Ballynaheskeragh , Co. Galway
- 26 Jul 2023Received
- 19 Sept 2023Conditional
- 30 Oct 2023Final grant
- 29 Oct 2028Permission expires
- Status
- Granted with conditions
- Decision
- Conditional · 19 Sept 2023
- Council
- Galway County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Site
- 12.42 ha
What’s proposed
for the demolition of an existing vacant farmhouse & all associated farm outbuildings (total gross floorspace of demolition works is approximately 609m2); three 400 kV single circuit angle masts (approximately 36.5m high) to facilitate the diversion of the existing Oldstreet-Woodland 400 kV overhead line into the proposed compound; three 400 kV gantry structures to allow connection of the existing 400 kV circuit to the proposed series compensation equipment (approximately 29m high measured to top of lightning rod); three series compensation platforms comprising capacitor bank, metal oxide varistor, triggered air gap & discharge damping circuit (approximately 12m high to top of equipment on platform); a communication & protection equipment single storey control building (gross floorspace approximately 125.8m2 & 5.5m high) with 8no. parking spaces; 400 kV associated electrical equipment, including, insulators, instrument transformers, overhead conductors, lightning masts, disconnectors, circuit breakers & filter reactors; removal of two existing 400 kV overhead line towers & associated overhead cables, conductors & surge arrestors; bat roost compensatory structure (gross floorspace approximately 16m2 & height of 4.5m); & all ancillary site development works including, site preparation works, site clearance & levelling; hardstanding & internal access tracks; underground cabling & earthgrid, surface water drainage network including a soakaway & attenuation tank; palisade internal fencing & gates (approximately 2.6m high) & landscaping as required to facilitate the development
2360849 is a planning application to Galway County Council for for the demolition of an existing vacant farmhouse & all associated farm outbuildings, received on 26 Jul 2023; permission was granted with conditions on 19 Sept 2023.
Planning details
- Reference
- 2360849
- Local authority
- Galway County Council
- Status
- Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
- Received
- 26 Jul 2023
- Observations close
- 30 Aug 2023 (closed 1116 days ago)
- Decision due
- 19 Sept 2023 · decided 19 Sept 2023
- Decision
- Conditional on 19 Sept 2023
- Proposed development
- for the demolition of an existing vacant farmhouse & all associated farm outbuildings (total gross floorspace of demolition works is approximately 609m2); three 400 kV single circuit angle masts (approximately 36.5m high) to facilitate the diversion of the existing Oldstreet-Woodland 400 kV overhead line into the proposed compound; three 400 kV gantry structures to allow connection of the existing 400 kV circuit to the proposed series compensation equipment (approximately 29m high measured to top of lightning rod); three series compensation platforms comprising capacitor bank, metal oxide varistor, triggered air gap & discharge damping circuit (approximately 12m high to top of equipment on platform); a communication & protection equipment single storey control building (gross floorspace approximately 125.8m2 & 5.5m high) with 8no. parking spaces; 400 kV associated electrical equipment, including, insulators, instrument transformers, overhead conductors, lightning masts, disconnectors, circuit breakers & filter reactors; removal of two existing 400 kV overhead line towers & associated overhead cables, conductors & surge arrestors; bat roost compensatory structure (gross floorspace approximately 16m2 & height of 4.5m); & all ancillary site development works including, site preparation works, site clearance & levelling; hardstanding & internal access tracks; underground cabling & earthgrid, surface water drainage network including a soakaway & attenuation tank; palisade internal fencing & gates (approximately 2.6m high) & landscaping as required to facilitate the developmentAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 12.42 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
- Applicant
- Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register
Nearby 1 application 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 363716). 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/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360849/0.
Source: npad · fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
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