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Offaly County Council · 22673

BIRR CASTLE DEMESNE , BIRR , CO. OFFALY

  1. 22 Dec 2022Received
  2. 7 Feb 2023Observations closed
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Status
Withdrawn or invalid
Decision
Not yet
Council
Offaly County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Site
4,044 m²
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What’s proposed

1. PROPOSED MICRO-HYDROPOWER GENERATOR AND ASSOCIATED CONCRETE BUILT SUPPORTING BASE, TO BE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 9 METERS SOUTHEAST OF THE EXISTING DISUSED HYDROPOWER. THIS PROPOSED RENEWABLE ENERGY WILL POWER THE CASTLE, THE VISITOR CENTRE AND SITE OFFICES. 2. CONSTRUCTION OF BOTH UP-GRADIENT AND DOWN-GRADIENT CHANNELS TO CONNECT THE PROPOSED MICRO-HYDROPOWER UNIT TO EXISTING WATER RACES. 3. CONSTRUCTION OF PROPOSED WOODEN SLUICE GATES WITHIN THE HEAD RACE, APPROXIMATELY 9 METERS UPSTREAM OF THE PROPOSED MICRO-HYDROPOWER UNIT, TO MANAGE WATER FLOW. 4. INSTALLATION OF FISH-SCREENS, POSITIONED IN CHANNEL, UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE PROPOSED MICRO-HYDROPOWER GENERATOR. 5. INSTALLATION OF PROPOSED PART UNDERGROUND/PART OVERGROUND ELECTRIC POWER CABLE, CONNECTING THE PROPOSED MICRO-HYDROPOWER UNIT TO BIRR CASTLE. 6. AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. THE DEVELOPMENT IS WITHIN THE CURTILAGE OF A PROTECTED STRUCTURE: GENERATOR HOUSE (RPS 49-354) AND BIRR CASTLE DEMESNE (RPS 53-349)

22673 is a planning application to Offaly County Council for 1. PROPOSED MICRO-HYDROPOWER GENERATOR AND ASSOCIATED CONCRETE BUILT SUPPORTING BASE, TO, received on 22 Dec 2022; the file is recorded as incompleted application.

Planning details

Reference
22673
Local authority
Offaly County Council
Status
Withdrawn or invalid · register status “INCOMPLETED APPLICATION”
Received
22 Dec 2022
Observations close
7 Feb 2023 (closed 1320 days ago)
Decision due
No due date published
Decision
Not decided
Proposed development
1. PROPOSED MICRO-HYDROPOWER GENERATOR AND ASSOCIATED CONCRETE BUILT SUPPORTING BASE, TO BE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 9 METERS SOUTHEAST OF THE EXISTING DISUSED HYDROPOWER. THIS PROPOSED RENEWABLE ENERGY WILL POWER THE CASTLE, THE VISITOR CENTRE AND SITE OFFICES. 2. CONSTRUCTION OF BOTH UP-GRADIENT AND DOWN-GRADIENT CHANNELS TO CONNECT THE PROPOSED MICRO-HYDROPOWER UNIT TO EXISTING WATER RACES. 3. CONSTRUCTION OF PROPOSED WOODEN SLUICE GATES WITHIN THE HEAD RACE, APPROXIMATELY 9 METERS UPSTREAM OF THE PROPOSED MICRO-HYDROPOWER UNIT, TO MANAGE WATER FLOW. 4. INSTALLATION OF FISH-SCREENS, POSITIONED IN CHANNEL, UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE PROPOSED MICRO-HYDROPOWER GENERATOR. 5. INSTALLATION OF PROPOSED PART UNDERGROUND/PART OVERGROUND ELECTRIC POWER CABLE, CONNECTING THE PROPOSED MICRO-HYDROPOWER UNIT TO BIRR CASTLE. 6. AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. THE DEVELOPMENT IS WITHIN THE CURTILAGE OF A PROTECTED STRUCTURE: GENERATOR HOUSE (RPS 49-354) AND BIRR CASTLE DEMESNE (RPS 53-349)
As published by the register.
Site area
4,044 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

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 449771). 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/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/22673/0.

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