Ballyspillane West Gortacrue Carrigogna Midleton, Co. Cork
- 23 Sept 2021Received
- 28 Oct 2021Observations closed
- 17 Nov 2021Decision due
- Status
- Withdrawn or invalid
- Decision
- Due 17 Nov 2021
- Council
- Cork County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Site
- 3.17 ha
What’s proposed
3.43km of grid connection infrastructure on the public road to connect the approved Ballyspillane West Solar Farm (Planning Reference 175498) to the Midleton 110kV ESB Substation, comprising the laying of underground electricity cables and associated infrastructure and horizontal directional drilling. The proposed development will also include a customer substation which is proposed to relocate the substation consented within the associated solar farm development (PA Ref: 175498). The ESBN MV customer substation is to be located near the site entrance to the east, to align with the connection route to the national grid. Based on new ESB Networks design standards, two options have been considered for the design of the proposed substation. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application
21/6612 is a planning application to Cork County Council for 3.43km of grid connection infrastructure on the public road to connect the approved, received on 23 Sept 2021; the file is recorded as incompleted application.
Planning details
- Reference
- 21/6612
- Local authority
- Cork County Council
- Status
- Withdrawn or invalid · register status “INCOMPLETED APPLICATION”
- Received
- 23 Sept 2021
- Observations close
- 28 Oct 2021 (closed 1787 days ago)
- Decision due
- 17 Nov 2021
- Decision
- Not decided
- Proposed development
- 3.43km of grid connection infrastructure on the public road to connect the approved Ballyspillane West Solar Farm (Planning Reference 175498) to the Midleton 110kV ESB Substation, comprising the laying of underground electricity cables and associated infrastructure and horizontal directional drilling. The proposed development will also include a customer substation which is proposed to relocate the substation consented within the associated solar farm development (PA Ref: 175498). The ESBN MV customer substation is to be located near the site entrance to the east, to align with the connection route to the national grid. Based on new ESB Networks design standards, two options have been considered for the design of the proposed substation. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the applicationAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 3.17 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
- Applicant
- Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register
Nearby 2 applications within 500 m in the last 5 years
Appeal
Not appealed.
Commencement
No commencement notice matched to this reference.
Zoning at the site
No zoning objective covers this site in the current plan.
Designations within 250 m
No OPW flood extent nearby.
No other designation nearby.
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 320255). 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=21/6612.
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