Creemore & Belshamstown , Batterstown , Co. Meath
- 27 Jun 2022Received
- 25 Oct 2022Conditional
- 7 Dec 2022Final grant
- 6 Dec 2032Permission expires
- Status
- Granted with conditions
- Decision
- Conditional · 25 Oct 2022
- Council
- Meath County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Site
- 78 m²
What’s proposed
the proposed development constitutes a new battery energy storage facility & synchronous condenser, with associated change of use on lands currently in agricultural use. The proposed development will comprise of rechargeable battery units with grid forming inverters contained within 253 no. 40 foot containers on site. (An associated Strategic Infrastructure Development planning application will be made to An Bord Pleanala in relation to a 220 kV Gas Insulated Substation and associated development on the adjoining lands to the east of the proposed development site, located at Creemore & Woodland, in Co. Meath, in accordance with Section 182A of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended). In addition, the proposed development includes a synchronous condenser within a c.983 sqm building (ranging in height from c. 11 to 13 m), with associated compound & plant; oil separator & collection pit; transformers; circuit breakers; underground cabling ducts & cable. The proposed development includes underground cable which will connect the new battery energy storage facility to the adjoining proposed 220 kV Gas Insulated Substation (the subject of the associated Strategic Infrastructure Development planning application as reference above). The proposed development will also include a battery storage control building (c. 400 sqm, 6.86 m in height); security gates & boundary treatments; hard & soft landscaping; well; bollards; plant & water storage tank; wastewater treatment system; SuDs; attenuation pond; installation of earthen berms; piped infrastructure & ducting; culverts; street lighting; lighting masts & CCTV columns; car parking; stoned access roads & the upgrading of the existing vehicular access to the R154; changes in level & all associated site development & excavation works above & below ground. Planning Permission is sought for a period of 10 years. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
22837 is a planning application to Meath County Council for the proposed development constitutes a new battery energy storage facility & synchronous, received on 27 Jun 2022; permission was granted with conditions on 25 Oct 2022.
Planning details
- Reference
- 22837
- Local authority
- Meath County Council
- Status
- Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
- Received
- 27 Jun 2022
- Observations close
- 2 Aug 2022 (closed 1504 days ago)
- Decision due
- 26 Oct 2022 · decided 25 Oct 2022
- Decision
- Conditional on 25 Oct 2022
- Proposed development
- the proposed development constitutes a new battery energy storage facility & synchronous condenser, with associated change of use on lands currently in agricultural use. The proposed development will comprise of rechargeable battery units with grid forming inverters contained within 253 no. 40 foot containers on site. (An associated Strategic Infrastructure Development planning application will be made to An Bord Pleanala in relation to a 220 kV Gas Insulated Substation and associated development on the adjoining lands to the east of the proposed development site, located at Creemore & Woodland, in Co. Meath, in accordance with Section 182A of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended). In addition, the proposed development includes a synchronous condenser within a c.983 sqm building (ranging in height from c. 11 to 13 m), with associated compound & plant; oil separator & collection pit; transformers; circuit breakers; underground cabling ducts & cable. The proposed development includes underground cable which will connect the new battery energy storage facility to the adjoining proposed 220 kV Gas Insulated Substation (the subject of the associated Strategic Infrastructure Development planning application as reference above). The proposed development will also include a battery storage control building (c. 400 sqm, 6.86 m in height); security gates & boundary treatments; hard & soft landscaping; well; bollards; plant & water storage tank; wastewater treatment system; SuDs; attenuation pond; installation of earthen berms; piped infrastructure & ducting; culverts; street lighting; lighting masts & CCTV columns; car parking; stoned access roads & the upgrading of the existing vehicular access to the R154; changes in level & all associated site development & excavation works above & below ground. Planning Permission is sought for a period of 10 years. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this applicationAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 78 m² 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 53.47822, -6.57661
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 142335). 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/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/22837/0.
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