Agricultural development

Project scope

a 10-year permission and an operational period of 35 years from the date of commissioning of the proposed development is being sought with subsequent decommissioning. i. The construction of 14 no. wind turbines with an overall turbine tip height of 185 metres; a rotor blade diameter of 163 metres; and hub height of 103.5 metres, and associated foundations and hard standing areas; ii. A permanent 110kV substation compound (2 no. control buildings with welfare facilities, all associated electrical plant and equipment, security fencing, entrance on to existing track, all associated underground cabling, wastewater holding tank, site drainage and all ancillary works; iii. Underground internal wind farm electrical cabling and communications cabling connecting the wind turbines to the proposed on-site 110kV electrical substation and associated ancillary works; iv. A meteorological mast of 103.5m in height, and associated foundation and hard-standing area; v. All works associated with the upgrade of the existing agricultural access off the L1154 local road (including the installation of fencing and steel gates) to serve as the main site entrance for the wind farm; vi. The provision of 4 no. new access/egress points along the L1154; vii. The provision of 4 no. new access/egress points along the L-5117; viii. The provision of 5 no. new access/egress point along the L-5206; ix. The provision of 2 no. new access/egress points along the L-52061; x. Upgrade of existing tracks/ roads and junctions and provision of new site access roads and junctions; xi. 3 no. temporary construction compounds with temporary offices and staff welfare facilities; xii. Accommodation works along the public road network in the townlands of Camus, Ballynahinch, Kilshenane, Dundrum, Gortarush Lower, Carrow, Scarrough, and Moheragh, Co. Tipperary to facilitate the delivery of turbine components and other abnormal loads; xiii. 2 no. Borrow Pits; xiv. Spoil Management; xv. Site Drainage; xvi. Tree Felling and hedgerow removal; xvii. Biodiversity Management and Enhancement Measures; xviii. Operational stage site signage; xix. Battery Energy Storage System and all associated electrical plant and equipment, security fencing, 2 no. static water storage tanks and a firewater retention tank, and all associated infrastructure and apparatus; xx. The provision of underground electrical (110kV) and communications cabling from the proposed on-site 110kV electrical substation to the existing Killonan 110kV electrical substation to facilitate the connection to the national grid (RPS S018); xxi. Provision of 58 no. joint bays, communication chambers and earth sheath links along the proposed underground electrical cabling route; xxii. Reinstatement of land, road and track surface above the proposed cabling trench; and xxiii. All related site works and ancillary development considered necessary to facilitate the proposed development, including landscaping and the reinstatement of land.