FS007138 ESB Celtic Offshore Wind - Site Investigations off Waterford and Cork

Name:

ESB Wind Development Limited

Address:

27 Fitzwilliam Street Lower

Dublin 2

Description

The Celtic Offshore Wind project is comprised of two projects, one fixed and one floating.

Celtic Offshore Wind is located to the south of county Cork and to the southwest of county Waterford.

The fixed project (Celtic One) is approximately 7.5 km from shore.

The export cable corridor for the floating project (Celtic 2) is the only aspect of the floating project that lies within the 12nm limit.

For the purposes of this application the application area includes Celtic One and the export cable corridor for Celtic 2.

Location:

Off the Cork and Waterford coast

Under Section 19 of the Foreshore Act 1933, and Regulation 42(6) of the European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011

A copy of the application and the relevant documents, maps, plans and drawings, are available for inspection, between Monday 6 March 2023 and Tuesday 4 April 2023, free of charge at:

Viewing Locations:

Cork County Council, Planning Department, County Hall, Carrigrohane Road, Cork. (021) 4276891

Cork City Library, 57-61 Grand Parade, Cork. T12 NT99. Monday to Saturday: 10:00 to 17:30. Phone: (021) 492 4900; Email libraries@corkcity.ie

Waterford City & County Council (Dungarvan), Public Counter, Civic Offices, Davitt's Quay, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford. X35 Y326. Monday to Friday: 09:30 to 13:00 and 14.00 to 16.00. Phone: 0818 10 20 20; Email planning@waterfordcouncil.ie

Cobh Garda Station, Lower Road, Cobh, Co. Cork, P24 C984. Open 24-hours.

Midleton Garda Station, Oliver Plunkett Place, Midleton, Co. Cork, P25 Y439. Open 24- hours.

Youghal Garda Station, O'Brien's Place, Youghal, Co. Cork, P36 DV79.Open 10:00 to 14:00 daily.

Dungarvan Garda Station, Youghal Road, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, X35 PX81.Open 24-hou

County:

Waterford & Cork

Commencement Date:

Monday 6 March 2023

Closing Date:

Tuesday 4 April 2023

Making a submission:

Submissions can be made to: Foreshore Section, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Newtown Road, Wexford, Co Wexford or foreshoreORE@housing.gov.ie .

Submissions received outside of the public consultation period cannot be considered.

Terms and Conditions

All submissions and comments submitted to the Department for this purpose are subject to release under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act 2014 and the European Communities (Access to Information on the Environment) Regulations 2007-2014. Submissions are also subject to Data Protection legislation.

Personal, confidential or commercially sensitive information should not be included in your submission and it will be presumed that all information contained in your submission is releasable under the Freedom of Information Act 2014.

The Department wishes to draw attention to its policy on defamatory material that may be contained in submissions it receives.

Public Notice

Prescribed Bodies Consultation

Public Submissions

The information provided by respondents will inform the decision-making process regarding this foreshore consent application.

Please note that submissions received may be made available on the Department’s website, unless otherwise requested. In any event, all submissions received will be subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act and Data Protection legislation.