Lands 336m SE of 152 Rubane Road, Kirkistown, BT22 1AX

1. 24 Jul 2025

   Received by Ards and North Down

2. 14 May 2026

   Decision issued: Granted

3. 27 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

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• Lands 336m SE of 152 Rubane Road, Kirkistown, Cloughey, BT22 1AX

  LA06/2025/0700/DC Submitted 11 Aug 2025 1m away

  96% historically approved · decision due ~6 Oct

  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 8 docs