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A 10 year planning permission - The development will consist of permission for a Solar PV Energy Development with associated Battery Storage Compound with a total site area of c.103.64ha, to include solar panels mounted on steel support structures, associated cabling and ducting, inverters, transformers, switchgear substations, auxiliary transformer, permanent storage container, monitoring houses, composting toilet, BESS customer substation, battery blocks, BESS inverters, BESS interface cabinets, BESS MV skids, temporary construction compounds, tracks, boundary security fencing and security gates, CCTV, landscaping and ancillary works, with a 40year operational period. It is proposed that the Proposed Development will be accessed from three separate access points off; Site Access 1 will be a newly created access point of the L4205 and Site Access 2 and 3 will utilise two existing access points of an unnamed local road which runs along the northern boundary of the Application Site, both Site Access 2 and 3 will require upgrading. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been submitted to the Planning Authority with the Application