FS007358 Statkraft North Irish Sea Array (NISA) Site Investigations for Export Cable Route
- Published on: 15 March 2022
- Last updated on: 12 June 2025
Status: Determination
Date received: 31 March 2021
Determination date: 5 August 2022
Applicant Details
Name:
North Irish Sea Array (NISA) Windfarm Limited, which is a fully owned subsidiary of Statkraft Ireland Ltd.
Address:
Building 4200, Cork Airport Business Park, Co. Cork, T12 D23C.
Proposed Development Activity
Description:
This Foreshore Licence application is for site investigation surveys necessary to determine the seabed and sub-sea conditions to establish the optimum location for and design of the export cable(s) to shore, and to establish the most appropriate route corridor and landfall location for the export cable(s) from the proposed North Irish Sea Array (NISA) offshore wind farm, located off the coasts of Dublin, Meath and Louth.
The application includes for geophysical surveys (mutli-beam echo sounder, sub bottom profiling, side-scan sonar and magnetometer), geotechnical surveys (cone penetration tests and vibrocores along the potential routes and boreholes at the landfalls) and ecological surveys (fisheries surveys, benthic grab samples, intertidal benthic sampling).
Location:
Off the coast of County Louth, County Meath, County Dublin.
Application Form and Supporting Materials
Invitation for Public Submissions for Purposes of Conducting Stage 2 Appropriate Assessment. (NOW CLOSED)
This public consultation, which originally ran from 16 March 2022 to 15 April 2022, has now been reopened until 19 May 2022.
Viewing Locations:
A copy of the application and the relevant documents, maps, plans, and drawings, are available for inspection, between 20 April 2022 and 19 May 2022, free of charge at:
• Fingal County Council, County Hall, Main Street, Swords, County Dublin K67 X8Y2
• Louth County Council, County Hall, Millennium Centre, Dundalk, A91 KFW6
• Balbriggan Garda Station, Drogheda Road, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin, K32 EW01
• Drogheda Garda Station, Father Connolly Way, Downtown Drogheda, Drogheda, Co. Louth, A92 P704
• Louth County Library, Roden Place, Townparks, Dundalk, Co. Louth A91 RC44
• Fingal County Library, St George's Square, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin K32 TW27
Commencement Date:
20/04/2022
Closing Date:
19/05/2022
Making a submission:
Submissions can be made to: Foreshore Unit, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Newtown Road, Wexford, Co Wexford or email foreshoreORE@housing.gov.ie
Please ensure the following reference is quoted in the submission header: FS007358 NISA Cable SI - Consultation on Stage 2 AA
Submissions received outside of the public consultation period cannot be considered.
The Department wishes to draw attention to its policy on [link broken]that may be contained in submissions it receives.
Appropriate Assessment Screening Determination
Consultation Submissions
Applicant Response to Consultation Submissions
Public Consultation Section 19 of Foreshore Act 1933, as amended (NOW CLOSED)
Viewing Locations:
A copy of the application and the relevant documents, maps, plans, and drawings, are available for inspection, between 17 August 2021 and 16 September 2021, free of charge at:
Fingal County Council, County Hall, Main Street, Swords, Co. Dublin K67 X8Y2
Louth County Council, County Hall, Millennium Centre, Dundalk, Co. Louth A91 KFW6
Balbriggan Garda Station, Drogheda Road, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin, K32 EW01
Drogheda Garda Station, Father Connolly Way, Downtown Drogheda, Drogheda, Co. Louth, A92 P704
Commencement Date:
Tuesday 17 August 2021
Closing Date:
Thursday 16 September 2021
Making a submission:
Submissions can be made to: Foreshore Unit, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Newtown Road, Wexford, Co Wexford or email foreshore@housing.gov.ie.
Submissions received outside of the public consultation period cannot be considered.
The Department wishes to draw attention to its policy on [link broken]that may be contained in submissions it receives.