposed development is planned to connect to a new 110kV substation to be located adjacent and to the south-west of the proposed OCGT Power Plant. A NIS accompanies the application. Significant
As published by the register.
Site area
78 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant
Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register

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Appeal

The register records appeal 305028-19 (status unknown) but we have not matched the ACP case yet.

Commencement

No commencement notice matched to this reference.

    Zoning at the site

    P5 — Rural and agricultural

    RA - Rural Area: Rural Area

    Land zoned to stay rural. New houses are restricted to demonstrated local need under the rural-housing policy of the development plan.

    Designations within 250 m

    No OPW flood extent nearby.

    • Radon risk area · 2
      About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels; About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
    • Recorded monument · 2
      Embanked enclosure; Enclosure

    Provenance

    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 150680). 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/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/LB190031/0.

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