IDA, Purcellsinch, Dublin Road
Construction of a 100MW Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) and substation.
17818 · Kilkenny County Council · Lodged 11 December 2017
- Reference
- 17818
- Authority
- Kilkenny County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 11 December 2017
Summary
AI-generatedThe development consists of a 100MW Battery Energy Storage System with an 8m high building, firewater storage and retention tanks, and a 110KV electrical substation. The project also includes access roads, parking, and landscaping on an IDA site.
- Storeys
- 2
- Floor area
- 3,608 m²
Generated from the description above by an AI model and may contain mistakes. The council’s description is the authoritative record.
Official record
Development description
For development which will consist of the construction of a 100mw battery energy storage system (bess) with associated balance of plant, equipment and buildings including; a bess building of 8m height, 82m length and 44m width (comprising on the ground floor a battery rack room, meeting room, contractor/storeroom, wet room, ups room, switch gear room, wc, transformer rooms, inverter rooms; and on a mezzanine floor a hvac/store room); 2 no. 905m3 firewater storage tanks; an underground 830m3 surface water attenuation tank; an underground 1030m3 firewater retention tank; a 110kv electrical substation and control building of 5.2m height; an access and circulation road with new junction onto an existing ida private road; footpath, 8 no. Car parking spaces; landscaped berm wall up to 2.0m height and native tree and scrub planting, 3m paladin security fence; and all other associated site development works including surface water and foul drainage required to facilitate the developments
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To provide for industry and information technology related industrial and office development and ancillary services. The purpose is to encourage mainly services type employment on a campus environment”
National zoning type: Office, business/technology park and related
Objective set by the Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021-2027 (2021–2027). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.
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Timeline
- Application received11 December 2017
- Further information requested12 February 2018
- Further information received16 April 2018
- Decision due13 May 2018
- Decision issued10 May 2018
- Appeal submitted5 June 2018
- Appeal decided14 March 2019
- Permission expiry13 March 2024
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Of Planning Permission Reference 12/472 at
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