Moyvannan Substation

As instructed by An Bord Pleanála during the pre-application consultation process, this stand alone website has been set up to provide access to all planning documentation associated with the proposed Moyvannan substation development.

The planning application seeks a 10-year planning permission for a proposed development generally described as follows:-

i. A 110 kilovolt (kV) ‘loop-in/loop-out’ Air-Insulated Switchgear (AIS) electricity substation, including a single-storey control building (with a Gross Floor Area of 450 square metres) and all associated electrical equipment and services within a 2.6 metre high fenced compound (with a total footprint of approximately 8,500 square metres);

ii. Replacement of 1 no. existing wooden pole-set with 2 no. lattice-type interface masts, each of which will be between 15 and 18 metres in height, to facilitate connection of the 110kV underground electricity lines to the existing Athlone Lanesborough 110kV overhead electricity transmission line;

iii. Approximately 270 metres of 110kV underground electricity line between the electricity substation and the interface masts;

iv. Approximately 630 metres of access tracks with associated upgrade works to an existing agricultural entrance from the L7551 local road;

v. Approximately 7.5 kilometres of 110kV underground electricity line between the electricity substation and the junction of the L7636 local road and R363 regional road where the electricity line will connect to electricity cables permitted as part of the Seven Hills Wind Farm (An Bord Pleanála Reference ABP-313750-22). The electricity line will be placed within private lands and within the carriageway of the L7551, L7556, L2018, L7731, R362, L2023, and L7636; and,

vi. All associated and ancillary site development, excavation, construction, landscaping and reinstatement works and the provision of site drainage infrastructure and surface water protection measures.

The development has been deemed Strategic Infrastructure Development by An Bord Pleanála.

 

Contact Details

If you have any questions about Moyvannan substation, please contact the team:

Rosy Billingham, Community Liaison Officer, Energia Renewables