Planning application · Solar · Ards and North Down

Ballyboley Solar (Carrowdore)

Operational6 MWApplication X/2014/0538/FSubmitted 3 October 2014Granted 3 June 2015

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The application

Application number: X/2014/0538/F
Planning authority: Ards and North Down
County or area: Co. Down
Nation: Northern Ireland
Technology: Solar
Capacity: 6 MW
Status: Operational
Operator or applicant: Island Green Power
Location: Lands 88m West of 2a Ballyblack Road East, Carrowdore, Newtownards, BT22 2HH
First operating: 2017

Timeline

3 October 2014 Planning application submitted
3 June 2015 Planning permission granted
1 October 2016 Construction started
28 February 2017 Operational

Preview of the planning evidence pack for this site

The pack for this site lists 89 comparable solar incidents in the United Kingdom, nearest first. The nearest is EIR-1400, Solar panel and battery fire at a bungalow on Anglesey, 164 km from this site.

Reference	Year	Incident	From the site	Severity
EIR-1400	2023	Solar panel and battery fire at a bungalow on Anglesey	164 km	Minor
EIR-0752	2024	Storm Darragh damages newly commissioned Anglesey solar farm panels	165 km	Significant
EIR-2016	2022	Solar panel fire evacuates Hawick High School	201 km	Significant
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Summary for this site

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What the planning evidence pack adds for this application

The pack is made for Ballyboley Solar (Carrowdore) from the register and the government planning database: every comparable incident, nearest first, with its sources; the schemes refused, withdrawn or taken to appeal within 40 km, your council first; and the fire service guidance each incident bears on. One fixed, dated file, as a PDF, a web page and a Word document.

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