Porterstown , Kill , Co. Kildare.

What’s proposed

the development of a new electrical substation and additional equipment in the existing ESB Kilteel 110kV Substation to facilitate the connection of the Porterstown Battery Storage Facility (Planning Ref 18/247) The total site area is 1.2 hectares. The new electrical substation will include 1 control building (GRP Containerised Substation), a 110kV transformer, surge arresters, instrument transformers, a 110kV busbar connecting to the ESB substation, a lightning mast and other electrical equipment to be installed on concrete support structures. Additional features will include palisade fencing, security gates, access tracks, external lighting, drainage, associated electrical cabling and ducting, CCTV security monitoring system, landscaping and all associated ancillary infrastructure. The additional equipment to be installed in the ESB substation to facilitate the connection of the new substation will include a 110kV busbar extension, a 110kV transformer bay, a 110kV coupler bay, a 110kV busbar connecting to the new substation, an interface kiosk, palisade fencing, a lightning mast and all associated ancillary infrastructure required for the connection

20745 is a planning application to Kildare County Council for the development of a new electrical substation and additional equipment in the existing, received on 14 Jul 2020; permission was granted with conditions on 1 Sept 2020.

Planning details

Reference: 20745
Local authority: Kildare County Council
Status: Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 14 Jul 2020
Observations close: 18 Aug 2020 (closed 2222 days ago)
Decision due: 7 Sept 2020 · decided 1 Sept 2020
Decision: Conditional on 1 Sept 2020
Proposed development: the development of a new electrical substation and additional equipment in the existing ESB Kilteel 110kV Substation to facilitate the connection of the Porterstown Battery Storage Facility (Planning Ref 18/247) The total site area is 1.2 hectares. The new electrical substation will include 1 control building (GRP Containerised Substation), a 110kV transformer, surge arresters, instrument transformers, a 110kV busbar connecting to the ESB substation, a lightning mast and other electrical equipment to be installed on concrete support structures. Additional features will include palisade fencing, security gates, access tracks, external lighting, drainage, associated electrical cabling and ducting, CCTV security monitoring system, landscaping and all associated ancillary infrastructure. The additional equipment to be installed in the ESB substation to facilitate the connection of the new substation will include a 110kV busbar extension, a 110kV transformer bay, a 110kV coupler bay, a 110kV busbar connecting to the new substation, an interface kiosk, palisade fencing, a lightning mast and all associated ancillary infrastructure required for the connection
As published by the register.
Site area: 1.12 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant: Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register

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Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 127364). 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/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/20745/0.

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