Fifty five conditions attached to windfarm permission
An AI generated image generated by a member of Ballyfeeney Action Group calibrated off the height off the mast and used to demonstrated the relative scale of the proposed turbines.
Roscommon County Council has attached 55 conditions to the planning permission granted for a wind farm at Ballyfeeney.
Earlier today the council granted permission to Ballyfeeny Green Energy Limited to construct and operate a wind farm consisting of six wind turbines. According to the planning application the turbine specification is unconfirmed but will fall within the range outlined by Roscommon County Council. These options are: tip height of 160m, rotor diameter of 136m and hub height of 92m; tip height of 156m, rotor diameter of 133m and hub height of 90m; or tip height of 159m, rotor diameter of 138m and hub height of 90m.
The location comprises Tully, Ballyfeeney, Pollymount, Bellanamullia, Scramogue, Treanaceeve, Ballyhubert, and Tooreen.
The permission was granted with 55 conditions attached. Many refer to environment protection while others are in the interest of public amenity, biodiversity, visual and residential amenity, protection of the amenities of nearby properties, and safeguarding the amenities of the area.
The council has set out detailed conditions in relation to traffic safety, ensuring that the national road network is maintained, safeguarding water quality, and ensuring that the community living in proximity to the wind farm benefits from it.
Chairman of Ballyfeeney action group, Conor Maher said the group intends to appeal the decision commenting, “The very strong reaction in the community against this application has been ignored, it was never about nimbyism. It was all about proportionality. These six turbines are located too close to each other on such a small footprint of land and that flies in the face of proper planning. We will appeal this most vigorously.”
