Tawnamore Caltragh , Tawnalaghta Carns , and Cloonkeelaun

development of a grid connection from the permitted windfarm at Tawnamore, Co. Sligo (Ref: PL 21.241637) to the Sligo/Mayo county boundary on County Road L-2604-39. The development will consist of a 20kv grid connection cable extending to circa 10.4 kilometres as described below and an electricity control room in the townland of Cloonkeelaun, Co. Sligo. The grid cable will consist of a circa 2.52 kilometre section of overhead line on six-metre high wooden poles in the townlands of Cloonkeelaun, Tawnalaughta and Carns, Co. Sligo and traverse underground for circa 7.89 kilometres through the townlands of Tawnamore, Caltragh, Tawnalaghta, Cloonkeelaun and Carns, Co. Sligo. The development will also consist of underground connections, 485 metres long, from two wind turbines proposed under planning reference PL 15/466 to the electricity control room in the townland of Cloonkeelaun, Co. Sligo. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. A concurrent planning application will be submitted to Mayo County Council for an underground grid connection from the Sligo/Mayo county boundary to the Glenree ESB substation, Bonniconlon, Co. Mayo.

Reference: 16422