Meath Hill and Ardagh , between the settlements of Kingscourt and Drumconrath , Co. Meath
- 23 Aug 2024Received
- 10 Oct 2024Conditional
- 26 Nov 2024Final grant
- 25 Nov 2029Permission expires
- Status
- Granted with conditions
- Decision
- Conditional · 10 Oct 2024
- Council
- Meath County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Site
- 6.83 ha
What’s proposed
construction of an electricity storage facility comprising a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) with an installed capacity of up to 50MW, within a total site area of up to 6.9ha, to include one electrical compound, electrical transformer/inverter station modules, 64no. battery storage enclosures (BSEs), 8no. power conversion systems on concrete support structures, attenuation pond of 1212 cubic metres, indicative 110kV buried import/export cable and indicative 110kV substation to facilitate connection to the existing 110kV Meath Hill substation, upgraded access tracks, crane hardstanding, associated electrical ducting, palisade security fencing and CCTV system, landscaping works, lighting poles and all other ancillary and miscellaneous site works including site clearance
2460669 is a planning application to Meath County Council for construction of an electricity storage facility comprising a Battery Energy Storage, received on 23 Aug 2024; permission was granted with conditions on 10 Oct 2024.
Planning details
- Reference
- 2460669
- Local authority
- Meath County Council
- Status
- Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
- Received
- 23 Aug 2024
- Observations close
- 27 Sept 2024 (closed 717 days ago)
- Decision due
- 17 Oct 2024 · decided 10 Oct 2024
- Decision
- Conditional on 10 Oct 2024
- Proposed development
- construction of an electricity storage facility comprising a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) with an installed capacity of up to 50MW, within a total site area of up to 6.9ha, to include one electrical compound, electrical transformer/inverter station modules, 64no. battery storage enclosures (BSEs), 8no. power conversion systems on concrete support structures, attenuation pond of 1212 cubic metres, indicative 110kV buried import/export cable and indicative 110kV substation to facilitate connection to the existing 110kV Meath Hill substation, upgraded access tracks, crane hardstanding, associated electrical ducting, palisade security fencing and CCTV system, landscaping works, lighting poles and all other ancillary and miscellaneous site works including site clearanceAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 6.83 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 53.89306, -6.73387
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.
No other designation nearby.
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 143915). 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/2460669/0.
Source: npad · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
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