Planning Consent Submitted

On 24 May 2024, Oriel Windfarm Ltd (JERA Nex and ESB joint development) lodged the formal strategic infrastructure planning application with An Bord Pleanala for the Oriel Wind Farm Project, case reference ABP-319799-24. The application covers the offshore wind farm, offshore substation, offshore and landfall export cables, approximately 20.1 km of 220 kV onshore export cable from the landfall to the new Stickillin substation, and associated onshore transmission works required to connect the project to the Irish transmission grid. Lodging followed the grant of the Maritime Area Consent (MAC) by Minister for the Environment Eamon Ryan TD in December 2022, which was a precondition for applying for planning permission in the designated maritime area. This event represents the formal start of the project-wide planning consent process under Irish strategic infrastructure legislation. The application was subsequently renumbered/renamed when An Bord Pleanala was reconstituted as An Coimisiun Pleanala in 2026, but the case reference ABP-319799-24 has remained unchanged throughout. Recorded during manual audit review 2026-04-15 from An Bord Pleanala case page (pleanala.ie/en-ie/case/319799).