CULLIONBUOY , BARNESMORE , DONEGAL PO
- 19 Mar 2019Received
- 10 May 2019Conditional
- 12 Jun 2019Final grant
- 11 Jun 2024Permission expires
- Status
- Granted with conditions
- Decision
- Conditional · 10 May 2019
- Council
- Donegal County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Site
- 3.58 ha
What’s proposed
CONSTRUCTION OF A 6MW BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM (BESS) PROVIDED WITHIN A COMPOUND AREA CONSISTING OF ASSOCIATED PLANT, EQUIPMENT AND BUILDINGS INCLUDING : 2 NO. BESS CONTAINER BUILDINGS OF 2.6M IN HEIGHT, 12.2M IN LENGTH AND 2.5M IN WIDTH, 2 NO. TRANSFORMERS (EQUIPMENT) OF 2.5M IN HEIGHT, 2M IN LENGTH AND 2M IN WIDTH; A GRP SWITCHGEAR KIOSK (PLANT) OF 4.1M IN HEIGHT, 5.5M IN LENGTH AND 5.5M IN WIDTH; COMPOUND MESH FENCE OF 2.75M IN HEIGHT; AREA OF HARDSTANDING; 50M UNDERGROUND CABLE CONNECTING THE DEVELOPMENT TO THE EXISTING WINDFARM SUBSTATION; AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT. ACCESS TO THE SITE WILL BE VIA THE EXISTING BARNESMORE WINDFARM PRIVATE LANEWAY WHICH ACCESSES ONTO THE LOCAL ROAD (L20151-1) WITHIN THE EXISTING BARNESMORE WINDFARM SITE
1950357 is a planning application to Donegal County Council for cONSTRUCTION OF A 6MW BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM (BESS) PROVIDED WITHIN A COMPOUND, received on 19 Mar 2019; permission was granted with conditions on 10 May 2019.
Planning details
- Reference
- 1950357
- Local authority
- Donegal County Council
- Status
- Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
- Received
- 19 Mar 2019
- Observations close
- 23 Apr 2019 (closed 2705 days ago)
- Decision due
- 13 May 2019 · decided 10 May 2019
- Decision
- Conditional on 10 May 2019
- Proposed development
- CONSTRUCTION OF A 6MW BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM (BESS) PROVIDED WITHIN A COMPOUND AREA CONSISTING OF ASSOCIATED PLANT, EQUIPMENT AND BUILDINGS INCLUDING : 2 NO. BESS CONTAINER BUILDINGS OF 2.6M IN HEIGHT, 12.2M IN LENGTH AND 2.5M IN WIDTH, 2 NO. TRANSFORMERS (EQUIPMENT) OF 2.5M IN HEIGHT, 2M IN LENGTH AND 2M IN WIDTH; A GRP SWITCHGEAR KIOSK (PLANT) OF 4.1M IN HEIGHT, 5.5M IN LENGTH AND 5.5M IN WIDTH; COMPOUND MESH FENCE OF 2.75M IN HEIGHT; AREA OF HARDSTANDING; 50M UNDERGROUND CABLE CONNECTING THE DEVELOPMENT TO THE EXISTING WINDFARM SUBSTATION; AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT. ACCESS TO THE SITE WILL BE VIA THE EXISTING BARNESMORE WINDFARM PRIVATE LANEWAY WHICH ACCESSES ONTO THE LOCAL ROAD (L20151-1) WITHIN THE EXISTING BARNESMORE WINDFARM SITEAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 3.58 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
- Applicant
- Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register
Full planning report for 54.68101, -7.95988
Zoning, appeals, sold prices, flood and heritage — the whole area in one PDF.
No account, no payment. Not a statutory planning search.
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 335718). 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: http://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1950357/0.
Source: npad · fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
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