Cloniffeen , Shannonbridge , Co. Offaly

What’s proposed

alterations to the development of an Energy Storage Facility designed to provide system support services to the Electricity Grid at Cloniffeen, Shannonbridge, Co. Offaly in lieu of that granted under planning permission No. PL2/21/295. The proposed alterations consist of: (i) changes to the type of battery containers and medium voltage power stations (MVPS) unit and a reduction in the number of units from 169no. to 88no., (ii) six new battery storage control modules (combined floor area 163m²), (iii) reorientation and decrease in floor area of the synchronous condenser building from 531m² to 503m², (iv) reorientation and inclusion of three additional synchronous condenser control modules (floor area increases from 148m² to 216m²), (v) reposition of grid transformer, auxiliary transformers, generator circuit breaker, and external air cooling units, (vi) decrease in floor area of the IPP building from 354m² to 147m², (vii) decrease to battery storage compound area from 19,295m² to 11,135m², (viii) increase to the synchronous condenser compound area from 4,060m² to 4,890m², (ix) associated minor changes to internal roads, surface and foul drainage, civil engineering, landscaping, lighting, car parking, and site works

2360086 is a planning application to Offaly County Council for alterations to the development of an Energy Storage Facility designed to provide system, received on 28 Aug 2023; permission was granted with conditions on 20 Oct 2023.

Planning details

Reference: 2360086
Local authority: Offaly County Council
Status: Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 28 Aug 2023
Observations close: 2 Oct 2023 (closed 1083 days ago)
Decision due: 22 Oct 2023 · decided 20 Oct 2023
Decision: Conditional on 20 Oct 2023
Proposed development: alterations to the development of an Energy Storage Facility designed to provide system support services to the Electricity Grid at Cloniffeen, Shannonbridge, Co. Offaly in lieu of that granted under planning permission No. PL2/21/295. The proposed alterations consist of: (i) changes to the type of battery containers and medium voltage power stations (MVPS) unit and a reduction in the number of units from 169no. to 88no., (ii) six new battery storage control modules (combined floor area 163m²), (iii) reorientation and decrease in floor area of the synchronous condenser building from 531m² to 503m², (iv) reorientation and inclusion of three additional synchronous condenser control modules (floor area increases from 148m² to 216m²), (v) reposition of grid transformer, auxiliary transformers, generator circuit breaker, and external air cooling units, (vi) decrease in floor area of the IPP building from 354m² to 147m², (vii) decrease to battery storage compound area from 19,295m² to 11,135m², (viii) increase to the synchronous condenser compound area from 4,060m² to 4,890m², (ix) associated minor changes to internal roads, surface and foul drainage, civil engineering, landscaping, lighting, car parking, and site works
As published by the register.
Site area: 5.36 ha 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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Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 447354). 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/2360086/0.

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Cloniffeen , Shannonbridge , Co. Offaly

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