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Wicklow County Council · 2560226 · PERMISSION

Mullycagh Upper , Co. Wicklow

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Council received 28 Mar 2025We first saw it 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (533 days after receipt — sources refresh weekly)
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2560226 is a planning application for permission at Mullycagh Upper , Co. Wicklow, received by Wicklow County Council on 28 Mar 2025 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: development which will consist of the construction of a Solar PV development, a Battery Energy Storage System facility (BESS) and all ancillary works on a ca. 65.4 ha site consisting of: (I) Solar PV panels laid out in arrays across the Site; (ii)A 38kV substation building ((13.8 (l) and 7.4 (w)) and associated compound area, (iii)a transformer unit (ca. 5.8m x ca. 8.45m) and associated bund; (iv)192 number Battery Energy Storage System units comprising 22 modules (ca. 3.1m x ca.3.1m); (iv)6 MV Skid/Power Hubs (ca. 9.45m x ca.2.1m), (v)24 number inverter units (ca. 3m x ca.2.6m); (vi)Upgrade of 1 No. existing Site entrance; (vii)1 No. temporary construction compound; (viii)Electrical and communications cabling; (ix)Pole-mounted security cameras; (x)Perimeter security fencing (2m high) and security gates; (xi)Internal access tracks; and, (xii)All associated ancillary development, landscaping and reinstatement works The operational lifetime of the proposed development will be 40-years. A Natura Impact Statement will accompany the planning application. No decision has been recorded yet. The five-week observation window closed on 2 May 2025. Within 500 m there is 1 other decided application in the last five years.

Observations close 2 May 2025 closed 498 days ago
5 weeks from receipt (28 Mar 2025) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · €20 to the council
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Proposal

development which will consist of the construction of a Solar PV development, a Battery Energy Storage System facility (BESS) and all ancillary works on a ca. 65.4 ha site consisting of: (I) Solar PV panels laid out in arrays across the Site; (ii)A 38kV substation building ((13.8 (l) and 7.4 (w)) and associated compound area, (iii)a transformer unit (ca. 5.8m x ca. 8.45m) and associated bund; (iv)192 number Battery Energy Storage System units comprising 22 modules (ca. 3.1m x ca.3.1m); (iv)6 MV Skid/Power Hubs (ca. 9.45m x ca.2.1m), (v)24 number inverter units (ca. 3m x ca.2.6m); (vi)Upgrade of 1 No. existing Site entrance; (vii)1 No. temporary construction compound; (viii)Electrical and communications cabling; (ix)Pole-mounted security cameras; (x)Perimeter security fencing (2m high) and security gates; (xi)Internal access tracks; and, (xii)All associated ancillary development, landscaping and reinstatement works The operational lifetime of the proposed development will be 40-years. A Natura Impact Statement will accompany the planning application

Status
INCOMPLETED APPLICATION
Decision
N/a
Site (from polygon)
64.68 ha
Location precision
site (coords_polygon)

Timeline

  • 28 Mar 2025
    Decision
  • 28 Mar 2025
    New application
    Observation window closed 2 May 2025

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    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 167014). 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/2560226/0.

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