Appendix 13 Derry City and Strabane District Council Planning Committee Report COMMITTEE DATE: 5 th April 2017 APPLICATION No: LA11/2015/0347/F APPLICATION TYPE: Full Application PROPOSAL: Erection of a single wind turbine 30m hub height with 16.5m blades, associated access and two number electricity cabinets LOCATION: Lands 465m North West of 20 Heather Road APPLICANT: Mr G Foster AGENT: Strategic Planning ADVERTISEMENT: 30/7/15 STATUTORY EXPIRY: 19/8/15 RECOMMENDATION: REFUSE REASON FOR PRESENTATION TO COMMITTEE: Wind Turbine / Recommendation to Refuse All planning application forms, drawings, consultation responses, letters etc. relating to this planning application are available to view on www.planning.gov.uk 1. Description of Proposed Development The proposal is for a single 150kW wind turbine with a hub height of 30 metres and 33 metre rotor diameter giving an overall height of 46.5 metres to blade tip. There will also be associated access and two electricity cabinets associated with the development. 2. EIA Determination The proposed development is within the scope of Schedule 2 - 3 (J) of the Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (NI) 2015 as the hub height of the proposed turbine exceeds 15 metres. Consequently, an environmental determination was carried out and the Council determined that the planning application did not need to be accompanied by an Environmental Statement.
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Appendix 13
Derry City and Strabane District Council Planning Committee Report
COMMITTEE DATE: 5th April 2017
APPLICATION No: LA11/2015/0347/F
APPLICATION TYPE: Full Application
PROPOSAL: Erection of a single wind turbine 30m hub height with 16.5m blades, associated access and two number electricity cabinets
LOCATION: Lands 465m North West of 20 Heather Road
APPLICANT: Mr G Foster
AGENT: Strategic Planning
ADVERTISEMENT: 30/7/15
STATUTORY EXPIRY: 19/8/15
RECOMMENDATION: REFUSE
REASON FOR PRESENTATION TO COMMITTEE: Wind Turbine / Recommendation to Refuse
All planning application forms, drawings, consultation responses, letters etc. relating to this planning application are available to view on www.planning.gov.uk
1. Description of Proposed Development
The proposal is for a single 150kW wind turbine with a hub height of 30 metres and 33 metre rotor
diameter giving an overall height of 46.5 metres to blade tip. There will also be associated access
and two electricity cabinets associated with the development.
2. EIA Determination
The proposed development is within the scope of Schedule 2 - 3 (J) of the Planning (Environmental
Impact Assessment) Regulations (NI) 2015 as the hub height of the proposed turbine exceeds 15
metres. Consequently, an environmental determination was carried out and the Council
determined that the planning application did not need to be accompanied by an Environmental
The site proposed is currently in use as agricultural grazing land located off the Heather Road. The
site is accessed to the side of existing agricultural buildings that sit on Heather Road by an existing
farm laneway serving access to the applicant’s farmland. The site itself is cut out of a larger field
with no boundary definition. The site lies on the eastern slopes of the Creevagh Hill within LCA32
Derry Slopes which is located in the open countryside and outside the development limits of Derry
City as defined in the Derry Area Plan 2011.
The site is not located within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty or any area indicated within
the Area Plan as being of particular conservation or amenity value. However, assessment of the
visual impact of wind energy development is not restricted to designated landscapes. Policy RE1
states that the supplementary planning guidance 'Wind Energy Development in Northern Ireland’s
Landscape’s' will be taken into account in assessing all wind turbine proposals. Each landscape has
a different capacity for accommodating wind energy development.
Figure 1 : Aerial view of site (position of turbine shown)
4. Site Constraints
The application site has no specific site constraints
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5. Neighbour Notification Report
There were no neighbours notified as there are no residential properties within 90 metres of the
red line.
6. Relevant Site History
There are a number of planning applications for single wind turbines in the vicinity of the
application site as well as applications for single turbines which have been recommended for
refusal and subsequently withdrawn. There was a previous application A/2010/0630/F on the site
which was recommended for refusal and subsequently withdrawn.
Figure 2 : Location of proposed wind turbine (shown in blue) and nearby applications and refused wind turbines
Applications recommended for Refusal- subsequently withdrawn
1. A/2010/0386/F- 45m turbine- 140m north west of 12 Heather Road, Creevagh Upper, Derry- recommended refusal on PPS18 visual amenity and airport safeguarding- Withdrawn May 2012
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2. A/2010/0630/F-45m turbine- 80m north east of 14 Heather Road, Upper Creevagh, Derry- recommended refusal on PPS18 visual amenity and airport safeguarding – Withdrawn May 2012
Wind Turbines in the vicinity
3. A/2014/0558/F- 30M turbine- refusal recommended- detrimental to visual amenity, contrary to PPS2- in an area of protected heath, no noise information submitted. Affecting the conical surface for airport safety- Council had requested this to be reduced to 15m. To date the agent has not submitted an amended scheme for consideration.