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

Awaiting decision Ards and North Down LA06/2025/0700/DC Discharge of Condition

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Proposal

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."

As published by the council, reference LA06/2025/0700/DC

Application record

Reference
LA06/2025/0700/DC
Type
Discharge of Condition
Status
Consultation Open
Received
11 Aug 2025
Validated
11 Aug 2025
Ward
Portavogie
Postcode
BT22 1AX

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 11 Aug 2025

    Received by Ards and North Down

  2. 29 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

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Documents

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8 documents on file for this application

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How this application type works

This type of application deals with conditions attached to an existing permission, either by supplying the details a condition requires, called discharging it, or by asking to vary or remove one. It does not reopen the principle of the permission itself. Building often cannot lawfully start, or continue past a set stage, until the named conditions are discharged.

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