LUMCLOON , CLOGHAN , CO. OFFALY

Planning details

Reference

21778

Local authority

Offaly County Council

Status

Withdrawn or invalid · register status “DEEMED WITHDRAWN”

Received

16 Dec 2021

Observations close

31 Jan 2022 (closed 1692 days ago)

Decision due

No due date published

Decision

Not decided

Proposed development

AN EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM (BESS) FACILITY (CONSENTED UNDER PLANNING REF. PL2/19/55).THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES FOR CONSTRUCTION OF AN OPEN AREA BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM (BESS) COMPOUND WITHIN THE EXISTING BESS FACILITY (COMPOUND 1) AND ON LANDS ADJOINING THE EXISTING BESS FACILITY TO THE SOUTH (COMPOUND 2), THE COMPOUNDS WILL BE SURFACED WITH CLEAN WASHED LIMESTONE TO ACCORD WITH THE EXISTING BESS FACILITY. IT IS PROPOSED TO INSTALL A TOTAL OF 112 MODULAR BATTERY ENCLOSURES AND 28 MEDIUM VOLTAGE POWER SYSTEM (MVPS) ENCLOSURES. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL UTILISE THE EXISTING CUSTOMER (IPP) BUILDING AND ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE ON SITE TO CONNECT TO THE GRID VIA THE 110KV DERRYCARNEY TRANSMISSION SUBSTATION, WHICH ADJOINS THE BESS FACILITY. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL BE ACCESSED FROM THE EXISTING BESS FACILITY SITE ENTRANCE LOCATED ALONG THE R357 REGIONAL ROAD. A SECONDARY ACCESS POINT WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE DEVELOPMENT FROM AN EXISTING ACCESS POINT SERVING THE DEVELOPMENT LANDS FROM MILL ROAD (L70099 WEST OF THE SITE) AND THIS WILL BE UTILISED FOR CONSTRUCTION STAGE WORKS AND FOR EMERGENCY USE DURING THE OPERATIONAL PHASE OF THE DEVELOPMENT. THE DEVELOPMENT AREAS WILL BE SECURED BY PERIMETER FENCING

As published by the register.

Site area

2.52 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure

Applicant

Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register

Nearby 9 applications within 500 m in the last 5 years

• Appeal decidedLumcloon , Cloghan , County Offalyincludes the construction of the following · received 5 Dec 2024 · decided 6 Feb 2025 · 0 m away
• WithdrawnLumcloon , Cloghan , County Offalyan extension to the existing Derrycarney 110kV Substation · received 25 Nov 2024 · no decision yet · 0 m away
• WithdrawnLumcloon , Cloghan , Co. Offalyincludes the construction of the following · received 14 Sept 2023 · no decision yet · 14 m away
• GrantedLumcloon , Cloghan , Co. Offalyan extension to the existing battery energy storage system (BESS)… · received 14 Sept 2023 · decided 6 Feb 2024 · 14 m away
• GrantedLands within the townlands of Lumcloon and Falsk , Gallen , Co. Offalythe installation of a solar photovoltaic (PV) farm, including a… · received 17 Aug 2023 · decided 20 Jun 2024 · 152 m away
• WithdrawnLands within the townlands of Lumcloon and Falsk , Gallen , Co. Offalythe installation of a solar photovoltaic (PV) farm, including a… · received 3 Aug 2023 · no decision yet · 151 m away
• WithdrawnLands within the townlands of Lumcloon and Falsk , Gallen , Co. Offalythe installation of a solar photovoltaic (PV) farm, including a… · received 13 Jul 2023 · no decision yet · 155 m away
• Appeal decidedWITHIN THE TOWNLANDS OF LUMCLOON BUN DERRYCARNEY FALSK DERRIES RIN LEA BEG AND , LEA MORE , CO. OFFALYdEVELOPMENT OF A SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV) ENERGY DEVELOPMENT · received 26 Jan 2023 · decided 22 Mar 2023 · 2 m away

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Appeal

Not appealed.

Commencement

No commencement notice matched to this reference.

Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 449349). 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/21778/0.

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