Planning application · Onshore wind · Antrim and Newtownabbey

Boghill Road

Application Withdrawn2 MWApplication LA03/2019/0272/FSubmitted 1 April 2019Withdrawn 7 November 2019

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The application

Application number: LA03/2019/0272/F
Planning authority: Antrim and Newtownabbey
County or area: Co. Antrim
Nation: Northern Ireland
Technology: Onshore wind
Capacity: 2 MW
Status: Application Withdrawn (Planning Application Withdrawn)
Operator or applicant: Hill Power
Location: Approx. 240m south west of no, 72 Boghill Road, Newtownabbey, Co Antrim, BT36 4QT
Turbines: 1, 100 m to tip

Timeline

1 April 2019 Planning application submitted
7 November 2019 Application withdrawn

Preview of the planning evidence pack for this site

The pack for this site lists 43 comparable onshore wind incidents in the United Kingdom, nearest first. The nearest is EIR-1038, Wind turbine reported to have collapsed in Northern Ireland during severe storm, 61 km from this site.

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EIR-1038	2017	Wind turbine reported to have collapsed in Northern Ireland during severe storm	61 km	Significant
EIR-1134	2017	Wind turbine tower collapses at Kilgallioch Wind Farm, Ayrshire	93 km	Significant
EIR-0422	2025	Wind turbine fire prompts fire service response in Fermanagh	104 km	Minor
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What the planning evidence pack adds for this application

The pack is made for Boghill Road 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and the government planning database: every comparable incident, nearest first, with its sources; the schemes refused, withdrawn or taken to appeal within 40 km, your council first; and the fire service guidance each incident bears on.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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