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Donegal County Council · 1951446

MEENADREEN , STRANESS , CO. DONEGAL

  1. 23 Sept 2019Received
  2. 2 Apr 2020Conditional
  3. 26 Jun 2020Final grant
  4. 25 Jun 2030Permission expires
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Status
Granted with conditions
Decision
Conditional · 2 Apr 2020
Council
Donegal County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Site
8,140 m²

What’s proposed

DEVELOPMENT OF A MODULAR BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM (BESS) FACILITY FOR A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS CONSISTING OF UP TO 27 NO. BATTERY STORAGE MODULES (UP TO 14M LENGTH, 2.44M WIDE AND 2.9M HIGH) AND ANCILLARY EQUIPMENT INCLUDING UP TO 27 NO. TRANSFORMERS (UP TO 2.5M LENGTH, 2.5M WIDE AND 2.9M HIGH), 27 NO. POWER CONDITIONING UNIT BLOCK AREAS (UP TO 8.0M LENGTH, 1.5M WIDE AND 2.3M HIGH), 27 NO. SWITCHGEAR UNITS (UP TO 1.5M LENGTH, 1.5M WIDE AND 2.2M HIGH), SUBSTATION CONTAINER (UP TO 4.5M LENGTH, 4.5M WIDE AND 3.0M HIGH); INTERNAL PERMEABLE ACCESS ROAD JOINING THE FACILITY WITH THE EXISTING MEENADREEN WIND FARM ROAD NETWORK AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS, INCLUDING FENCING, DRAINAGE AND UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS, REQUIRED TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF EXISTING ACCESS ARRANGEMENTS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION

1951446 is a planning application to Donegal County Council for dEVELOPMENT OF A MODULAR BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM (BESS) FACILITY FOR A PERIOD OF, received on 23 Sept 2019; permission was granted with conditions on 2 Apr 2020.

Planning details

Reference
1951446
Local authority
Donegal County Council
Status
Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED
Received
23 Sept 2019
Observations close
29 Oct 2019 (closed 2517 days ago)
Decision due
5 Apr 2020 · decided 2 Apr 2020
Decision
Conditional on 2 Apr 2020
Proposed development
DEVELOPMENT OF A MODULAR BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM (BESS) FACILITY FOR A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS CONSISTING OF UP TO 27 NO. BATTERY STORAGE MODULES (UP TO 14M LENGTH, 2.44M WIDE AND 2.9M HIGH) AND ANCILLARY EQUIPMENT INCLUDING UP TO 27 NO. TRANSFORMERS (UP TO 2.5M LENGTH, 2.5M WIDE AND 2.9M HIGH), 27 NO. POWER CONDITIONING UNIT BLOCK AREAS (UP TO 8.0M LENGTH, 1.5M WIDE AND 2.3M HIGH), 27 NO. SWITCHGEAR UNITS (UP TO 1.5M LENGTH, 1.5M WIDE AND 2.2M HIGH), SUBSTATION CONTAINER (UP TO 4.5M LENGTH, 4.5M WIDE AND 3.0M HIGH); INTERNAL PERMEABLE ACCESS ROAD JOINING THE FACILITY WITH THE EXISTING MEENADREEN WIND FARM ROAD NETWORK AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS, INCLUDING FENCING, DRAINAGE AND UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS, REQUIRED TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF EXISTING ACCESS ARRANGEMENTS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION
As published by the register.
Site area
8,140 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant
Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register

Nearby nothing else within 500 m in the last 5 years

No other application within 500 m in the last 5 years.

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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 345521). 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/1951446/0.

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