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Cork County Council · 25/6845

Mishells, Bandon, Co. Cork

  1. 17 Dec 2025Received
  2. 30 Jan 2026Observations closed
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Status
With the council, no decision yet
Decision
Not yet
Council
Cork County Council
Type
Permission
Site
4.86 ha
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What’s proposed

The provision of a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), compound and cable route on a site of c. 4.61ha. The BESS compound will accommodate self-contained Lithium Iron Phosphate batteries within 32 no. BESS units, 8 no. MV Switchgear units, and a 38kV substation including a control room of 126m2. A cable route of c. 2km is proposed to run south from the compound to the L2033 and east along the L2033 to the nearby Bandon 110kV Substation. The proposed development includes for all associated development, site levelling, boundary treatments, security fencing, site access works, ducting and cabling and all ancillary works

25/6845 is a planning application to Cork County Council for the provision of a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), compound and cable route on a, received on 17 Dec 2025; no decision has been recorded yet.

Planning details

Reference
25/6845
Local authority
Cork County Council
Status
With the council, no decision yet · register status “Awaiting F.I. Response”
Received
17 Dec 2025
Observations close
30 Jan 2026 (closed 232 days ago)
Decision due
No due date published
Decision
Not decided
Proposed development
The provision of a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), compound and cable route on a site of c. 4.61ha. The BESS compound will accommodate self-contained Lithium Iron Phosphate batteries within 32 no. BESS units, 8 no. MV Switchgear units, and a 38kV substation including a control room of 126m2. A cable route of c. 2km is proposed to run south from the compound to the L2033 and east along the L2033 to the nearby Bandon 110kV Substation. The proposed development includes for all associated development, site levelling, boundary treatments, security fencing, site access works, ducting and cabling and all ancillary works
As published by the register.
Site area
4.86 ha 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

    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 321515). 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=25/6845.

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