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Wicklow County Council · 2362 · PERMISSION

Site located to the north and northeast of th existing , Kish Business Park , Arklow

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Council received 25 Jan 2023We first saw it 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (1326 days after receipt — sources refresh weekly)
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2362 is a planning application for permission at Site located to the north and northeast of th existing , Kish Business Park , Arklow, received by Wicklow County Council on 25 Jan 2023 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: amendments to the information and communication technology (ICT) facility development permitted under Reg. Ref. 20/1088. The proposed amendments comprise the following: Provision of a three-storey Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) building with a gross floor area (GFA) of c.13,787 sq.m, located to the southeast of the permitted ICT Building 3. The proposed building will accommodate battery storage rooms and circulation areas, with photovoltaic panels at roof level, and with an overall height of c.16.8 metres. Associated buildings including a single storey power trunk building (to accommodate a control room and cable rooms, with a GFA of c.539 sq.m and an overall height of c.5.3 metres), a single storey BESS switch room building (to accommodate control rooms and a relay room, with GFA of c.396 sq.m and an overall height of c.5.3 metres) and a transformer compound area to the southwest of the proposed BESS facility. Provision of a fire water storage area and a single storey fire pump house with a GFA of c.39 sq.m to the northeast of the BESS facility. All associated amendments including new amendments to the internal access routes, landscaping and planting, boundary treatments, lighting, and all associated and ancillary works. The council granted permission on 14 Mar 2023, with conditions. The five-week observation window closed on 1 Mar 2023. Within 500 m there are 13 other decided applications in the last five years.

Appeal window closes 11 Apr 2023 closed 1251 days ago
4 weeks from the council's decision (14 Mar 2023) · s.37 Planning and Development Act 2000 · €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer)
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Proposal

amendments to the information and communication technology (ICT) facility development permitted under Reg. Ref. 20/1088. The proposed amendments comprise the following: Provision of a three-storey Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) building with a gross floor area (GFA) of c.13,787 sq.m, located to the southeast of the permitted ICT Building 3. The proposed building will accommodate battery storage rooms and circulation areas, with photovoltaic panels at roof level, and with an overall height of c.16.8 metres. Associated buildings including a single storey power trunk building (to accommodate a control room and cable rooms, with a GFA of c.539 sq.m and an overall height of c.5.3 metres), a single storey BESS switch room building (to accommodate control rooms and a relay room, with GFA of c.396 sq.m and an overall height of c.5.3 metres) and a transformer compound area to the southwest of the proposed BESS facility. Provision of a fire water storage area and a single storey fire pump house with a GFA of c.39 sq.m to the northeast of the BESS facility. All associated amendments including new amendments to the internal access routes, landscaping and planting, boundary treatments, lighting, and all associated and ancillary works

Status
APPLICATION FINALISED
Decision
Conditional on 14 Mar 2023
Final grant
18 Apr 2023
Permission expires
17 Apr 2028
Site (from polygon)
24.41 ha
Location precision
site (coords_polygon)

Timeline

  • 25 Jan 2023
    New application
    Observation window closed 1 Mar 2023
  • 14 Mar 2023
    Decision
    Appeal window closed 11 Apr 2023

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    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 163153). 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/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2362/0.

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