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Meath County Council · 2560643 · PERMISSION

Site adjacent to and northwest of Meath Hill Substation , Meath Hill and Ardagh between the settlements of Kingscourt and Drumconrath , Co. Meath

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Council received 23 Jun 2025We first saw it 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (446 days after receipt — sources refresh weekly)
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2560643 is a planning application for permission at Site adjacent to and northwest of Meath Hill Substation , Meath Hill and Ardagh between the settlements of Kingscourt and Drumconrath , Co. Meath, received by Meath County Council on 23 Jun 2025 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: permission for the construction of an electricity storage facility comprising a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), within a total site area of up to 6.9ha, to include one electrical compound, electrical transformer/invertor station modules, 56no. battery storage enclosures (BSEs), 28no. power conversion systems on concrete support structures, attenuation pond of 1220 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. No decision has been recorded yet. The five-week observation window closed on 28 Jul 2025. Within 500 m there are 6 other decided applications in the last five years.

Observations close 28 Jul 2025 closed 411 days ago
5 weeks from receipt (23 Jun 2025) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · €20 to the council

Proposal

permission for the construction of an electricity storage facility comprising a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), within a total site area of up to 6.9ha, to include one electrical compound, electrical transformer/invertor station modules, 56no. battery storage enclosures (BSEs), 28no. power conversion systems on concrete support structures, attenuation pond of 1220 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

Status
INCOMPLETED APPLICATION
Decision
N/a
Site (from polygon)
6.83 ha
Location precision
site (coords_polygon)

Timeline

  • 23 Jun 2025
    Decision
  • 23 Jun 2025
    New application
    Observation window closed 28 Jul 2025

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    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 145955). 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/2560643/0.

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