Ballygammane and adjacent to the existing Thurles 110kV substation, Thurles, Co. Tipperary
A 10-year planning permission for a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) on a 2.69 hectare site in Thurles.
2560940 · Tipperary County Council · Lodged 22 September 2025
- Reference
- 2560940
- Authority
- Tipperary County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 22 September 2025
Summary
AI-generatedThe development includes BESS enclosures, an intake substation, a back-up generator, security fencing with a noise barrier, and a new site entrance. The application seeks a 10-year permission with a 40-year operational period adjacent to the existing Thurles 110kV substation.
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Official record
Development description
A battery energy storage system (bess) development to consist of a new site entrance and access track, site security fencing including a noise acoustic barrier, access gates, bess enclosures, a bess intake substation, mv skid, a back-up generator, a monitoring house, an auxiliary transformer, spares containers, cctv, an onsite toilet, carparking, a temporary construction stage compound area, landscaping and all associated ancillary development services and works, all to be provided within a total overall application boundary of 2.69 ha. Permission is sought for the proposed bess development for a period of 10 years with an operational period of 40 years. An appropriate assessment screening report (aasr) and natura impact statement (nis) has been prepared for this development and submitted with this planning application. A separate application will be submitted to an coimisiún pleanála to obtain permission for a 110kv substation on site
Key dates
Timeline
- Application received22 September 2025
- Further information requested7 November 2025
- Further information received20 May 2026
- Decision due14 July 2026
- Decision issued13 July 2026
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