Application description published by Kerry County Council.
FOR A 10 YEAR PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM (BESS) FACILITY ON A TOTAL SITE AREA OF UP TO 0.6HA THAT WILL PROVIDE GIRD BALANCING SERVICES TO THE IRISH ELECTRICAL GRID, TO INCLUDE UP TO 26 NO. SELF-CONTAINED BATTERY CONTAINER UNITS WITH ASSOCIATED HEATING VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS (HVAC), POWER CONVERSION SYSTEMS (PCS), STEP-UP TRANSFORMERS, CONTROL SYSTEMS AND ANCILLARY ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS, 1 NO. SINGLE – STOREY ELECTRICITY CONTROL BUILDING, 1 NO. 110KV ESB SUBSTATION, SINGLE STOREY SUBSTATION CONTROL BUILDING AND ASSOCIATED ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, 1 NO. 110 KV GENERATOR TRANSFORMER, ALL NECESSARY GROUND AND FOUNDATION WORKS, ASSOCIATED COMPOUND CABLING AND DUCTING, PALISADE SECURITY FENCING AND LIGHTING, CCTV SECURITY CAMERAS, NEW SITE ACCESS FROM EXISTING PRIVATE ROAD, TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUND AND ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY INFRASTRUCTURE AND SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) IS NOW SUBMITTED IN SUPPORT OF THE APPLICATION
Application and appeal history
Structured appeal stages, outcomes and source documents currently tied to this application.
305739-19Submitted 21 October 2019 / decided 10 February 2020
Status not recordedCONDITIONAL
Appeal submittedAppeal reference 305739-19
21 October 2019
Appeal decisionCONDITIONAL
10 February 2020
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Decision details
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Application ref
18878
Received
10 September 2018
Decided
23 September 2019
FI requested
Yes
Authority
Kerry County Council
Application type
PERMISSION
Outcome
Conditional grant
Source status
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Planning analysis
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Refusal reasons
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Conditions
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Source documents
Original council portal records and source PDFs where available.
Included in site brief
1 council document — in the €39 site risk brief
Refusal reasoning quoted verbatim from the council decision file
Policy citations and the planner's own wording
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