LA08/2024/0201/DC

Description

Discharge of Condition No. 2 of Application No: LA08/2021/0739/F which states that: No wind turbine shall become operational until a Bat Monitoring and Mitigation Plan (BMMP) has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Planning Authority. The BMMP should 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 Planning Authority. 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 minimum period of one year; 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 planning authority 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 Planning Authority; 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. Reason: To monitor and mitigate the impact of the proposal on bats.

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Address

Approximately 175m East of 30 Redrock Road Collone Armagh BT60 2BL

Postcode

BT60 2BL

Coordinates

54.309102545881473, -6.583234016125406

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