Planning application
Lands 336m SE of 152 Rubane Road, Kirkistown, BT22 1AX
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
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 under X/2012/0497/F, associated 2 no. electricity cabinets and site works. Variation of Condition 3 and 12 of LA06/2024/0118/F in relation to the dismantling and removal of structures and the submissionof a scheme providing for the avoidance of shadow flicker (Full description on planning portal)
As published by the council, reference LA06/2025/0647/S54
Application record
- Reference
- LA06/2025/0647/S54
- Type
- Section 54
- Status
- Determined
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 24 Jul 2025
- Validated
- 24 Jul 2025
- Decided
- 14 May 2026
- Ward
- Portavogie
- Postcode
- BT22 1AX
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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24 Jul 2025
Received by Ards and North Down
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14 May 2026
Decision issued: Granted
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27 Aug 2026
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Gravis Planning Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Holywood
Active · incorporated 2005 · Holywood
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
11 documents on file for this application
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Ards and North Down granted permission on 14 May 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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Lands 336m SE of 152 Rubane Road, Kirkistown, Cloughey, BT22 1AX
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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."
Awaiting decision Conditions 11 docs