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Kildare County Council · 21608

Dunnstown , Co. Kildare.

  1. 6 May 2021Received
  2. 30 Jun 2021Refused
Status
Under appeal
Decision
Refused · 30 Jun 2021
Council
Kildare County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Site
4.45 ha

What’s proposed

a 10 year planning permission for the construction of: 1. An enclosed battery energy storage system compound on c. 4.089 ha with 76 no. battery storage units (each with associated containerised step-up transformer), 1 no. containerised control room and 1 no. containerised switch room, 1 no. containerised switchgear unit and CCTV cameras; 2. new site entrance off the L6044 and site access road; 3. site access road extension to a proposed substation site (proposed substation currently subject of a Strategic Infrastructure Development Pre-Application Consultation with An Bord Pleanála); and 4. all associated ancillary development works. The operational lifespan of the battery energy storage system will be 35 years. All

21608 is a planning application to Kildare County Council for a 10 year planning permission for the construction of: 1. An enclosed battery energy, received on 6 May 2021; permission was refused on 30 Jun 2021.

Planning details

Reference
21608
Local authority
Kildare County Council
Status
Under appeal · register status “APPEALED
Received
6 May 2021
Observations close
10 Jun 2021 (closed 1926 days ago)
Decision due
30 Jun 2021 · decided 30 Jun 2021
Decision
Refused on 30 Jun 2021
Proposed development
a 10 year planning permission for the construction of: 1. An enclosed battery energy storage system compound on c. 4.089 ha with 76 no. battery storage units (each with associated containerised step-up transformer), 1 no. containerised control room and 1 no. containerised switch room, 1 no. containerised switchgear unit and CCTV cameras; 2. new site entrance off the L6044 and site access road; 3. site access road extension to a proposed substation site (proposed substation currently subject of a Strategic Infrastructure Development Pre-Application Consultation with An Bord Pleanála); and 4. all associated ancillary development works. The operational lifespan of the battery energy storage system will be 35 years. All
As published by the register.
Site area
4.45 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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Appeal

The register records appeal 310841 21 (status unknown) but we have not matched the ACP case yet.

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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 131884). 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/21608/0.

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