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Wicklow County Council · 2560226

Mullycagh Upper , Co. Wicklow

  1. 28 Mar 2025Received
  2. 2 May 2025Observations closed
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Status
Withdrawn or invalid
Decision
Not yet
Council
Wicklow County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Site
64.68 ha

What’s proposed

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

2560226 is a planning application to Wicklow County Council for development which will consist of the construction of a Solar PV development, a Battery, received on 28 Mar 2025; the file is recorded as incompleted application.

Planning details

Reference
2560226
Local authority
Wicklow County Council
Status
Withdrawn or invalid · register status “INCOMPLETED APPLICATION
Received
28 Mar 2025
Observations close
2 May 2025 (closed 500 days ago)
Decision due
No due date published
Decision
Not decided
Proposed development
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
As published by the register.
Site area
64.68 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

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    Zoning at the site

    No zoning objective covers this site in the current plan.

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    Provenance

    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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