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Kildare County Council · 23961 · EXTENSION OF DURATION

Woodstock South , Athy , Co. Kildare

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Council received 23 Oct 2023We first saw it 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (1055 days after receipt — sources refresh weekly)
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23961 is a planning application for extension of duration at Woodstock South , Athy , Co. Kildare, received by Kildare County Council on 23 Oct 2023 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: an energy storage facility to provide services to the national grid system on a 2.32ha site comprising: 1 No. sub-station building and associated transformers and grid compliance equipment, 18 No. battery storage containers, 18 No. combined power conversion system and transformer units, 18 No. HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning) units, 1 No. DNO (Distribution Network Operator) sub-station and interface kiosk, 1 No. spares container, access track from access road serving Athy Business Campus and Athy Industrial Estate, CCTV and lighting, perimeter screening earth berm, closed board and wire mesh fencing and ecologically beneficial landscaping, underground surface water storage tank, temporary construction compound, and associated ancillary site development works and services. The council refused permission on 8 Dec 2023. The five-week observation window closed on 27 Nov 2023. Within 500 m there are 8 other decided applications in the last five years.

Appeal window closes 15 Jan 2024 closed 972 days ago
4 weeks from the council's decision (8 Dec 2023) · s.37 Planning and Development Act 2000 · €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer)
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Proposal

an energy storage facility to provide services to the national grid system on a 2.32ha site comprising: 1 No. sub-station building and associated transformers and grid compliance equipment, 18 No. battery storage containers, 18 No. combined power conversion system and transformer units, 18 No. HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning) units, 1 No. DNO (Distribution Network Operator) sub-station and interface kiosk, 1 No. spares container, access track from access road serving Athy Business Campus and Athy Industrial Estate, CCTV and lighting, perimeter screening earth berm, closed board and wire mesh fencing and ecologically beneficial landscaping, underground surface water storage tank, temporary construction compound, and associated ancillary site development works and services

Status
APPLICATION FINALISED
Decision
Refused on 8 Dec 2023
Site (from polygon)
2.16 ha
Location precision
site (coords_polygon)

Timeline

  • 23 Oct 2023
    New application
    Observation window closed 27 Nov 2023
  • 8 Dec 2023
    Decision
    Appeal window closed 15 Jan 2024

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    Provenance

    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 133067). 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/23961/0.

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