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Galway County Council · 2660632

Somerset , Co Galway , Ireland

  1. 24 Apr 2026Received
  2. 29 May 2026Observations closed
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Status
Withdrawn or invalid
Decision
Not yet
Council
Galway County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Site
3.03 ha
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What’s proposed

for a 240MWh Battery Energy Storage Systems facility within a total site area of up to 3.02 hectares. The development will include: 1 No. 38kV Substation Compound including 1 No. Single Storey Electrical Substation Building with an area of 69m2 and Associated Switchgear, 12 No. Electrical Inverters, and 6 No. Electrical Transformers, 31 No. Containerised Battery Storage Modules on concrete plinths, Access Tracks and new site entrance, associated electrical cabling and ducting, security gates, perimeter security fencing, CCTV security monitoring and lighting system, landscaping works and all associated ancillary infrastructure

2660632 is a planning application to Galway County Council for for a 240MWh Battery Energy Storage Systems facility within a total site area of up to, received on 24 Apr 2026; the file is recorded as incompleted application.

Planning details

Reference
2660632
Local authority
Galway County Council
Status
Withdrawn or invalid · register status “INCOMPLETED APPLICATION”
Received
24 Apr 2026
Observations close
29 May 2026 (closed 121 days ago)
Decision due
No due date published
Decision
Not decided
Proposed development
for a 240MWh Battery Energy Storage Systems facility within a total site area of up to 3.02 hectares. The development will include: 1 No. 38kV Substation Compound including 1 No. Single Storey Electrical Substation Building with an area of 69m2 and Associated Switchgear, 12 No. Electrical Inverters, and 6 No. Electrical Transformers, 31 No. Containerised Battery Storage Modules on concrete plinths, Access Tracks and new site entrance, associated electrical cabling and ducting, security gates, perimeter security fencing, CCTV security monitoring and lighting system, landscaping works and all associated ancillary infrastructure
As published by the register.
Site area
3.03 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

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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 367215). 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/2660632/0.

    Source: npad · fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
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