21 Jan 2025 An Bord Pleanala Grant Permissions with Conditions
The construction of 18 no. wind turbines and ancillary works. Permission is sought for wind turbines with a hub height of 121m, a rotor diameter of 158m, and a top of foundation to blade tip height of 200m.
Bord na Móna Powergen Limited intends to apply for planning permission for the following:
• 18 no. wind turbines (including tower sections, nacelle, hub, and rotor blades) and all associated foundations and hard-standing areas in respect of each turbine;
• Decommissioning and removal of 21 no. existing Bellacorick Wind Farm wind turbines (including tower sections, nacelle, hub, and rotor blades);
• New internal site access roads, approximately 29,000m in length (permanent and temporary), passing bays, car parking and associated drainage;
• An amenity route through the site to the existing Visitors Centre with access from a local road off the N59 near Dooleeg:
• 2 no. borrow pits;
• 5 no. peat deposition areas;
• 1 No. permanent Meteorological Mast 120m high, and the decommissioning and removal of an existing 100m Meteorological Mast on site;
• 4 no. temporary construction compounds, including material storage, site welfare facilities, and site offices;
• 1 no. 110kV electrical substation compound. The electrical substation will have 2 No. control buildings, a 36m high telecommunications tower, associated electrical plant and equipment and a wastewater holding tank.
• All associated underground electrical and communications cabling connecting the wind turbines to the proposed substation;
• All works associated with the connection of the proposed wind farm to the national electricity grid, including a 110kV underground electrical cable from the proposed on-site electrical sub-station to the existing sub-station at Bellacorick;
• All related site works and ancillary development
including (but not limited to):
– Earthworks;
– Peat management works;
– Site security;
– Groundwater and surface water management; O Overburden (soils/peat) storage and management; and
– Site reinstatement, landscaping and erosion control.
• A 10-year planning permission and 30-year operational life from the date of commissioning of the entire wind farm.
To find out more details on this Power Generation Development in Mayo Granted permission on 16th November 2025 take the free trial here.
