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Kerry County Council · 19115

KILPADDOGE , TARBERT , CO KERRY

  1. 12 Feb 2019Received
  2. 7 Feb 2020Conditional
  3. 12 Mar 2020Final grant
  4. 11 Mar 2025Permission expires
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Status
Granted with conditions
Decision
Conditional · 7 Feb 2020
Council
Kerry County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Site
1.79 ha
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What’s proposed

THE DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF A GRID STABILISATION FACILITY COMPRISING OF: THE CONSTRUCTION UP TO 4 NO. ROTATING STABILISERS, 5 NO. BATTERY STORAGE CONTAINERS, 1 NO. CONTROL ROOM, 2 TRANSORMERS AND ANCILLARY EQUIPMENT WITHIN A SITE AREA OF APPROX. 1.46 HECTARES. IT IS PROPOSED TO CONNECT THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT TO THE ADJACENT EIRGRID SUBSTATION BY UNDERGROUND CABLE WHICH WILL TRAVERSE THE PERMITTED AND UNDER CONSTRUCTION PEAKING PLANT. THE ROTATING STABILISERS WILL BE SUPPORTED BY 10 NO. ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT ROOMS WHICH WILL CONTAIN ANCILLARY POWER SUPPLY PRODUCTS INCLUDING A STATIC FREQUENCY CONVERT (SFC), MV SWITCHGEAR, EXCITERS AND LV DISTRIBUTION, AND STEP-UP / DOWN TRANSFORMERS. A HEATING VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM (HVAC) WILL BE ATTACHED TO EACH ROTATING STABILISER, 4 NO. AUXILIARY TRANSFORMERS ARE ALSO PROPOSED. THE BATTERY CONTAINERS WILL HOUSE INDIVIDUAL BATTERY COMPONENTS WITH 2 NO. FITTED EXTERNAL HVAC SYSTEM FOR EACH. 13 NO. INVERTER STATIONS AND 14 AUXILIARY TRANSFORMERS ARE PROPOSED FOR THE BATTERY CONTAINERS. THE ENTIRE SITE WILL CONSIST OF VARIOUS UNDERGROUND CABLES AND DUCTS, BOUNDARY SECURING FENCE, COMPOUND LIGHTING AND PALISADE GATES AND FENCING, NEW INTERNAL ACCESS TRACK, SECURITY LIGHTING, CCTV, HARDSTANDING AREAS AND ALL NECESSARY FOUNDATION WORKS. PERMISSION IS ALSO SOUGHT FOR 2 ELECTRICAL TRANSFORMERS (UP TO 220KV), ASSOCIATED HV EQUIPMENT AND UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL GRID CONNECTION CABLING AND DUCTING CONNECTING THE DEVELOPMENT TO THE NATIONAL GRID AT THE ADJACENT ESB/EIRGRID SUBSTATION. PLANNING PERMISSION IS SOUGHT FOR A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION

19115 is a planning application to Kerry County Council for tHE DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF A GRID STABILISATION FACILITY COMPRISING OF: THE, received on 12 Feb 2019; permission was granted with conditions on 7 Feb 2020.

Planning details

Reference
19115
Local authority
Kerry County Council
Status
Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received
12 Feb 2019
Observations close
19 Mar 2019 (closed 2740 days ago)
Decision due
8 Feb 2020 · decided 7 Feb 2020
Decision
Conditional on 7 Feb 2020
Proposed development
THE DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF A GRID STABILISATION FACILITY COMPRISING OF: THE CONSTRUCTION UP TO 4 NO. ROTATING STABILISERS, 5 NO. BATTERY STORAGE CONTAINERS, 1 NO. CONTROL ROOM, 2 TRANSORMERS AND ANCILLARY EQUIPMENT WITHIN A SITE AREA OF APPROX. 1.46 HECTARES. IT IS PROPOSED TO CONNECT THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT TO THE ADJACENT EIRGRID SUBSTATION BY UNDERGROUND CABLE WHICH WILL TRAVERSE THE PERMITTED AND UNDER CONSTRUCTION PEAKING PLANT. THE ROTATING STABILISERS WILL BE SUPPORTED BY 10 NO. ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT ROOMS WHICH WILL CONTAIN ANCILLARY POWER SUPPLY PRODUCTS INCLUDING A STATIC FREQUENCY CONVERT (SFC), MV SWITCHGEAR, EXCITERS AND LV DISTRIBUTION, AND STEP-UP / DOWN TRANSFORMERS. A HEATING VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM (HVAC) WILL BE ATTACHED TO EACH ROTATING STABILISER, 4 NO. AUXILIARY TRANSFORMERS ARE ALSO PROPOSED. THE BATTERY CONTAINERS WILL HOUSE INDIVIDUAL BATTERY COMPONENTS WITH 2 NO. FITTED EXTERNAL HVAC SYSTEM FOR EACH. 13 NO. INVERTER STATIONS AND 14 AUXILIARY TRANSFORMERS ARE PROPOSED FOR THE BATTERY CONTAINERS. THE ENTIRE SITE WILL CONSIST OF VARIOUS UNDERGROUND CABLES AND DUCTS, BOUNDARY SECURING FENCE, COMPOUND LIGHTING AND PALISADE GATES AND FENCING, NEW INTERNAL ACCESS TRACK, SECURITY LIGHTING, CCTV, HARDSTANDING AREAS AND ALL NECESSARY FOUNDATION WORKS. PERMISSION IS ALSO SOUGHT FOR 2 ELECTRICAL TRANSFORMERS (UP TO 220KV), ASSOCIATED HV EQUIPMENT AND UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL GRID CONNECTION CABLING AND DUCTING CONNECTING THE DEVELOPMENT TO THE NATIONAL GRID AT THE ADJACENT ESB/EIRGRID SUBSTATION. PLANNING PERMISSION IS SOUGHT FOR A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION
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Site area
1.79 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant
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      Provenance

      Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 372122). 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/19115/0.

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