development at a 1.54ha site consisting of a 38kV/MV electrical substation…
The townlands of Ballyvergal and Pollerton Little County Carlow and Knocknagee County Kildare ,
Proposed development
development at a 1.54ha site consisting of a 38kV/MV electrical substation, underground cables (UGC) & assoc. works. Development will include: 1)Construction of a substation compound of approx. 2,850m2 gross area, with 2.6m high palisade fence around entire perimeter of substation, with the following electrical plant within the substation: 1No. prefabricated 38kV GIS module & foundation (c.31m2 & c.5.2m high); 1No. prefabricated MV GIS module & foundation (c.32m2 & c.4.7m high); 1No. prefabricated Control Room module & foundation (c.32m2 & c.4.7m high); 2No. 38/20kV 10 MVA transformers & assoc. bunds (c.15m2, c.4.5m high ea.); Telecommunication SCADA pole of c.10 metres in height; assoc. & ancillary outdoor electrical equipment & other apparatus, incl. installation of UGC; Internal access road of c.40m in length & c.5m wide within proposed substation; Compound lighting, boundary treatment, assoc. drainage, landscaping & all ancillary site development works; 2)Use of a portion of existing temporary road (c.200m in length) permitted as part of recent MSD Rathgall development (Planning Ref: 21/360 & 22/110) for permanent use to facilitate access to proposed substation; 3)Construction of new stone wall, fencing & gates at existing junction of temporary road with public road; 4)Construction of internal access road (c.140m in length) to proposed substation extending from existing temporary road on MSD lands to proposed substation; 5)Site clearance works related to proposed substation compound & access road incl. removal of existing shed, store building & flat at rear of former B&B (c.376m2 & c.7.3m high), asphalt concrete yard adjacent to shed, septic tank, associated manholes & pipework, trees & hedgerow over a distance of c.8m to facilitate construction of new internal access road, 6)Installation of c.1.3km of double-circuit 38kV UGC along R448 road between proposed substation & existing Carlow–Graigue 38kV OHL; 7)Installation of c.0.7km of single circuit 38kV UGC along R448 road between proposed substation & existing Carlow–Ballylinan 38kV OHL; 8)Installation of c.0.3km of 6 circuit MV UGC along R448 road between proposed substation & existing R448 roundabout; 9)Installation of new 12m high steel lattice mast on existing Carlow–Graigue 38kV OHL; 10)Replacement of existing timber poleset (IMP1395) with new 15m high steel lattice mast on existing Carlow–Ballylinan 38kV OHL - located in Co. Kildare. Application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS)
What happens next
Permission was granted on 10 Oct 2024. Third parties may appeal within four weeks; after that the permission is final and works can start once a commencement notice is lodged.
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