Ballyoughter , Ballaghaderreen , Co. Roscommon.
- 15 Nov 2024Received
- 6 Nov 2025Refused
- Status
- Refused
- Decision
- Refused · 6 Nov 2025
- Council
- Roscommon County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Site
- 2.14 ha
What’s proposed
Permission is sought for Grid System Services Limited, applying for a 10 year permission to develop an Energy Storage System, which will connect to the nearby ESB Tonroe 110kV Electricity Substation on land at Ballyoughter, Ballaghaderreen, County Roscommon. The proposed development will have a projected life span of 35 years. The development will consist of the construction of 1) enclosed battery energy storage system within a site compound on a total of up to c.2.33 hectare site, to include: 1 no. single storey 110kV customer substation, control and switch rooms; up to 44 battery blocks on concrete support structures including heating, ventilation and air conditioning unit (HVAC units); up to 11 transformer and inverter units; including access tracks and site entrance along existing roadway; associated electrical cabling and ducting; security gates, 2.6m palisade perimeter security fencing; CCTV system; landscaping works and all other associated ancillary infrastructure at
2460537 is a planning application to Roscommon County Council for permission is sought for Grid System Services Limited, applying for a 10 year permission, received on 15 Nov 2024; permission was refused on 6 Nov 2025.
Planning details
- Reference
- 2460537
- Local authority
- Roscommon County Council
- Status
- Refused · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
- Received
- 15 Nov 2024
- Observations close
- 20 Dec 2024 (closed 637 days ago)
- Decision due
- 6 Nov 2025 · decided 6 Nov 2025
- Decision
- Refused on 6 Nov 2025
- Proposed development
- Permission is sought for Grid System Services Limited, applying for a 10 year permission to develop an Energy Storage System, which will connect to the nearby ESB Tonroe 110kV Electricity Substation on land at Ballyoughter, Ballaghaderreen, County Roscommon. The proposed development will have a projected life span of 35 years. The development will consist of the construction of 1) enclosed battery energy storage system within a site compound on a total of up to c.2.33 hectare site, to include: 1 no. single storey 110kV customer substation, control and switch rooms; up to 44 battery blocks on concrete support structures including heating, ventilation and air conditioning unit (HVAC units); up to 11 transformer and inverter units; including access tracks and site entrance along existing roadway; associated electrical cabling and ducting; security gates, 2.6m palisade perimeter security fencing; CCTV system; landscaping works and all other associated ancillary infrastructure atAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 2.14 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
- Applicant
- Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register
Full planning report for 53.91066, -8.57048
Zoning, appeals, sold prices, flood and heritage — the whole area in one PDF.
No account, no payment. Not a statutory planning search.
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 456864). 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/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460537/0.
Source: npad · fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
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