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Lands extension north and south of the M2 Motorway approx. 950m east of Dunsilly roundabout. Lands at the north begin approx. 80m south of 102 Steeple Road extending to approx. 370m east of 16 Kilgavanagh Road at the lands most westerly extremities. Lands to the south of the motorway fringe the northern and western boundary of 82 Steeple Road extending southwards to approx. 290m of 58 Niblock Road, Antrim

LA03/2023/0218/DCDischarge of ConditionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 2 May 2023

Council decision: Condition Partially Discharged

Proposal

Construction and operation of a solar farm with a total generating capacity of 25MW (Discharge of condtion 2 from planning ref LA03/2016/0135/F (PAC Decision 2016/A0240 regarding the submission of an Archaeological Programme of Works)

Received
24 March 2023
Ward
Springfarm
Agent
RPS Ireland Limited (NI)
  1. Received24 Mar
  2. Validated24 Mar
  3. Consult.3 May
  4. Target
  5. Decided2 May

Decided in 39 days (council typically 77)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Lands extension north and south of the M2 Motorway approx. 950m east of Dunsilly roundabout. Lands at the north begin approx. 80m south of 102 Steeple Road extending to approx. 370m east of 16 Kilgavanagh Road at the lands most westerly extremities. Lands to the south of the motorway fringe the northern and western boundary of 82 Steeple Road extending southwards to approx. 290m of 58 Niblock Road, Antrim. Antrim and Newtownabbey has handled 42 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 5 weeks quicker than Antrim and Newtownabbey's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 8 applications across Springfarm.

94% of conditions applications at Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 11 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Discharge of Condition
Scale / size
Small
District
Antrim

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 March 2023
Consultation expiry
3 May 2023
Consultation start
12 April 2023
Consultation end
3 May 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
RPS Ireland Limited (NI)

Additional information

Documents
9

Site constraints

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Source: Antrim and Newtownabbey

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