Doohamlet District Community Development Association

Important information about the Eirgrid North-South Interconnector;

Eirgrid has lodged an application for planning permission for this development with An Bord Pleanala. The 10 week statutory public consultation period has commenced. This development proposes to erect pylons and overhead cables on the Ballybay side of Doohamlet. This will not just impact farmers and landowners who live along the route - it may have wider implications for our community.

'On 16th June 2015 a ten-week period of statutory public consultation commenced in respect of the planning application for the North-South 400kV Interconnection Development. The application documentation, including the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Natura Impact Statement (NIS) is available for public viewing/downloading on the dedicated planning application website at www.eirgridnorthsouthinterconnector.ie.

The documentation will be on public display during this ten-week period at the offices of – •An Bord Pleanála, 64 Marlborough Street, Dublin 1 •Meath County Council, County Hall. Navan, County Meath •Cavan County Council, Cavan Courthouse, Farnham Street, Cavan, County Cavan •Monaghan County Council, County offices, The Glen, Monaghan, County Monaghan The documentation is also available for viewing at EirGrid’s Project Information Centres, the locations of which can be seen on the right hand side of this page. All three Information Centres will be open from Tuesday 16th June until Monday 22nd June (excluding Saturday and Sunday) and again at the end of the consultation period, from Monday 17th August to Friday 21st August. During the intervening weeks they will be open during the days and hours stated on the right hand side of this page.

Submissions or observations in respect of the application can only be made to An Bord Pleanála and must be received by An Bord Pleanála no later than 5.30 p.m. on Monday 24th August 2015'.

A €50 submission fee applies to every submission - why not consult with neighbours or friends and combine your submissions to reduce the submission fee....

We urge everyone to have a look at the proposed development, and if you have any concerns to make a submission to An Bord Pleanala. The closing date for submissions is 25th August 2015 - more information is available here;