Planning application · Onshore wind · Mid and East Antrim

Cloghinarney

Appeal Refused13.8 MWApplication G/2011/0155/FSubmitted 8 April 2011Refused on appeal 12 April 2016

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The application

Application number: G/2011/0155/F
Planning authority: Mid and East Antrim
County or area: Co. Antrim
Nation: Northern Ireland
Technology: Onshore wind
Capacity: 13.8 MW
Status: Appeal Refused
Operator or applicant: Cloghinarney Wind Farm
Location: east of Ballynulto Road, Ballymena, BT42 4RJ
Appeal reference: 2014/A0089
Turbines: 6

Timeline

8 April 2011 Planning application submitted
29 July 2014 Planning permission refused
1 November 2014 Appeal lodged
12 April 2016 Appeal refused

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, 62 km from this site.

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EIR-1038	2017	Wind turbine reported to have collapsed in Northern Ireland during severe storm	62 km	Significant
EIR-1134	2017	Wind turbine tower collapses at Kilgallioch Wind Farm, Ayrshire	89 km	Significant
EIR-0422	2025	Wind turbine fire prompts fire service response in Fermanagh	107 km	Minor
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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 Cloghinarney 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and the government planning database: every comparable incident, nearest first, with its sources; the schemes refused, withdrawn or taken to appeal within 40 km, your council first; and the fire service guidance each incident bears on.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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