Toomes and Montvallet , Louth , Co Louth
- 16 Apr 2021Received
- 21 May 2021Observations closed
- Status
- Withdrawn or invalid
- Decision
- Not yet
- Council
- Louth County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Site
- 43.37 ha
What’s proposed
Permission for a 10 year planning permission for the construction of: A solar PV and battery energy storage system development on a c.42.23ha site, consisting of: 1. New site entrance, internal access and entrances and associated works; 2. Solar panels on ground-mounted frames over an area of c.39.98ha, 15 no. single storey electrical inverter/transformer units, security fencing, CCTV system with pole mounted cameras and landscaping; 3. An enclosed batter energy storage compound on c0.758ha consisting of 48 no. battery storage units (each with associated containerised step-up transformer); 1 no. containerised control room, 1 no. containerised switch room and 1 no. containerised switch gear unit. 4. 2 no. 37kv sub-stations each with an IPP building on c.1.4887ha; one serving the solar PV development, the other serving the battery storage system development. 5. 2 no. grid connections to Louth (Monvallet) 275kv substation; 6. A temporary construction compound; and 7. All associated ancillary development works. The operational lifespan of the solar PV and battery energy storage system development will be 35 years. A Natura Impact Statement will accompany the application
21421 is a planning application to Louth County Council for permission for a 10 year planning permission for the construction of: A solar PV and, received on 16 Apr 2021; the file is recorded as incompleted application.
Planning details
- Reference
- 21421
- Local authority
- Louth County Council
- Status
- Withdrawn or invalid · register status “INCOMPLETED APPLICATION”
- Received
- 16 Apr 2021
- Observations close
- 21 May 2021 (closed 1946 days ago)
- Decision due
- No due date published
- Decision
- Not decided
- Proposed development
- Permission for a 10 year planning permission for the construction of: A solar PV and battery energy storage system development on a c.42.23ha site, consisting of: 1. New site entrance, internal access and entrances and associated works; 2. Solar panels on ground-mounted frames over an area of c.39.98ha, 15 no. single storey electrical inverter/transformer units, security fencing, CCTV system with pole mounted cameras and landscaping; 3. An enclosed batter energy storage compound on c0.758ha consisting of 48 no. battery storage units (each with associated containerised step-up transformer); 1 no. containerised control room, 1 no. containerised switch room and 1 no. containerised switch gear unit. 4. 2 no. 37kv sub-stations each with an IPP building on c.1.4887ha; one serving the solar PV development, the other serving the battery storage system development. 5. 2 no. grid connections to Louth (Monvallet) 275kv substation; 6. A temporary construction compound; and 7. All associated ancillary development works. The operational lifespan of the solar PV and battery energy storage system development will be 35 years. A Natura Impact Statement will accompany the applicationAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 43.37 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 53.96311, -6.57357
Zoning, appeals, sold prices, flood and heritage — the whole 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.
No other designation nearby.
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 423051). 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/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/21421/0.
Source: npad · fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
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