Dunnstown , Brannockstown , Naas
- 24 Sept 2021Received
- 24 May 2022Refused
- Status
- Refused
- Decision
- Refused · 24 May 2022
- Council
- Kildare County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Site
- 1.50 ha
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, Brannockstown, Naas, Co. Kildare. 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. 540 sqm. c. 10 m High) to house equipment including a synchronous condenser with flywheel, lube oil skid, air compressor and pumps. Equipment to be located outside of the footprint of the building but within a fenced compound will include cooling equipment (c. 160 sqm., c. 3m High); 6 No. modular containers to house electrical and control equipment (total area of c. 195 sqm., 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 collection 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 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. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of revised application site boundary to incorporate revised access arrangements to site from public road
211371 is a planning application to Kildare County Council for for a 10 year planning permission to develop a synchronous condenser grid support, received on 24 Sept 2021; permission was refused on 24 May 2022.
Planning details
- Reference
- 211371
- Local authority
- Kildare County Council
- Status
- Refused · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
- Received
- 24 Sept 2021
- Observations close
- 29 Oct 2021 (closed 1781 days ago)
- Decision due
- 25 May 2022 · decided 24 May 2022
- Decision
- Refused on 24 May 2022
- 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, Brannockstown, Naas, Co. Kildare. 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. 540 sqm. c. 10 m High) to house equipment including a synchronous condenser with flywheel, lube oil skid, air compressor and pumps. Equipment to be located outside of the footprint of the building but within a fenced compound will include cooling equipment (c. 160 sqm., c. 3m High); 6 No. modular containers to house electrical and control equipment (total area of c. 195 sqm., 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 collection 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 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. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of revised application site boundary to incorporate revised access arrangements to site from public roadAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 1.50 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 53.15714, -6.69210
Zoning, appeals, sold prices, flood and heritage constraints — everything for this 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.
- Radon risk area · 1
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 126948). 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/211371/0.
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