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Kerry County Council · 18964

BALLYNAHULLA , BALLYDESMOND , CO KERRY

  1. 8 Oct 2018Received
  2. 29 Nov 2018Conditional
  3. 7 May 2019Final grant
  4. 6 May 2024Permission expires
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Status
Appeal decided — granted
Decision
Conditional · 29 Nov 2018
Council
Kerry County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Site
4.74 ha

What’s proposed

FOR AN ELECTRICITY INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN BALLYNAHULLA, BALLYDESMOND, CO KERRY. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL COMPROMISE THE CONSTRUCTION OF ONE (1) NO. +100 MVAR STATCOM TRANSFORMER ONE (1) NO. AUXILIARY TRANSFORMER, THREE (3) NO. REACTORS, AND ONE (1) NO. OUTDOOR COOLING BANK CONTROL AND VALVE BUILDING (268M 2), UNDERGROUND CONNECTION TO EXISTING ESB SUBSTATION. IT FURTHER INCLUDES SECURITY FENCING, SECURITY GATE, FOUR (4) NO. 24.2M HIGH LIGHTNING MASTS, PERMEABLE SURFACING AND AN INTERNAL ACCESS ROAD. A TEMPORARY CONTRACTORS' COMPOUND IS ALSO PROPOSED. THE DEVELOPMENT IS AN EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING SUBSTATION AND THIS EXTENSION HAS AN OVERALL SITE AREA (WITHIN THE PALNNING APPLICATION BOUNDARY) OF 1.1HA. ACCESS IS PROVIDED VIA THE R577. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMNET (NIS) HAS BEEN PREPARED AS PART OF THIS APPLICATION

18964 is a planning application to Kerry County Council for fOR AN ELECTRICITY INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN BALLYNAHULLA, BALLYDESMOND, CO, received on 8 Oct 2018; permission was granted with conditions on 29 Nov 2018.

Planning details

Reference
18964
Local authority
Kerry County Council
Status
Appeal decided — granted · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED
Received
8 Oct 2018
Observations close
12 Nov 2018 (closed 2871 days ago)
Decision due
2 Dec 2018 · decided 29 Nov 2018
Decision
Conditional on 29 Nov 2018
Proposed development
FOR AN ELECTRICITY INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN BALLYNAHULLA, BALLYDESMOND, CO KERRY. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL COMPROMISE THE CONSTRUCTION OF ONE (1) NO. +100 MVAR STATCOM TRANSFORMER ONE (1) NO. AUXILIARY TRANSFORMER, THREE (3) NO. REACTORS, AND ONE (1) NO. OUTDOOR COOLING BANK CONTROL AND VALVE BUILDING (268M 2), UNDERGROUND CONNECTION TO EXISTING ESB SUBSTATION. IT FURTHER INCLUDES SECURITY FENCING, SECURITY GATE, FOUR (4) NO. 24.2M HIGH LIGHTNING MASTS, PERMEABLE SURFACING AND AN INTERNAL ACCESS ROAD. A TEMPORARY CONTRACTORS' COMPOUND IS ALSO PROPOSED. THE DEVELOPMENT IS AN EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING SUBSTATION AND THIS EXTENSION HAS AN OVERALL SITE AREA (WITHIN THE PALNNING APPLICATION BOUNDARY) OF 1.1HA. ACCESS IS PROVIDED VIA THE R577. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMNET (NIS) HAS BEEN PREPARED AS PART OF THIS APPLICATION
As published by the register.
Site area
4.74 ha 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

The register records appeal 303329-18 (status unknown) but we have not matched the ACP case yet.

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 370992). 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/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/18964/0.

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