Dunnstown , Co. Kildare.
- 6 May 2021Received
- 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. AllAs 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
Full planning report for 53.15607, -6.68193
Zoning, appeals, sold prices, flood and heritage — the whole area in one PDF.
No account, no payment. Not a statutory planning search.
Appeal
The register records appeal 310841 21 (status unknown) but we have not matched the ACP case yet.
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 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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