Monksland, Athlone, County Roscommon

What’s proposed

Permission for development consisting of amendments to development granted under Register Reference PD/18/256 for a gas fired power plant in Monksland, Athlone, Co. Roscommon and subsequently amended by Reg. Ref. PD/22/234. Permission is sought for revisions to the layout of the Above Ground Infrastructure (AGI), associated with Gas Network’s Ireland’s high-pressure gas supply to the power plant. The revisions include a new revised AGI site entrance with access gate, amendments to the internal road network, amendments to the security fencing, a new pedestrian entrance/exit, a revised and new emergency exit, repositioning of the existing pig trap, repositioning of site security fencing, the addition of a temporary pig trap base, removable bollards, an electrical metering cabinet, an ESB electrical pole, an Electrical & Instrumentation kiosk, a regulators/metering kiosk, packaged boiler unit kiosk and a gas analyser kiosk. No changes are proposed to the permitted onsite drainage. The development permitted under Reg. Ref. PD/18/256 includes activities which will be subject to an Industrial Emissions Licence. An updated Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared for this development and is submitted as part of the planning application at