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1. PROPOSED MICRO-HYDROPOWER GENERATOR AND ASSOCIATED CONCRETE BUILT SUPPORTING BASE, TO BE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 9 METERS SOUTHEAST OF THE EXISTING DISUSED HYDROPOWER SYSTEM. THIS PROPOSED RENEWABLE ENERGY WILL POWER THE CASTLE, THE VISITOR CENTRE AND SITE OFFICES. 2. CONSTRUCTION OF BOTH UP-GRADIENT AND DOWN-GRADIENT CHANNELS TO CONNECT THE PROPOSED MICRO-HYDROPOWER UNIT TO EXISTING WATER RACES. 3. CONSTRUCTION OF PROPOSED WOODEN SLUICE GATES WITHIN THE HEAD RACE, APPROXIMATELY 9 METERS UPSTREAM OF THE PROPOSED MICRO-HYDROPOWER UNIT, TO MANAGE WATER FLOW. 4. INSTALLATION OF FISH-SCREENS, POSITIONED IN CHANNEL, UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE PROPOSED MICRO-HYDROPOWER GENERATOR. 5. INSTALLATION OF PROPOSED PART UNDERGROUND/PART OVERGROUND ELECTRIC POWER CABLE, CONNECTING THE PROPOSED MICRO-HYDROPOWER UNIT TO BIRR CASTLE. 6. AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. THE DEVELOPMENT IS WITHIN THE CURTILAGE OF A PROTECTED STRUCTURES: GENERATOR HOUSE (RPS 53-354) AND BIRR CASTLE DEMESNE (RPS 53-349)