The townlands of Ballyvergal and Pollertown Little County Carlow and Knocknagee County Kildare , Kildare , County KIldare
- 25 Mar 2024Received
- 16 May 2024Conditional
- 22 May 2025Final grant
- 21 May 2030Permission expires
- Status
- Appeal decided — granted
- Decision
- Conditional · 16 May 2024
- Council
- Kildare County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Site
- 6.67 ha
What’s proposed
The development will consist of a 38 kV / MV electrical substation, underground cables and associated works. The development will include the following elements - see site notice for full description due to limited characters here. 1)Construction of a substation compound of approximately 2,850 m2 gross area, with 2.6 m high palisade fence around the entire perimeter of the substation, with the following electrical plant within the substation: 1 No. prefabricated 38 kV GIS module and foundation (c.31m2 and c.5.2 m high); 1 No. prefabricated MV GIS module and foundation (c.32m2 and c.4.7 m high); 1 No. prefabricated Control Room module and foundation (c.32m2 and c.4.7 m high); 2 No. 38/20 kV 10 MVA transformers and associated bunds (c.15m2, c.4.5 m high ea.); Telecommunication SCADA pole of c.10 metres in height; Associated and ancillary outdoor electrical equipment and other apparatus, including installation of underground cables; Internal access road of c.40 m in length and c.5m wide within the proposed substation; Compound lighting, boundary treatment, associated drainage, landscaping and all ancillary site development works; 2)Use of a portion of the existing temporary road (c.200 m in length) permitted as part of the recent MSD Rathgall development (Planning Ref: 21/360 & 22/110) for permanent use to facilitate access to the proposed substation; 3)Construction of new stone wall, fencing and gates at the existing junction of the temporary road with the public road; 4)Construction of an internal access road (c.140 m in length) to the proposed substation extending from the existing temporary road on the MSD lands to the proposed substation; 5)Site clearance works related to the proposed substation compound and access road; 6)Installation of c.1.3 kilometres of double-circuit 38 kV underground cables (UGC) along the R448 road between the proposed substation and the existing Carlow – Graigue 38 kV OHL; 7)Installation of c.0.7 kilometres of single circuit 38 kV UGC along the R448 road between the proposed substation and the existing Carlow – Ballylinan 38 kV OHL; 8)Installation of c.0.3 kilometres of six circuit MV UGC along the R448 road between the proposed substation and the existing R448 roundabout; 9)Installation of a new 12 m high steel lattice mast on the existing Carlow – Graigue 38 kV OHL; 10)Replacement of an existing timber poleset (IMP 1395) with a new 15 m high steel lattice mast on the existing Carlow – Ballylinan 38 kV OHL - this applicatio
2460253 is a planning application to Kildare County Council for the development will consist of a 38 kV / MV electrical substation, underground cables, received on 25 Mar 2024; permission was granted with conditions on 16 May 2024.
Planning details
- Reference
- 2460253
- Local authority
- Kildare County Council
- Status
- Appeal decided — granted · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
- Received
- 25 Mar 2024
- Observations close
- 29 Apr 2024 (closed 869 days ago)
- Decision due
- 19 May 2024 · decided 16 May 2024
- Decision
- Conditional on 16 May 2024
- Proposed development
- The development will consist of a 38 kV / MV electrical substation, underground cables and associated works. The development will include the following elements - see site notice for full description due to limited characters here. 1)Construction of a substation compound of approximately 2,850 m2 gross area, with 2.6 m high palisade fence around the entire perimeter of the substation, with the following electrical plant within the substation: 1 No. prefabricated 38 kV GIS module and foundation (c.31m2 and c.5.2 m high); 1 No. prefabricated MV GIS module and foundation (c.32m2 and c.4.7 m high); 1 No. prefabricated Control Room module and foundation (c.32m2 and c.4.7 m high); 2 No. 38/20 kV 10 MVA transformers and associated bunds (c.15m2, c.4.5 m high ea.); Telecommunication SCADA pole of c.10 metres in height; Associated and ancillary outdoor electrical equipment and other apparatus, including installation of underground cables; Internal access road of c.40 m in length and c.5m wide within the proposed substation; Compound lighting, boundary treatment, associated drainage, landscaping and all ancillary site development works; 2)Use of a portion of the existing temporary road (c.200 m in length) permitted as part of the recent MSD Rathgall development (Planning Ref: 21/360 & 22/110) for permanent use to facilitate access to the proposed substation; 3)Construction of new stone wall, fencing and gates at the existing junction of the temporary road with the public road; 4)Construction of an internal access road (c.140 m in length) to the proposed substation extending from the existing temporary road on the MSD lands to the proposed substation; 5)Site clearance works related to the proposed substation compound and access road; 6)Installation of c.1.3 kilometres of double-circuit 38 kV underground cables (UGC) along the R448 road between the proposed substation and the existing Carlow – Graigue 38 kV OHL; 7)Installation of c.0.7 kilometres of single circuit 38 kV UGC along the R448 road between the proposed substation and the existing Carlow – Ballylinan 38 kV OHL; 8)Installation of c.0.3 kilometres of six circuit MV UGC along the R448 road between the proposed substation and the existing R448 roundabout; 9)Installation of a new 12 m high steel lattice mast on the existing Carlow – Graigue 38 kV OHL; 10)Replacement of an existing timber poleset (IMP 1395) with a new 15 m high steel lattice mast on the existing Carlow – Ballylinan 38 kV OHL - this applicatioAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 6.67 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 52.85538, -6.88318
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
The register records appeal ABP-319893-24 (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 135964). 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/2460253/0.
Source: npad · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
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