Ballysumaghan, Co Sligo
Installation of a battery storage facility with 18 container units and a control building in Ballysumaghan.
2011 · Sligo County Council · Lodged 21 January 2020
- Reference
- 2011
- Authority
- Sligo County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 21 January 2020
Summary
AI-generatedThe development will consist of 18 battery container units, a control building, and a transformer. It will also include security fencing, lighting, CCTV, internal access roads, and drainage on a 0.64-hectare site.
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Official record
Development description
Development consisting of the installation of battery arrays, located within container units (18 number units, each 30m2 by c. 2.6m tall), a control building (c. 160.5m2 by c. 6.4m tall) and transformer (c. 5m tall). The development will include for ancillary infrastructure including security fencing, lighting, cctv, internal access roads and drainage. The overall development site is c. 0.64ha. The application is accompanied by a natura impact statement (nis).
Key dates
Timeline
- Application received21 January 2020
- Further information requested11 March 2020
- Further information received23 June 2020
- Decision due17 August 2020
- Decision issued13 August 2020
- Grant issued21 September 2020
- Permission expiry20 September 2025
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