Mucklagh, Ballyconnell, Co. Cavan
Proposed development
For the development of a battery energy storage system (BESS) within a total site area of up to 0.62 hectares, to include 1 no. single storey electrical substation building, 1 no. customer switchgear container, 15 no. electrical inverter/transformer station modules (SKIDS), 10 no. containerised battery storage modules on concrete support structures, 20 no. heating, ventilation and air conditioning units (HVAC units), access tracks and upgraded site entrance, associated electrical cabling and ducting, security gates, perimeter security fencing, CCTV security monitoring system, culvert, landscaping works and all associated ancillary infrastructure on land
- Applicant
- Not published
- Authority
- Cavan County Council
- Decision due
- 25 Oct 2018
- Residential units
- 1
- Floor area
- 1 m²
Timeline
Application received
16 Jul 2018
Council asked for further information
6 Sept 2018
Further information received. If the council treats it as significant, a new submission period opens (check the council's file)
28 Sept 2018
Decision due
25 Oct 2018
Decision: conditional
24 Oct 2018
Grant issued
29 Nov 2018
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Planning history within 750 m
- RED III - for a solar energy development comprising ground mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) panels, mounted on steel support structures, underground cabling, temporary construction compound, erection of 3 Transformer stations (11)kV, laying of a permeable gravel access tracks, widening of existing field entrances, erection of CCTV poles and cameras, erection of entrance gates and perimeter fencing, landscaping and biodiversity measures all associated ancillary development works, for the purpose of generation renewable energy electricity. Planning Permission is sought for a 40-year operation of the solar farm following which the site will be decommissioned, all development removed and the Site restored to agricultural lands. SIGNIFICANT FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED
- RED III - for a solar energy development comprising ground mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) panels, mounted on steel support structures, underground cabling, temporary construction compound, erection of Transformer station (11kV), laying of a permeable gravel access track, widening of existing site (field) entrance, relocation of the existing ESB overhead line, erection of CCTV poles and cameras, erection of an entrance gate, artificial berm, landscaping and biodiversity measures all associated ancillary development works, for the purpose of generation renewable energy electricity. Planning Permission is sought for 35-year operation of the solar farm following which the site will be decommissioned, all development removed and the Site restored to agricultural lands
for a solar energy development comprising ground mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) panels, mounted on steel support structures, underground cabling, temporary construction compound, erection of Transformer station (11kV), laying of a permeable gravel access track, widening of existing site (field) entrance, relocation of the existing ESB overhead line, erection of CCTV poles and cameras, erection of an entrance gate, artificial berm, landscaping and biodiversity measures all associated ancillary development works, for the purpose of generation renewable energy electricity. Planning Permission is sought for 35-year operation of the solar farm following which the site will be decommissioned, all development removed and the Site restored to agricultural lands
for thirty-year permission for a grid system services facility located at Gortawee, Mucklagh, Ballyconnell, County Cavan, over an area of c.3.46 hectares. The proposed works shall consist of the installation and operation of energy storage units, including 1no. customer switchgear containers and compound, which will be connected to the national grid via the adjacent Gortawee 110kV substation infrastructure, electrical transformers and inverter units, underground cabling and ducting, boundary fencing, security entrance gates, CCTV, internal access road and all associated ancillary infrastructure
to apply for thirty-year permission for a grid system services facility located at Gortawee, Mucklagh, Ballyconnell, County Cavan, over an area of c.3.46 hectares. The proposed works shall consist of the installation and operation of energy storage units, including 1no. customer switchgear containers and compound, which will be connected to the national grid via the adjacent Gortawee 110kV substation infrastructure, electrical transformers and inverter units, underground cabling and ducting, boundary fencing, security entrance gates, CCTV, internal access road and all associated ancillary infrastructure on land
for thirty-year permission for a grid system services facility located at Gortawee, Mucklagh, Ballyconnell, County Cavan, over an area of c.3.46 hectares. The proposed works shall consist of the installation and operation of energy storage units, including 1no. customer switchgear containers and compound, which will be connected to the national grid via the adjacent Gortawee 110kV substation infrastructure, electrical transformers and inverter units, underground cabling and ducting, boundary fencing, security entrance gates, CCTV, internal access road and all associated ancillary infrastructure on land