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Meath County Council · LB201276

Causetown , Stackallen , Navan Co Meath

  1. 15 Sept 2020Received
  2. 11 Jan 2021Conditional
  3. 23 Feb 2021Final grant
  4. 5 Dec 2028Permission expires
Status
Granted with conditions
Decision
Conditional · 11 Jan 2021
Council
Meath County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Site
78 m²

What’s proposed

the development will consist of permission to amend the design of the approved development (planning reference: LB171475) for an energy storage facility to provide services to the national grid system on the 2.8ha site, Comprising battery containers, combined power conversion system and transformer units, associated electrical infrastructure, fencing, access track, CCTV, ecologically beneficial landscaping, and associated ancillary development on lands in Causestown, Stackallen, Navan, Co. Meath., subject to 17 conditions. Amendments proposed are: - Two phases of development, proposed with the combined capacity of no more than 100MW. - Increase the life of the permission from 5 to 10 years to facilities phase 2. - Amend condition 11 of parent consent (Planning Ref: LB171475) to specify that any remedial road works if required as a result of the development shall be focused on the L3411 from Entrance A to N51 junction. - Amend condition 12 of parent consent (Planning Ref: LB171475) To allow for construction works to be carried out between 0700 and 1900 Monday to Friday and 0800 and 1600 on Saturday. - Increase from 24 to 33 smaller battery containers. 31 of which are orientated in a northwest to southeast direction, with the other two in the southeast corner oriented in an east-northeast to west-southwest direction. - Change from 24 large combined Power Conversion System (PCS) and transformer units to 40 much smaller individual PCS and transformer units. These will no longer be housed in containers but are externally mounted. - Addition of four Low Voltage (LV) cabinets. - Revised layout and size of the grid connection and compliance equipment within the storage area: - Change from a 500m3 underground surface water storage tank to a surface water storage pond, with stock proof fence and gate; - Spare parts container moved from the east to the southwest corner of the ESF compound; - Additional small section of temporary access track and cable trench in west corner for grid related works; - Increase in length of the Modular substation within the ESF. - Removal of Grid transformer off site to be relocated within the associated Grid Connection infrastructure (subject to separate planning application). - Addition of 2No. CCTV Cameras (a total of 7No. CCTV Cameras within the site). - Addition of 5 Security Light Columns

LB201276 is a planning application to Meath County Council for the development will consist of permission to amend the design of the approved, received on 15 Sept 2020; permission was granted with conditions on 11 Jan 2021.

Planning details

Reference
LB201276
Local authority
Meath County Council
Status
Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED
Received
15 Sept 2020
Observations close
20 Oct 2020 (closed 2161 days ago)
Decision due
12 Jan 2021 · decided 11 Jan 2021
Decision
Conditional on 11 Jan 2021
Proposed development
the development will consist of permission to amend the design of the approved development (planning reference: LB171475) for an energy storage facility to provide services to the national grid system on the 2.8ha site, Comprising battery containers, combined power conversion system and transformer units, associated electrical infrastructure, fencing, access track, CCTV, ecologically beneficial landscaping, and associated ancillary development on lands in Causestown, Stackallen, Navan, Co. Meath., subject to 17 conditions. Amendments proposed are: - Two phases of development, proposed with the combined capacity of no more than 100MW. - Increase the life of the permission from 5 to 10 years to facilities phase 2. - Amend condition 11 of parent consent (Planning Ref: LB171475) to specify that any remedial road works if required as a result of the development shall be focused on the L3411 from Entrance A to N51 junction. - Amend condition 12 of parent consent (Planning Ref: LB171475) To allow for construction works to be carried out between 0700 and 1900 Monday to Friday and 0800 and 1600 on Saturday. - Increase from 24 to 33 smaller battery containers. 31 of which are orientated in a northwest to southeast direction, with the other two in the southeast corner oriented in an east-northeast to west-southwest direction. - Change from 24 large combined Power Conversion System (PCS) and transformer units to 40 much smaller individual PCS and transformer units. These will no longer be housed in containers but are externally mounted. - Addition of four Low Voltage (LV) cabinets. - Revised layout and size of the grid connection and compliance equipment within the storage area: - Change from a 500m3 underground surface water storage tank to a surface water storage pond, with stock proof fence and gate; - Spare parts container moved from the east to the southwest corner of the ESF compound; - Additional small section of temporary access track and cable trench in west corner for grid related works; - Increase in length of the Modular substation within the ESF. - Removal of Grid transformer off site to be relocated within the associated Grid Connection infrastructure (subject to separate planning application). - Addition of 2No. CCTV Cameras (a total of 7No. CCTV Cameras within the site). - Addition of 5 Security Light Columns
As 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

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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 149947). 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/LB201276/0.

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