The partial Discharge of condition 5 of planning approval LA06/2024/0118/F which states No wind turbine shall become op…
- Reference
- LA06/2025/0700/DC
- Status
- CONSULTATION(S) ISSUED
- Application type
- Discharge of Condition
- Location
- Lands 336m SE of 152 Rubane Road Kirkistown Cloughey BT22 1AX
- Council
- Ards and North Down Borough Council
- Received
- 11 Aug 2025
- Added
- 11 Aug 2025
Full proposal: The partial Discharge of condition 5 of planning approval LA06/2024/0118/F which states No wind turbine shall become operational until a Bat Monitoring and Mitigation Plan (BMMP) has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Council. The BMMP shall adhere to the Guidance on Bat Surveys Assessment & Mitigation for Onshore Wind Turbine Developments NIEA Natural Environment Division August 2021. The approved BMMP shall be implemented in accordance with the approved details unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Council. The BMMP shall include the following: a) Details of the further automated acoustic monitoring of bat activity across the site post construction using appropriate methodology for a period of three years; b) Details of bat carcass searches at selected turbines using appropriate methodology for the appropriate recommended length; c) Details of appropriate weather monitoring; d) Details of the production of yearly monitoring reports to be submitted to the Council within 6 months of the end of each monitoring year; e) Provision for additional mitigation or contingency measures which may be deemed necessary depending on the results of the monitoring and which shall be implemented if instructed by the Council; f) Provision for review of the mitigation measures and the length of the monitoring plan. The further monitoring should follow the guidelines laid out in the response above.
Planning history at this location
3 other applications recorded at or next to this site.
- LA06/2025/0647/S54 Approved
Erection of replacement wind turbine with a maximum hub height of 40m and a maximum blade length of 26m to replace existing wind turbine approved and built und…
- LA06/2024/0118/F Approved
Erection of replacement wind turbine with a maximum hub height of 40m and a maximum blade length of 26m to replace existing wind turbine approved and built und…
- X/2012/0497/F Granted
Erection of 250kw wind turbine (32.3m hub height 32m blades)