Dunnstown , Brannockstown , Naas
- 19 Aug 2022Received
- 17 Nov 2022Conditional
- 25 Jan 2023Final grant
- 24 Jan 2033Permission expires
- Status
- Granted with conditions
- Decision
- Conditional · 17 Nov 2022
- Council
- Kildare County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Site
- 1.52 ha
What’s proposed
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.12m 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., 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 and development of areas of hard standing any 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
221016 is a planning application to Kildare County Council for 10 year planning permission to develop a synchronous condenser grid support facility, received on 19 Aug 2022; permission was granted with conditions on 17 Nov 2022.
Planning details
- Reference
- 221016
- Local authority
- Kildare County Council
- Status
- Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
- Received
- 19 Aug 2022
- Observations close
- 23 Sept 2022 (closed 1452 days ago)
- Decision due
- 20 Nov 2022 · decided 17 Nov 2022
- Decision
- Conditional on 17 Nov 2022
- Proposed development
- 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.12m 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., 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 and development of areas of hard standing any 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 1999As published by the register.
- Site area
- 1.52 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 53.15716, -6.69215
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 130135). 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/221016/0.
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