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Offaly County Council · 2460326

Rin , Ferbane , County Offaly

  1. 28 Aug 2024Received
  2. 22 Oct 2024Refused
  3. 22 May 2030Permission expires
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Status
Appeal decided — granted
Decision
Refused · 22 Oct 2024
Council
Offaly County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Site
3.63 ha
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What’s proposed

•The construction of one Enercon E138 Wind Energy Converter on an 81m tower with an electrical rating of 4.5MW and an overall tip height of 149.38m. •Installation of the hardstanding area for the Wind Energy Converter. •Installation of underground circuit cables which will run in underground cable trenches (c.1.2m deep), from the proposed Wind Energy Converter to the proposed substation building on the site. •Construction of the proposed substation building which will be located c. 340m from the proposed wind energy converter and surrounded by stock proof fencing. It will be a single storey building, measuring 53m2 and c. 5m in height. •Construction of proposed internal site access track, constructed from permeable material and which will run from the site entrance to the Wind Energy Converter hardstanding area. •All associated ancillary infrastructure and preparatory works such as provision of the site entrance. The power rating associated with the proposed wind turbine is 4.5 megawatts (MW). The proposed Project will have a 30-year lifespan

2460326 is a planning application to Offaly County Council for •The construction of one Enercon E138 Wind Energy Converter on an 81m tower with an, received on 28 Aug 2024; permission was refused on 22 Oct 2024.

Planning details

Reference
2460326
Local authority
Offaly County Council
Status
Appeal decided — granted · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received
28 Aug 2024
Observations close
2 Oct 2024 (closed 716 days ago)
Decision due
22 Oct 2024 · decided 22 Oct 2024
Decision
Refused on 22 Oct 2024
Proposed development
•The construction of one Enercon E138 Wind Energy Converter on an 81m tower with an electrical rating of 4.5MW and an overall tip height of 149.38m. •Installation of the hardstanding area for the Wind Energy Converter. •Installation of underground circuit cables which will run in underground cable trenches (c.1.2m deep), from the proposed Wind Energy Converter to the proposed substation building on the site. •Construction of the proposed substation building which will be located c. 340m from the proposed wind energy converter and surrounded by stock proof fencing. It will be a single storey building, measuring 53m2 and c. 5m in height. •Construction of proposed internal site access track, constructed from permeable material and which will run from the site entrance to the Wind Energy Converter hardstanding area. •All associated ancillary infrastructure and preparatory works such as provision of the site entrance. The power rating associated with the proposed wind turbine is 4.5 megawatts (MW). The proposed Project will have a 30-year lifespan
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Site area
3.63 ha 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 ABP-321244-24 (status unknown) but we have not matched the ACP case yet.

    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 448317). 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/2460326/0.

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