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Proposed Development at the existing Barnesmore Windfarm site, Keadew Upper and Cullionboy, Co. Donegal: (i) Decommissioning and removal of 25 no. existing wind turbines and reinstatement of the redundant site infrastructure including site roads of 600m in length; (ii) Construction and erection of up to 13 no. wind turbines each with maximum overall ground to blade tip heights of up to 180 metres and associated crane hardstandings and wind turbine foundations; (iii) Upgrade of the existing site access roads and provision of 188m of new site access road; (iv) Upgrade of the existing Golagh 110 kV electrical substation and compound to include for an expansion of the footprint to accommodate an EirGrid control building, a new IPP control building, car parking, grid transformer, 110kV cable chair, outdoor electrical plant and equipment, security boundary and perimeters fencing, wastewater holding tanks, groundwater well and the removal of the existing overhead line connection and demolition of the existing IPP control building; (v) Upgrade works associated with the existing 110kV grid connection including the undergrounding of a 1.15 km section of the existing 110 kV overhead power line, the construction of a new cable interface tower on the existing Golagh Tee 110kV overhead line, underground cable connection in the existing site access track from the new cable interface tower to the upgraded Golagh Substation and removal of the existing angle mast and end mast towers; (vi) 1 no. permanent meteorological mast up to 30 m in height, including a foundation, underground power and communication cabling and security fencing; (vii) Temporary Contractors Construction Compound; (viii) Site drainage network; (ix) Internal wind farm underground power and communications cabling;

Townlands of Keadew Upper Cullionboy and Clogher County Donegal.

Consultation OpenReference: LA11/2020/0255/TBADepartment for Infrastructure

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Application location

Townlands of Keadew Upper Cullionboy and Clogher County Donegal.

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Application summary

Status
Consultation Open
Application type
Transboundary Application
Received
22 Apr 2020
Validated
22 Apr 2020
Determination deadline
Not published
Local authority
Department for Infrastructure

Application overview

Proposed Development at the existing Barnesmore Windfarm site, Keadew Upper and Cullionboy, Co. Donegal: (i) Decommissioning and removal of 25 no. existing wind turbines and reinstatement of the redundant site infrastructure including site roads of 600m in length; (ii) Construction and erection of up to 13 no. wind turbines each with maximum overall ground to blade tip heights of up to 180 metres and associated crane hardstandings and wind turbine foundations; (iii) Upgrade of the existing site access roads and provision of 188m of new site access road; (iv) Upgrade of the existing Golagh 110 kV electrical substation and compound to include for an expansion of the footprint to accommodate an EirGrid control building, a new IPP control building, car parking, grid transformer, 110kV cable chair, outdoor electrical plant and equipment, security boundary and perimeters fencing, wastewater holding tanks, groundwater well and the removal of the existing overhead line connection and demolition of the existing IPP control building; (v) Upgrade works associated with the existing 110kV grid connection including the undergrounding of a 1.15 km section of the existing 110 kV overhead power line, the construction of a new cable interface tower on the existing Golagh Tee 110kV overhead line, underground cable connection in the existing site access track from the new cable interface tower to the upgraded Golagh Substation and removal of the existing angle mast and end mast towers; (vi) 1 no. permanent meteorological mast up to 30 m in height, including a foundation, underground power and communication cabling and security fencing; (vii) Temporary Contractors Construction Compound; (viii) Site drainage network; (ix) Internal wind farm underground power and communications cabling;

Proposal details

Reference
LA11/2020/0255/TBA
Alternative references
PAO850167
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PAO850167_Original Application Form_002Application Form26 Nov 2022View
PAO850167_Original Application Form_001Application Form26 Nov 2022View
PAO850167_NIEA_Consultation Response_2582020135351.pdfConsultation Responses26 Nov 2022View
PAO850167_NI Water - Strategic Applications_Consultation Response_296202081728.pdfConsultation Responses26 Nov 2022View
PAO850167_RA-Rivers Agency Headquarters_Consultation Response_2262020171317.pdfConsultation Responses26 Nov 2022View
PAO850167_IN-Roads Service Londonderry_Consultation Response_196202081539.DOCXConsultation Responses26 Nov 2022View
PAO850167_Historic Environment Division (HED)_Consultation Response_58202011240.PDFConsultation Responses26 Nov 2022View
PAO850167_Foyle Carlingford Irish Lights Commiss_Consultation Response_672020161454.docConsultation Responses26 Nov 2022View
PAO850167_Environmental Health Derry City and Stra_Consultation Response_2952020111758.docxConsultation Responses26 Nov 2022View
PAO850167_Chief Exec Derry City and Strabane_Consultation Response_186202011233.docxConsultation Responses26 Nov 2022View
Decision Letter by An Bord Pleanála - received 28-01-2021Planning decisions and reports26 Nov 2022View
Non-Technical Summary - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
Pre-Application Community Consultation Report - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
Figure 7.11 - Non-Breeding Territories - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
Figure 7.10 - Possible Breeding Territories - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
Figure 7.9 - Probable Breeding Territories - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
Figure 7.8 - Confirmed Breeding Territories - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
Figure 7.5 - Whooper Swan Locations - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
EIAR Figures-Figures 11.18-14.2 - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
EIAR Figures-Figures 11.11-11.17 - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
EIAR Figures-Figures 7.70A-11.10B - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
EIAR Figures-Figures 7.33-7.69A - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
EIAR Figures-Figures 7.22-7.32 - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
EIAR Figures-Figures 7.6-7.7 - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
EIAR Figures-Figures 7.12-7.21A - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
EIAR Figures-Figures 7.1-7.4 - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
EIAR Figures-Figures 6.7-6.16 - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
EIAR Figures-Figures 5.2-6.6 - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
EIAR Figures-Figures 3.1-5.1- received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
EIAR Figures-Figures 1.1-2.14B - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
TA15.1 - Summary of Mitigation Measures - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
TA13.1 - Records of Cultural Heritage Assets - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
TA12.2 - Shadow Flicker Assessment Output - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
TA12.1 - IAA ASSET Assessment - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
TA11.1 - Visual Impact Assessments at VPs - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
TA10.5 - Candidate turbine manufacturer's noise emission data - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
TA10.4 - Noise Survey Data - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
TA10.3 - Calibration certificates of noise instruments - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
TA10.2 - Wind speed calculation for hub height - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
TA10.1 - Photos of noise monitors in-situ - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
TA9.9 - Constraints Overview _ Tiles - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
TA9.8 - Laboratory Certificates - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
TA9.7 - Groundwater Database - Piezo Water Levels - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
TA9.6 - Surface Water Quality Database _ Discharge Calcs - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
TA9.5 - Surface Water Baseline Sampling - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
TA9.4 - Surface Water Systems & Associated Sensitive Protected Areas - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
TA9.3 - Surface Water Bodies - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
TA9.2 - Surface Water Network - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
TA9.1 - Photographs - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
TA8.4 - Constraints - Overview _ Tiles - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
TA8.3 - Peat & Slope Stability Risk Assessment - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
TA8.2 - Mapped Bedrock _ Mapped Subsoils - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
TA8.1 - Photographs - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
TA7.4 - Operational Phase Bird Monitoring Plan - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
TA7.3 - Collision Risk Modelling (CRM) - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
TA7.2 - Data Review - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
TA7.1 - Ornithology Surveys 2017 - 2019 - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
TA6.8 - Habitat and Relevé Plates - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
TA6.7 - Draft Habitat Management Plan - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
TA6.6 - Relevé Surveys 2019 - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
TA6.5 - Freshwater Pearl Mussel Survey Report - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
TA6.4 - Further Details on Bat Survey Methodology - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
TA6.3 - Scoping Responses - Biodiversity - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
TA6.2 - Reptile Survey Results - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
TA6.1 - Statement of Authority - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
TA2.3 - Outline SWMP - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
TA2.2 - TLI Technical Note 1 - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
TA2.1 - Outline CEMP - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
TA1.4 - Glossary of Common Acronyms - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
TA1.3 - Scoping Opinion - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
TA1.2 - Cumulative Windfarm Sites - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
TA1.1 - Author Qualifications and Experience - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
Volume IV - Technical Appendices -Cover & Contents - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
EIAR Chapter 15 - Interactions of the Foregoing - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
EIAR Chapter 14 - Traffic and Transport - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
EIAR Chapter 13 - Cultural Heritage - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
EIAR Chapter 12 - Material Assets and Other Issues - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
EIAR Chapter 11 - Landscape & Visual Amenity - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
EIAR Chapter 10 - Noise - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
EIAR Chapter 9 - Hydrology and Hydrogeology - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
EIAR Chapter 8 - Soil and Geology - recived 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
EIAR Chapter 7 - Ornithology - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
EIAR Chapter 6 - Biodiversity - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
EIAR Chapter 5 - Population & Human Health - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
EIAR Chapter 4 - Planning Policy Content - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
EIAR Chapter 3 - Alternatives Considered - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
EIAR Chapter 2 - Development Description - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
EIAR Chapter 1 - Introduction - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
0. EIAR Cover, Preface and Contents - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
Residential Visual Amenity Assessment - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
Natural Impact Statement - recieved 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
LVIA Viewpoint Montages - Book 2 - Part4 - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
LVIA Viewpoint Montages - Book 2- Part3 - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
LVIA Viewpoint Montages - Book 2 - Part2 - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
LVIA Viewpoint Montages - Book 2- Part1 - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
LVIA Viewpoint Montages - Book 1- Part5 - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
LVIA Viewpoint Montages - Book 1 - Part4 - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
LVIA Viewpoint Montages - Book 1- Part3 - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
LVIA Viewpoint Montages - Book 1 - Part2 - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
LVIA Viewpoint Montages - Book 1- Part1 - received 22-04-2020Impact Assessments and Statements26 Nov 2022View
PAO850167_Levels and Cross Sections_002Plans, Maps and Drawings26 Nov 2022View
PAO850167_Levels and Cross Sections_001Plans, Maps and Drawings26 Nov 2022View
PAO850167_Existing Elevations_001Plans, Maps and Drawings26 Nov 2022View
PAO850167_Proposed Elevations_003Plans, Maps and Drawings26 Nov 2022View
PAO850167_Proposed Elevations_002Plans, Maps and Drawings26 Nov 2022View
PAO850167_Proposed Elevations_001Plans, Maps and Drawings26 Nov 2022View
PAO850167_Levels and Cross Sections_009Plans, Maps and Drawings26 Nov 2022View
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PAO850167_Levels and Cross Sections_003Plans, Maps and Drawings26 Nov 2022View
PAO850167_Site Layout or Block Plan_021Plans, Maps and Drawings26 Nov 2022View
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PAO850167_Site Layout or Block Plan_009Plans, Maps and Drawings26 Nov 2022View
PAO850167_Road Access Plan_001Plans, Maps and Drawings26 Nov 2022View
PAO850167_Proposed Floor Plans_001Plans, Maps and Drawings26 Nov 2022View
PAO850167_Proposed Elevations_004Plans, Maps and Drawings26 Nov 2022View
PAO850167_Site Layout or Block Plan_024Plans, Maps and Drawings26 Nov 2022View
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PAO850167_Site Layout or Block Plan_001Plans, Maps and Drawings26 Nov 2022View
PAO850167_Road Access Plan_004Plans, Maps and Drawings26 Nov 2022View
PAO850167_Road Access Plan_003Plans, Maps and Drawings26 Nov 2022View
PAO850167_Road Access Plan_002Plans, Maps and Drawings26 Nov 2022View
PAO850167_Levels and Cross Sections_008Plans, Maps and Drawings26 Nov 2022View
PAO850167_Levels and Cross Sections_007Plans, Maps and Drawings26 Nov 2022View
PAO850167_Levels and Cross Sections_006Plans, Maps and Drawings26 Nov 2022View
PAO850167_Site Location Plan_001Plans, Maps and Drawings26 Nov 2022View
PAO850167_Site Layout or Block Plan_008Plans, Maps and Drawings26 Nov 2022View
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PAO850167_Site Layout or Block Plan_006Plans, Maps and Drawings26 Nov 2022View
PAO850167_Site Layout or Block Plan_005Plans, Maps and Drawings26 Nov 2022View
Planning Statement - received 22-04-2020Other Supporting Information26 Nov 2022View
An Bord Pleanála LetterMiscellaneous26 Nov 2022View
Comment by Donegal County Council - received 23-04-2020Miscellaneous26 Nov 2022View
09. EIA Portal Confirmation Notice - received 22-04-2020Miscellaneous26 Nov 2022View
08. Letters to Prescribed Bodies - received 22-04-2020Miscellaneous26 Nov 2022View
07. Q18. Pre-application Consultation - received 22-04-2020Miscellaneous26 Nov 2022View
06. Site Notice - received 22-04-2020Miscellaneous26 Nov 2022View
05. Newspaper Notice -Irish Independent - received 22-04-2020Miscellaneous26 Nov 2022View
04. Newspaper Notice -Donegal Democrat - received 22-04-2020Miscellaneous26 Nov 2022View
03. Landowners Letters of Consent - received 22-04-2020Miscellaneous26 Nov 2022View
01. ABP-304023-19 - SID Determination - received 22-04-2020Miscellaneous26 Nov 2022View
Letter to ABP - received 22-04-2020Miscellaneous26 Nov 2022View
PAO850167_Miscellaneous_001Miscellaneous26 Nov 2022View
EIA Consultation Letter - QAQ9INSV2R000Consultation Requests26 Nov 2022View
EIA Consultation Letter - QAQ9IMSV2R003Consultation Requests26 Nov 2022View
EIA Consultation Letter - QAQ9IMSV2R000Consultation Requests26 Nov 2022View
EIA Consultation Letter - QAQ9ILSV2R000Consultation Requests26 Nov 2022View
EIA Consultation Letter - QAQ9IKSV2R000Consultation Requests26 Nov 2022View
EIA Consultation Letter - QAQ9IJSV2R000Consultation Requests26 Nov 2022View
EIA Consultation Letter - QAQ9IISV2R003Consultation Requests26 Nov 2022View
EIA Consultation Letter - QAQ9IISV2R000Consultation Requests26 Nov 2022View
EIA Consultation Letter - QAQ9IHSV2R000Consultation Requests26 Nov 2022View

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