Dromin Knockatober Cangy Mooremount Richardstown (ED Stabannan) Painestown Ballymageragh and Knockdinnin, County Louth, Ireland
Proposed development
The development will consist of the construction of a solar PV development and Battery Energy Storage System facility (‘BESS’) on a ca. 167ha site consisting of: Solar PV panels laid out in arrays across the Site on ground mounted frames, with string inverters attached to selected ground mounted frames; 12 No. transformer units; The battery energy storage compound consisting of 368 No. BESS modules; 1 No. transformer unit; 8 No. Power Electronic Compact Twin Skids; 1 No. Control Unit (ca. 12m2); 2m high landscaping berm and perimeter security fencing (2.4m high); Electrical and communications cabling within private lands and within the L2254, R170 and R211/R132 public roads; Pole-mounted security cameras; Perimeter security fencing (2m high) and security gates; Upgrade of 3 No. existing Site entrances; Development of 2 No. new Site entrances; 3 No. temporary construction compounds; 3 No. clear span bridges; Internal access tracks; and, All associated ancillary development, landscaping and reinstatement works. *Significant Further Information Received on 26/11/2025*
- Applicant
- Not published
- Authority
- Louth County Council
- Decision due
- 29 Jan 2026
Timeline
Application received
17 Apr 2025
Council asked for further information
6 Jun 2025
Further information received. If the council treats it as significant, a new submission period opens (check the council's file)
13 Nov 2025
Decision due
29 Jan 2026
Decision: conditional
26 Jan 2026
Appeal lodged (PL-500778-LH-26)
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Planning history within 750 m
Dwelling house., waste water treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission for change of use of an existing single storey store to a funeral parlour with a new pitched roof, elevational changes and single storey extension, a new vehicular / pedestrian entrance and all associated site development works. *Significant Further Information Received on 21/10/2025 - New wwts proposed, Retention of smoking area*
Permission consequent on the grant of outline permission 21/817 for a dwelling house, a detached domestic garage, a waste water treatment system and all associated siteworks
Permission for the refurbishment of existing derelict dwelling house and proposed extension to same for residential use, installation of a waste water treatment system/percolation area and vehicular road entrance to same
Permission for the demolition of existing derelict dwelling house and replacement with proposed dwelling house, installation of a waste water treatment system and percolation area and vehicular road entrance from main road to the site
Permission for Retention for Development for the following: 1) Internal alterations to accommodate a new kitchen, utility & bathroom and associated services, 2) Replacement of external and internal timber doors, 3) New boundary treatments, 4) Provision of a new wastewater treatment unit, 5) Associated site works. This is a Protected Structure listed as RPS No. LHS018-004