Application Form for Permission / Approval in respect of a Strategic Infrastructure Development 1. Please specify the statutory Section 37E of the Planning and provision under which your Development Act 2000 (as amended). application is being made: 2. Applicant: Name of Applicant: Coole Wind Farm Limited Address: Coole Wind Farm Limited, Unit C, Building 4200, Cork Airport Business Park, Cork Telephone No: +353 21 2427786 Email Address (if any): N/A Application Form for Permission / Approval in respect of a Strategic Infrastructure Development Page 1 of 16 3. Where Applicant is a company (registered under the Companies Acts): Name(s) of company Kevin O’Donovan , Alan Goggin, Donal O’Sullivan director(s): Registered Address (of Coole Wind Farm Limited, Unit C, Building 4200, company) Cork Airport Business Park, Cork Company Registration No. 590543 Telephone No. +353 21 2427786 Email Address (if any) N/A 4. Person / Agent acting on behalf of the Applicant (if any): Name: J. Green (MKO) Address: MKO, Tuam Road, Galway H91 VW84 Telephone No. 091735611 Mobile No. (if any) N/A Email address (if any) [email protected] Application Form for Permission / Approval in respect of a Strategic Infrastructure Development Page 2 of 16 Should all correspondence be sent to the above address? (Please tick appropriate box) (Please note that if the answer is “No”, all correspondence will be sent to the Applicant’s address) Yes: [ ] No:[ ] Contact Name and Contact Details (Phone number) for arranging entry on site if required / appropriate: Jimmy Green (MKO) MKO, Tuam Road, Galway 091735611 5. Person responsible for preparation of Drawings and Plans: Name: J. O’Brien (MKO) & M Browne (Ionic Consulting) Firm / Company: MKO Planning and Environmental Consultants & Ionic Consulting Address: J O’Brien, MKO, Tuam Road, Galway, H91 VW84 M Browne, The Hyde Building, The Park, Carrickmines, Dublin 18, D18VC44 Telephone No: 091735611 Mobile No: Email Address (if any): [email protected] Details all plans / drawings submitted – title of drawings / plans, scale and no. of copies submitted. This can be submitted as a separate schedule with the application form. Please refer to Addendum 1. Three hard copies and seven electronic versions are included within the planning pack. Application Form for Permission / Approval in respect of a Strategic Infrastructure Development Page 3 of 16 6. Site: Site Address / Location of townlands of Camagh, Carlanstown, Coole, the Proposed Clonrobert, Clonsura, Doon, Monktown, Mullagh, Development (as may Newcastle, Boherquill, Corralanna, Culvin, best identify the land or Joanstown, Mayne, Fearmore (Fore by), Newtown structure in question) (Fore by), Simonstown (fore by), Ballinealoe, Shrubbywood, Clonava, Lackan (Corkaree by), Soho, Ballynaclonagh, Abbeyland, Rathganny, Ballindurrow, Cullendarragh, Culleenabohoge, Ballynafid, Knightswood, Portnashangan, Culleen More, Farranistick, and Irishtown (Moyashel by), Co. Westmeath Ordnance Survey Map 2236, 2237, 2238, 2239, 2300, 2301, 2302, 2303, Ref No. (and the Grid 2363, 2364, 2365, 2366, 2425, 2426, 2427, 2428, Reference where 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 2562, 2563, 2564, 2565, available) 2629, 2630, 2631, 2632, 2699, 2700, 2701, 2702, 2768, 2769, 2770, 2771 Where available, please provide the application site boundary, as shown in the submitted plans / drawings, as an ESRI shapefile in the Irish Transverse Mercator (ITM IRENET95) co-ordinate reference system. Alternatively, a CAD file in .dwg format, with all geometry referenced to ITM, may be provided. Area of site to which the application relates in hectares 169 ha Site zoning in current Development Site is not subject to zoning provision Plan for the area: but is located within an area designated as ‘low capacity’ for wind energy development. Existing use of the site & proposed Existing Uses - The land uses within use of the site: the proposed development comprises of a mixture cutover cutaway peatland, forestry and agricultural land. The site also incorporates the public road corridor and existing Mullingar substation. Proposed- The applicant is seeking to develop a renewable energy use (Wind farm) and associated uses and infrastructure (including grid connection) Name of the Planning Authority(s) in Westmeath County Council whose functional area the site is situated: Application Form for Permission / Approval in respect of a Strategic Infrastructure Development Page 4 of 16 7. Legal Interest of Applicant in respect of the site the subject of the application: Please tick appropriate box to Owner Occupier show applicant’s legal interest in the land or structure: Other Where legal interest is “Other”, please expand further on your interest in the land or structure. Landowner agreements in place and consent details included in planning pack. If you are not the legal owner, please state the name and address of the owner and supply a letter from the owner of consent to make the application as listed in the accompanying documentation. Owners: . Coillte (Dublin Road, Newtownmountkennedy, Co. Wicklow), . ESB (O’Loughlin Road, Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny), . Clover Peat Products Ltd. (Wilton Park House, Wilton Place, Dublin 2), . Cavan Peat Ltd (Unit 2, The Hyde Building, The Park, Carrickmines, Dublin 18) . Westmeath Peat Ltd (Unit 2, The Hyde Building, The Park, Carrickmines, Dublin 18) . Westmeath County Council (Áras an Chontae, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath) . Colm Moran and Rachel Touzel (Lower Coole, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath) . Damien Hill (Clonsura, Carlanstown, Finnea, Co.Westmeath) . James Reynolds (Granlybeg, Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford) . John Kiernan (Boherquill, Lismacaffery, Co. Westmeath) . Michael Whyte (lower Coole, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath) . Patrick Hill (Clonsura, Carlanstown, Finnea, Co.Westmeath) . Pauric Hill (Clonsura, Carlanstown, Finnea, Co. Westmeath) . Peter Nixon (Clonrobert, Castlepollard, Mullingar Co. Westmeath . Zita Foster (Culvin, Streete, Co. Westmeath) All relevant letters of consent are included within the application documentation. Does the applicant own or have a beneficial interest in adjoining, abutting or adjacent lands? If so, identify the lands and state the interest. Yes- Please see Drawing No. 200445-02 Application Form for Permission / Approval in respect of a Strategic Infrastructure Development Page 5 of 16 8. Site History: Details regarding site history (if known): Has the site in question ever, to your knowledge, been flooded? Yes: [ ] No: [ ] If yes, please give details e.g. year, extent: Are you aware of previous uses of the site e.g. dumping or quarrying? Yes: [ ] No:[ ] If yes, please give details: Application Form for Permission / Approval in respect of a Strategic Infrastructure Development Page 6 of 16 Are you aware of any valid planning applications previously made in respect of this land / structure? Yes: [ ] No: [ ] If yes, please state planning register reference number(s) of same if known and details of applications Reg. Ref. No: Nature of Proposed Nature of Final Decision of Development Application Grant of Refusal by Planning Authority / An Bord Pleanála Pl. Ref. No. Planning application by Coillte Permission was granted by 98/1092 Teo, for new forestry the Planning Authority on the entrances. 03/12/98 subject to 2 no. conditions. Pl. Ref. No. Planning application for the Application withdrawn. 17/6177 construction of a wind farm consisting of 13 no. wind turbines, upgrade of existing internal access roads and provision of new internal access roads, an on-site substation, underground cabling, temporary construction compound and all ancillary infrastructure. Pl. Ref. No. Planning application for the Permission was refused by 17/6292/ABP- construction of a wind farm the Planning Authority, 300686-18 consisting of 13 no. wind however, the Board granted turbines, upgrade of existing permission for the proposal internal access roads and following a first party appeal provision of new internal access under PL25M.300686 in roads, an on-site substation, March 2019. underground cabling, temporary construction compound and all ancillary infrastructure. Pl. Ref. No. Planning application for the Application withdrawn. 20/6121 electrical connection of the permitted Coole wind farm to the national grid which included for expansion of the onsite substation and upgrade works to the existing Mullingar substation. If a valid planning application has been made in respect of this land or structure in the 6 months prior to the submission of this application, then any required site notice must be on a yellow background in accordance with Article 19(4) of the Planning and Development regulations 2001 as amended. Application Form for Permission / Approval in respect of a Strategic Infrastructure Development Page 7 of 16 Is the site of the proposal subject to a current appeal to An Bord Pleanála in respect of a similar development? Yes: [ ] No:[ ] If yes please specify An Bord Pleanála Reference No.: ___________________________ Application Form for Permission / Approval in respect of a Strategic Infrastructure Development Page 8 of 16 9. Description of the Proposed Development: Brief description of i. Up to 15 No. wind turbines with a tip height of up to 175 metres nature and and all associated foundations and hardstanding areas; extent of ii. 1 no. onsite electrical substation including a control building, development associated electrical plant and equipment, welfare facilities and a wastewater holding tank; iii. 1 no. temporary construction compound; iv. Provision of new site access roads, upgrading