Gortawee, Mucklagh, Ballyconnell
A 30-year permission for a grid system services facility and energy storage units.
2460072 · Cavan County Council · Lodged 29 February 2024
- Reference
- 2460072
- Authority
- Cavan County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 29 February 2024
Summary
AI-generatedThe application seeks a thirty-year permission for a grid system services facility on a 3.46-hectare site in Ballyconnell. The works include installing energy storage units, a customer switchgear container compound, transformers, and connecting to the adjacent 110kV substation.
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Official record
Development description
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
Key dates
Timeline
- Application received29 February 2024
- Decision due24 April 2024
- Decision issued24 April 2024
- Grant issued6 June 2024
- Permission expiry5 June 2029
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