SPD/2023/0981/F

Description

The Owenreagh Craignagapple Wind Farm Development comprises the decommissioning and repowering of the Operational Owenreagh and II Wind Farms. The Development will comprise of the following main components: • Decommissioning and removal of the existing turbines (Owenreagh I & II); • The erection of 14 three bladed horizontal axis wind turbines of up to 156.5 m tip height with capacity output of up to 67.2MW; • 2 temporary construction compound/laydown areas; • Removal and restoration of the existing crane hardstandings, access tracks and any other above-ground infrastructure in accordance with the Outline DCEMP and Draft HMP; • Construction and/or upgrading of seven Site access points onto the public highway; • Construction of approximately 3,947m of new access tracks; • Upgrade of approximately 382m of existing access tracks; • Construction of turning heads and passing places on the access tracks; • Construction of temporary and permanent hardstanding areas for each turbine to accommodate turbine component laydown areas, crane hardstanding areas and internal or external transformers and/or switchgear; • Construction of turbine foundations; • Two water crossings; • Installation of buried underground electrical and communication cables; • Construction of a substation and control building, and associated compound, • Road widening & provision of passing bays: and • All associated ancillary works.

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The existing Owenreagh I & II Wind farm site:- (i) The existing Owenreagh I & II Wind farm site, (ii) lands located north of Glenmornan Road, and (iii) lands located south-east of the Glenmornan Rd/ Napple Rd road junction, approximatley 6km south-east of Artigarvan village, Co. Tyrone.