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Meath County Council · 2560014 · PERMISSION

Cookstown Great , Kells , Co. Meath

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Council received 20 Dec 2024We first saw it 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (631 days after receipt — sources refresh weekly)
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2560014 is a planning application for permission at Cookstown Great , Kells , Co. Meath, received by Meath County Council on 20 Dec 2024 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: a ten year permission for a Solar PV Energy Development with associated Battery Energy Storage System on a site of 74.2 hectares comprising: solar panels on ground mounted steel frames, customer substation, switchgear substations, transformers, inverters, energy storage units, BIC Interface Cabinets (BIC) and BESS Inverters, twin MV transformer skid compacts, monitoring house units, spares containers, BESS intake substation and backup generator, new internal access tracks, new site entrances to the L-2813 public local road and the L-28131 public local road, perimeter security fencing, palisade security fencing, security gates, CCTV system, lighting poles, associated drainage infrastructure, associated ducting and electrical ducting, temporary construction compound, underground cables, landscaping, self-contained composting toilet, and all other ancillary and miscellaneous site works including site clearance, all with a 40 year operational period. As part of a separate Strategic Infrastructure Development (SID) planning application, a 110kV electrical substation with electrical control building and associated compound will be submitted to An Bord Pleanála in due course. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application. The council refused permission on 28 Jan 2026. The five-week observation window closed on 4 Feb 2025. The register records an appeal (PL-500857-MH-26).

Appeal window closes 25 Feb 2026 closed 200 days ago
4 weeks from the council's decision (28 Jan 2026) · s.37 Planning and Development Act 2000 · €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer)
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Proposal

a ten year permission for a Solar PV Energy Development with associated Battery Energy Storage System on a site of 74.2 hectares comprising: solar panels on ground mounted steel frames, customer substation, switchgear substations, transformers, inverters, energy storage units, BIC Interface Cabinets (BIC) and BESS Inverters, twin MV transformer skid compacts, monitoring house units, spares containers, BESS intake substation and backup generator, new internal access tracks, new site entrances to the L-2813 public local road and the L-28131 public local road, perimeter security fencing, palisade security fencing, security gates, CCTV system, lighting poles, associated drainage infrastructure, associated ducting and electrical ducting, temporary construction compound, underground cables, landscaping, self-contained composting toilet, and all other ancillary and miscellaneous site works including site clearance, all with a 40 year operational period. As part of a separate Strategic Infrastructure Development (SID) planning application, a 110kV electrical substation with electrical control building and associated compound will be submitted to An Bord Pleanála in due course. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

Status
APPEALED
Decision
Refused on 28 Jan 2026
Site (from polygon)
73.35 ha
Location precision
site (coords_polygon)

Timeline

  • 20 Dec 2024
    New application
    Observation window closed 4 Feb 2025
  • 21 Feb 2025
    Further information requested
  • 11 Nov 2025
    Further information received
  • 28 Jan 2026
    Decision
    Appeal window closed 25 Feb 2026
  • 24 Feb 2026
    Appeal lodged

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Appeal

The register records appeal PL-500857-MH-26 (status unknown) but we have not matched the ACP case yet.

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    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 144930). 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/2560014/0.

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