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Offaly County Council · 2660248

Derrynagall or Ballydaly , Tullamore , Co. Offaly

  1. 5 May 2026Received
  2. 9 Jun 2026Observations closed
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Status
With the council, no decision yet
Decision
Not yet
Council
Offaly County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Site
4.67 ha
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What’s proposed

A 10 year planning permission on a site of approximately 4.9 hectares is sought. The development will consist of: A revised site design for a Battery Energy Storage System facility permitted under Ref No. 24/60002, incorporating between 28 no. and 112 no. battery containers with a difference in height of between 4m?and?5.5m. Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) units, transformers, inverters and underground cabling will also be provided. An associated electrical compound comprising: - 1 no. A High Voltage electrical yard; - 1 no. Operational and welfare building (29.7 sq m); - 1 no. Storage building (91.0 sq m); - 1 No. Switchgear Building (315 sq m); - An 18m high AGL lightening protection mast; and - An auxiliary power supply, transformer, circuit breaker, disconnector, earth switch and ancillary grid equipment. Access will be provided using an existing access track off the L1024 which will be widened on a temporary basis to allow for the delivery of abnormal loads during the construction stage. A new secondary access track connecting to the L1024 will also be provided. All ancillary site development works and infrastructure necessary to facilitate the development including the provision of a temporary construction compound, diesel generator, palisade fencing, landscaping and earth bunding, CCTV security monitoring system, surface water drainage, potable water supply, lighting and signage. Fire safety provisions which will include 2 no. fire water storage tanks; and General enabling works including boundary treatment. Certain details of the proposed development are unconfirmed in the planning application, and an opinion on unconfirmed details from Offaly County Council pursuant to Section 32H(1) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) accompanies this planning application. The details unconfirmed in this application are battery height and number of battery containers. The range of parameters under which the battery storage will fall are specified on this site notice and in the design flexibility opinion that accompanies this application

2660248 is a planning application to Offaly County Council for a 10 year planning permission on a site of approximately 4.9 hectares is sought. The, received on 5 May 2026; no decision has been recorded yet.

Planning details

Reference
2660248
Local authority
Offaly County Council
Status
With the council, no decision yet · register status “FURTHER INFORMATION”
Received
5 May 2026
Observations close
9 Jun 2026 (closed 106 days ago)
Decision due
No due date published
Decision
Not decided
Proposed development
A 10 year planning permission on a site of approximately 4.9 hectares is sought. The development will consist of: A revised site design for a Battery Energy Storage System facility permitted under Ref No. 24/60002, incorporating between 28 no. and 112 no. battery containers with a difference in height of between 4m?and?5.5m. Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) units, transformers, inverters and underground cabling will also be provided. An associated electrical compound comprising: - 1 no. A High Voltage electrical yard; - 1 no. Operational and welfare building (29.7 sq m); - 1 no. Storage building (91.0 sq m); - 1 No. Switchgear Building (315 sq m); - An 18m high AGL lightening protection mast; and - An auxiliary power supply, transformer, circuit breaker, disconnector, earth switch and ancillary grid equipment. Access will be provided using an existing access track off the L1024 which will be widened on a temporary basis to allow for the delivery of abnormal loads during the construction stage. A new secondary access track connecting to the L1024 will also be provided. All ancillary site development works and infrastructure necessary to facilitate the development including the provision of a temporary construction compound, diesel generator, palisade fencing, landscaping and earth bunding, CCTV security monitoring system, surface water drainage, potable water supply, lighting and signage. Fire safety provisions which will include 2 no. fire water storage tanks; and General enabling works including boundary treatment. Certain details of the proposed development are unconfirmed in the planning application, and an opinion on unconfirmed details from Offaly County Council pursuant to Section 32H(1) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) accompanies this planning application. The details unconfirmed in this application are battery height and number of battery containers. The range of parameters under which the battery storage will fall are specified on this site notice and in the design flexibility opinion that accompanies this application
As published by the register.
Site area
4.67 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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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 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 449004). 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/2660248/0.

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