KILPADDOGE , TARBERT , CO KERRY
- 25 May 2021Received
- 19 Jul 2021Conditional
- 20 Aug 2021Final grant
- 19 Aug 2026Permission expires
- Status
- Granted with conditions
- Decision
- Conditional · 19 Jul 2021
- Council
- Kerry County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Site
- 2.14 ha
What’s proposed
(A) A HIGH INTERTIA SYNCHRONOUS COMPENSATOR (HISC) COMPOUND CONTAINING 1 NO. HISC UNIT ENCLOSED WITHIN A STEEL CLAD FRAMED STYLE STRUCTURE (12.1M MAX HEIGHT) AND SUPPPORTED BY 8 NO. ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT CONTAINERS (CONTAINING ANCILLARY POWER SUPPLY PRODUCTS INCLUDING A STATIC FEQUENCY CONVERTS, MV SWITCHGEAR, EXCITERS, LV DISTRIBUTION, CONTROL ROOM, WELFARE AND OFFICE), MAIN AUXILIARY AND START-UP ELECTRICAL TRANSFORMERS, GENERATOR CIRCUIT BREAKER, SWITCHGEAR EQUIPMENT, EXTERNAL COOLER UNITS AND 1 NO. BACK UP DIESEL GENERATOR AND ASSOCIATED DIESEL STORAGE TANK; (B) A 220KV HIGH VOLTAGE GAS INSULTATED SWITCHGEAR (GIS) SUBSTATION COMPOUND CONTAINING A GIS SUBSTATION BUILDING WITH ALL CONTROL AND HV EQUIPMENT WITHIN A SINGLE STOREY BUILDING (13.2M MAX HEIGHT). THE BUILDING WILL BE SURROUNDED BY A COMPOUND ROAD AND CONTAINED WITHIN A 2.6M HIGH GALVANISED STEEL PALISADE FENCE; (C) A BATTERY STORAGE COMPOUND CONTAINING 5 NO. BATTERY STORAGE CONTAINERS, ENCLOSED IN STEEL CONTAINERS OF DIMENSIONS APPROXIMATELY 13M BY 2.5M BY 3M, HOUSING INDIVIDUAL BATTERY COMPONENTS WITH 2 NO FITTED EXTERNAL HVAC SYSTEMS FOR EACH UNIT AND SUPPORTED BY 13 NO. INVERTER STATIONS, 14 NO. AUXILIARY TRANSFORMERS AND CONTROL CONTAINER; (D) 220KV UNDERGROUND CABLE TO THE EXISTING ADJOINING EIRGRID SUBSTATION; (E) ASSOCIATED ELEMENTS COMPRISING VARIOUS UNDERGROUND CABLES AND DUCTS, EQUIPMENT PLINTHS, BOUNDARY SECURITY FENCE, COMPOUND LIGHTING AND PALISADE GATES AND FENCING, SECUIRTY LIGHTING, CCTV, INTERNAL ACCESS ROADS, HARDSTANDING AREAS AND ALL NECESSARY FOUNDATIONS WORKS FOR THE ABOVE COMPOUNDS. THE PLANNING APPLICATION IS ON LANDS WHERE GRID STABILISATION FACILITY WAS PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED UNDER PLANNING REGISTER NO 19/115. PLANNING PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT THE DEVELOPMENT IS SOUGHT FOR A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS. A NATURA IMPACT STATMENT (NIS) HAS BEEN PREPARED IN RESPECT OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AND ACCOMPANIES THE APPLICATION
21549 is a planning application to Kerry County Council for (A) A HIGH INTERTIA SYNCHRONOUS COMPENSATOR (HISC) COMPOUND CONTAINING 1 NO. HISC UNIT, received on 25 May 2021; permission was granted with conditions on 19 Jul 2021.
Planning details
- Reference
- 21549
- Local authority
- Kerry County Council
- Status
- Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
- Received
- 25 May 2021
- Observations close
- 29 Jun 2021 (closed 1907 days ago)
- Decision due
- 19 Jul 2021 · decided 19 Jul 2021
- Decision
- Conditional on 19 Jul 2021
- Proposed development
- (A) A HIGH INTERTIA SYNCHRONOUS COMPENSATOR (HISC) COMPOUND CONTAINING 1 NO. HISC UNIT ENCLOSED WITHIN A STEEL CLAD FRAMED STYLE STRUCTURE (12.1M MAX HEIGHT) AND SUPPPORTED BY 8 NO. ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT CONTAINERS (CONTAINING ANCILLARY POWER SUPPLY PRODUCTS INCLUDING A STATIC FEQUENCY CONVERTS, MV SWITCHGEAR, EXCITERS, LV DISTRIBUTION, CONTROL ROOM, WELFARE AND OFFICE), MAIN AUXILIARY AND START-UP ELECTRICAL TRANSFORMERS, GENERATOR CIRCUIT BREAKER, SWITCHGEAR EQUIPMENT, EXTERNAL COOLER UNITS AND 1 NO. BACK UP DIESEL GENERATOR AND ASSOCIATED DIESEL STORAGE TANK; (B) A 220KV HIGH VOLTAGE GAS INSULTATED SWITCHGEAR (GIS) SUBSTATION COMPOUND CONTAINING A GIS SUBSTATION BUILDING WITH ALL CONTROL AND HV EQUIPMENT WITHIN A SINGLE STOREY BUILDING (13.2M MAX HEIGHT). THE BUILDING WILL BE SURROUNDED BY A COMPOUND ROAD AND CONTAINED WITHIN A 2.6M HIGH GALVANISED STEEL PALISADE FENCE; (C) A BATTERY STORAGE COMPOUND CONTAINING 5 NO. BATTERY STORAGE CONTAINERS, ENCLOSED IN STEEL CONTAINERS OF DIMENSIONS APPROXIMATELY 13M BY 2.5M BY 3M, HOUSING INDIVIDUAL BATTERY COMPONENTS WITH 2 NO FITTED EXTERNAL HVAC SYSTEMS FOR EACH UNIT AND SUPPORTED BY 13 NO. INVERTER STATIONS, 14 NO. AUXILIARY TRANSFORMERS AND CONTROL CONTAINER; (D) 220KV UNDERGROUND CABLE TO THE EXISTING ADJOINING EIRGRID SUBSTATION; (E) ASSOCIATED ELEMENTS COMPRISING VARIOUS UNDERGROUND CABLES AND DUCTS, EQUIPMENT PLINTHS, BOUNDARY SECURITY FENCE, COMPOUND LIGHTING AND PALISADE GATES AND FENCING, SECUIRTY LIGHTING, CCTV, INTERNAL ACCESS ROADS, HARDSTANDING AREAS AND ALL NECESSARY FOUNDATIONS WORKS FOR THE ABOVE COMPOUNDS. THE PLANNING APPLICATION IS ON LANDS WHERE GRID STABILISATION FACILITY WAS PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED UNDER PLANNING REGISTER NO 19/115. PLANNING PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT THE DEVELOPMENT IS SOUGHT FOR A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS. A NATURA IMPACT STATMENT (NIS) HAS BEEN PREPARED IN RESPECT OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AND ACCOMPANIES THE APPLICATIONAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 2.14 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
- Applicant
- Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register
Full planning report for 52.58140, -9.39395
Zoning, appeals, sold prices, flood and heritage — the whole area in one PDF.
No account, no payment. Not a statutory planning search.
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 375473). 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/21549/0.
Source: npad · fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
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