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Offaly County Council · 1955

ELECTRICITY GRID , LUMCLOON CLOGHAN , CO. OFFALY

  1. 15 Feb 2019Received
  2. 4 Apr 2019Conditional
  3. 7 May 2019Final grant
  4. 29 Aug 2022Permission expires
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Status
Granted with conditions
Decision
Conditional · 4 Apr 2019
Council
Offaly County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Site
4.75 ha
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What’s proposed

ALTERATIONS TO DEVELOPMENT OF AN ENERGY STORAGE FACILITY DESIGNED TO PROVIDE 100MW OF SYSTEM SUPPORT SERVICES TO THE ELECTRICITY GRID AT LUMCLOON, CLOGHAN, CO. OFFALY IN LIEU OF THAT GRANTED UNDER PLANNING PERMISSION PL2/17/194. PROPOSED ALTERATIONS CONSIST OF; (I) PROVISION OF OPEN AREA BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM (BESS) COMPOUND (AREA OF 6,200 SQM) CONTAINING BATTERY AND CONTROL SYSTEM ENCLOSURES IN LIEU OF THE APPROVED SINGLE STOREY MAIN BUILDING (FLOOR AREA OF 4,536 SQM), (II) ALTERATIONS TO THE APPROVED SWITCHYARD CONTAINING THE PROPOSED 110kV SUBSTATION WHICH WILL INCLUDE (A) CONNECTION TO THE EXISTING ELECTRICITY NETWORK IN LIEU OF THAT APPROVED, (B) INCREASE IN THE SIZE OF THE CONTROL BUILDING (FLOOR AREA 375 SQM) IN LIEU OF THAT APPROVED (FLOOR AREA 200 SQM), AND (C) PROVISION OF A DIESEL GENERATOR AND TRANSFORMER ADJACENT TO THE CONTROL BUILDING, (III) INCREASE IN SIZE (630 SQM), LOCATION AND INTERNAL LAYOUT OF SWITCHGEAR BUILDING IN LIEU OF THAT APPROVED (100SQM), AND (IV) PROVISION OF 110kV TRANSFORMER IN LIEU OF MV SUBSTATION (100 SQM), AND (V) AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

1955 is a planning application to Offaly County Council for aLTERATIONS TO DEVELOPMENT OF AN ENERGY STORAGE FACILITY DESIGNED TO PROVIDE 100MW OF, received on 15 Feb 2019; permission was granted with conditions on 4 Apr 2019.

Planning details

Reference
1955
Local authority
Offaly County Council
Status
Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received
15 Feb 2019
Observations close
22 Mar 2019 (closed 2737 days ago)
Decision due
11 Apr 2019 · decided 4 Apr 2019
Decision
Conditional on 4 Apr 2019
Proposed development
ALTERATIONS TO DEVELOPMENT OF AN ENERGY STORAGE FACILITY DESIGNED TO PROVIDE 100MW OF SYSTEM SUPPORT SERVICES TO THE ELECTRICITY GRID AT LUMCLOON, CLOGHAN, CO. OFFALY IN LIEU OF THAT GRANTED UNDER PLANNING PERMISSION PL2/17/194. PROPOSED ALTERATIONS CONSIST OF; (I) PROVISION OF OPEN AREA BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM (BESS) COMPOUND (AREA OF 6,200 SQM) CONTAINING BATTERY AND CONTROL SYSTEM ENCLOSURES IN LIEU OF THE APPROVED SINGLE STOREY MAIN BUILDING (FLOOR AREA OF 4,536 SQM), (II) ALTERATIONS TO THE APPROVED SWITCHYARD CONTAINING THE PROPOSED 110kV SUBSTATION WHICH WILL INCLUDE (A) CONNECTION TO THE EXISTING ELECTRICITY NETWORK IN LIEU OF THAT APPROVED, (B) INCREASE IN THE SIZE OF THE CONTROL BUILDING (FLOOR AREA 375 SQM) IN LIEU OF THAT APPROVED (FLOOR AREA 200 SQM), AND (C) PROVISION OF A DIESEL GENERATOR AND TRANSFORMER ADJACENT TO THE CONTROL BUILDING, (III) INCREASE IN SIZE (630 SQM), LOCATION AND INTERNAL LAYOUT OF SWITCHGEAR BUILDING IN LIEU OF THAT APPROVED (100SQM), AND (IV) PROVISION OF 110kV TRANSFORMER IN LIEU OF MV SUBSTATION (100 SQM), AND (V) AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
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Site area
4.75 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant
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      Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 446308). 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/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/1955/0.

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