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Cork County Council · 21/5225

Wallingstown Little Island Co. Cork

  1. 7 May 2021Received
  2. 29 Jun 2021Unconditional
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Status
Granted
Decision
Unconditional · 29 Jun 2021
Council
Cork County Council
Type
EXTENSION OF DURATION
Site
6,662 m²
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What’s proposed

The development of an 110kV substation at the former Mitsui Denman site. The proposed substation will comprise of: a two-storey Gas Insulated Switcher (GIS) 110/20kV substation building, an associated single storey Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) 20kV substation building, associated outdoor electrical equipment, including filter banks, transformers, cable sealing ends and surge arresters, two number lightning protection masts (12.5 metres in height), associated internal access road, boundary treatment including substation perimeter fencing and all ancillary site development works. Construction of two number 110kV underground cable ducts between the proposed substation and the existing Eirgrid 110kV substation to the North in Wallingstown. The site area of the proposed substation is approximately 0.60ha. The proposed substation is to support development in the Wallingstown area in Little Island. - Extension of duration of permission granted under planning reference: 16/5606

21/5225 is a planning application to Cork County Council for the development of an 110kV substation at the former Mitsui Denman site. The proposed, received on 7 May 2021; permission was granted on 29 Jun 2021.

Planning details

Reference
21/5225
Local authority
Cork County Council
Status
Granted · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received
7 May 2021
Observations close
11 Jun 2021 (closed 1937 days ago)
Decision due
1 Jul 2021 · decided 29 Jun 2021
Decision
Unconditional on 29 Jun 2021
Proposed development
The development of an 110kV substation at the former Mitsui Denman site. The proposed substation will comprise of: a two-storey Gas Insulated Switcher (GIS) 110/20kV substation building, an associated single storey Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) 20kV substation building, associated outdoor electrical equipment, including filter banks, transformers, cable sealing ends and surge arresters, two number lightning protection masts (12.5 metres in height), associated internal access road, boundary treatment including substation perimeter fencing and all ancillary site development works. Construction of two number 110kV underground cable ducts between the proposed substation and the existing Eirgrid 110kV substation to the North in Wallingstown. The site area of the proposed substation is approximately 0.60ha. The proposed substation is to support development in the Wallingstown area in Little Island. - Extension of duration of permission granted under planning reference: 16/5606
As published by the register.
Site area
6,662 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant
Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register

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Appeal

Not appealed.

Commencement

No commencement notice matched to this reference.

    Zoning at the site

    C2.2 — Economic development and employment

    Industry: Promote the development of industrial areas as the primary location for uses that include heavy industry, manufacturing, repairs, medium to large scale warehousing and distribution, biomedical, pharmaceutical, bioenergy plants, open storage etc

    Zoned for employment uses. Housing is not the intended use here.

    C6 — Waterfront

    Existing Mixed/General Business/Industrial Uses: Facilitate development that supports in general the employment uses of the Existing Mixed/General Business/ Industrial Areas.

    Zoned for waterfront and harbour-related development.

    G3 — High amenity

    Green Infrastructure includes 3 subcategories - Green Recreational (GR), Green Conservation (GC) and Green Active (GA)

    Protected high-amenity landscape. Development is resisted to preserve the character of the area.

    M1 — Metro / rail economic corridor

    Special Policy Area: Recognise that there are a small number of sites within the urban areas of the County where the normal land use zoning requirements do not apply.

    A high-density mixed-use employment corridor tied to a rail or metro line. Expect the tallest buildings in the area here.

    Designations within 250 m

    No OPW flood extent nearby.

    • Recorded monument · 6
      Graveyard; Church; Castle - tower house

    Provenance

    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 301382). Deadlines were computed by the store from the received / decided dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000 and are recorded as events, not recomputed here. Council register: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=21/5225.

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