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Kildare County Council · 211282

Dunnstown , Co. Kildare.

  1. 8 Sept 2021Received
  2. 13 Oct 2021Observations closed
Status
Withdrawn or invalid
Decision
Not yet
Council
Kildare County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Site
1.64 ha
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What’s proposed

for a 10 year planning permission to develop a synchronous condenser grid support facility, which will connect to the adjoining ESB Dunnstown Electricity Substation in the townland of Dunnstown. The proposed development will have a projected life span of 50 years. At the end of life the proposed development can either be decommissioned or refurbished to extend its life. The development is to be located within a site compound c. 1 ha. It will regulate reactive power on the electricity network and will consist of the following elements: a building (c. 540sqm., c. 10m high) to house equipment including a synchronous condenser with flywheel, lube oil skid, air compressor and pumps. Equipment to be located outside the footprint of the building but within a fenced compound will include cooling equipment (c. 160sqm., 3m high); 6 No. modular containers to house electrical and control equipment (total area of c. 195sqm., c. 5m high); a step-up transformer, an auxiliary transformer, an external circuit breaker, electrical balance of plant, 1 No. firefighting water tank, above ground oil separator and connection pit, c. 100m of underground cabling ducts and cable to the adjoining ESB substation, balustrade boundary fencing, security entrance gate and CCTV, all other ancillary and miscellaneous site works to include: site clearance; site access, internal roads and development of areas of hard standing and lay-down area. The proposed development will connect by underground cable to the Electricity Supply Board (ESB) 220kV substation adjoining the western boundary of the proposed development site. This underground cabling will not form a part of the transmission networks as defined in Section 2(1) of the Electricity Regulation Act 1999,

211282 is a planning application to Kildare County Council for for a 10 year planning permission to develop a synchronous condenser grid support, received on 8 Sept 2021; the file is recorded as incompleted application.

Planning details

Reference
211282
Local authority
Kildare County Council
Status
Withdrawn or invalid · register status “INCOMPLETED APPLICATION”
Received
8 Sept 2021
Observations close
13 Oct 2021 (closed 1802 days ago)
Decision due
No due date published
Decision
Not decided
Proposed development
for a 10 year planning permission to develop a synchronous condenser grid support facility, which will connect to the adjoining ESB Dunnstown Electricity Substation in the townland of Dunnstown. The proposed development will have a projected life span of 50 years. At the end of life the proposed development can either be decommissioned or refurbished to extend its life. The development is to be located within a site compound c. 1 ha. It will regulate reactive power on the electricity network and will consist of the following elements: a building (c. 540sqm., c. 10m high) to house equipment including a synchronous condenser with flywheel, lube oil skid, air compressor and pumps. Equipment to be located outside the footprint of the building but within a fenced compound will include cooling equipment (c. 160sqm., 3m high); 6 No. modular containers to house electrical and control equipment (total area of c. 195sqm., c. 5m high); a step-up transformer, an auxiliary transformer, an external circuit breaker, electrical balance of plant, 1 No. firefighting water tank, above ground oil separator and connection pit, c. 100m of underground cabling ducts and cable to the adjoining ESB substation, balustrade boundary fencing, security entrance gate and CCTV, all other ancillary and miscellaneous site works to include: site clearance; site access, internal roads and development of areas of hard standing and lay-down area. The proposed development will connect by underground cable to the Electricity Supply Board (ESB) 220kV substation adjoining the western boundary of the proposed development site. This underground cabling will not form a part of the transmission networks as defined in Section 2(1) of the Electricity Regulation Act 1999,
As published by the register.
Site area
1.64 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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Commencement

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    Zoning at the site

    No zoning objective covers this site in the current plan.

    Designations within 250 m

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    Provenance

    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 129975). 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/211282/0.

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