Meath Hill 110kV substation and adjoining land , Meath Hill Drumconrath Navan , Co. Meath
- 8 Mar 2024Received
- 2 May 2024Conditional
- 18 Jun 2024Final grant
- 17 Jun 2029Permission expires
- Status
- Granted with conditions
- Decision
- Conditional · 2 May 2024
- Council
- Meath County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Site
- 2.13 ha
What’s proposed
Upgrading of an existing 110kV electrical substation to facilitate connection to a consented battery energy storage system (BESS) (Ref. KA/180156). Upgrade works to the substation include construction of a new electrical 110kV line bay comprising of 1) Cable Sealing End (CSE) and concrete plinth; Surge Arrestor (SA) and concrete plinth; Disconnect switch to Earth and concrete plinth; Voltage Transformer (VT) and concrete plinth; Current Transformer (CT) and concrete plinth; Circuit Breaker (CB) and concrete plinth; Disconnect switch and concrete plinth; All necessary electrical cabling to connect above listed equipment with existing busbar and control cabling; Works to include all necessary foundations and concrete ductwork 2) Construction of an electrical busbar sectionaliser to divide the existing 110kV busbar. New equipment to be installed would include: Current Transformer (CT) and concrete plinth; Circuit Breaker (CB) and concrete plinth; All necessary electrical cabling to connect above listed equipment with existing busbar and control cabling. 3) Replace the northern section of existing Steel wire fence with a 2.6m tall palisade fence including a gate. 4) Construction of an Interface (Marshalling) Kiosk and plinth located at the boundary between ESBN substation land folio and BESS (approved Planning Permission – Register No. KA/180156). Kiosk to be enclosed by 2.6m tall palisade fence including a gate. 5) Construction of approx. 11m (length) of 4m wide walkway comprising of crushed limestone on geotextile, to connect Meath Hill substation fenced enclosure with the Interface (Marshalling) Kiosk fenced enclosure. 6) Excavation and construction of approx. 23m of underground cable trench (approx. 1.2m deep) to accommodate 110kV cable ducting and associated control and earth cabling ducts. The cabling would run between the Cable Sealing End located in the proposed new line bay in Meath Hill Substation and the Cable Sealing End located into the consented BESS
2460169 is a planning application to Meath County Council for upgrading of an existing 110kV electrical substation to facilitate connection to a, received on 8 Mar 2024; permission was granted with conditions on 2 May 2024.
Planning details
- Reference
- 2460169
- Local authority
- Meath County Council
- Status
- Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
- Received
- 8 Mar 2024
- Observations close
- 12 Apr 2024 (closed 885 days ago)
- Decision due
- 2 May 2024 · decided 2 May 2024
- Decision
- Conditional on 2 May 2024
- Proposed development
- Upgrading of an existing 110kV electrical substation to facilitate connection to a consented battery energy storage system (BESS) (Ref. KA/180156). Upgrade works to the substation include construction of a new electrical 110kV line bay comprising of 1) Cable Sealing End (CSE) and concrete plinth; Surge Arrestor (SA) and concrete plinth; Disconnect switch to Earth and concrete plinth; Voltage Transformer (VT) and concrete plinth; Current Transformer (CT) and concrete plinth; Circuit Breaker (CB) and concrete plinth; Disconnect switch and concrete plinth; All necessary electrical cabling to connect above listed equipment with existing busbar and control cabling; Works to include all necessary foundations and concrete ductwork 2) Construction of an electrical busbar sectionaliser to divide the existing 110kV busbar. New equipment to be installed would include: Current Transformer (CT) and concrete plinth; Circuit Breaker (CB) and concrete plinth; All necessary electrical cabling to connect above listed equipment with existing busbar and control cabling. 3) Replace the northern section of existing Steel wire fence with a 2.6m tall palisade fence including a gate. 4) Construction of an Interface (Marshalling) Kiosk and plinth located at the boundary between ESBN substation land folio and BESS (approved Planning Permission – Register No. KA/180156). Kiosk to be enclosed by 2.6m tall palisade fence including a gate. 5) Construction of approx. 11m (length) of 4m wide walkway comprising of crushed limestone on geotextile, to connect Meath Hill substation fenced enclosure with the Interface (Marshalling) Kiosk fenced enclosure. 6) Excavation and construction of approx. 23m of underground cable trench (approx. 1.2m deep) to accommodate 110kV cable ducting and associated control and earth cabling ducts. The cabling would run between the Cable Sealing End located in the proposed new line bay in Meath Hill Substation and the Cable Sealing End located into the consented BESSAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 2.13 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 53.89119, -6.73120
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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 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 143179). 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/2460169/0.
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