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Energy, Agricultural field located on Ballynanelagh Road to the south of...

Knockraha, Cork · Cork County Council · Plan 26/2378 · PB ref PB-2227730391

The development will consist of the Construction of an electricity storage facility comprising a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), within a total site area of up to 7ha, to include one electrical compound, electrical transformer/inverter station modules, battery storage enclosures (BSEs), power conversion systems on...

Indicative value Not listed PB indicative band
Units applied for Not listed public application record
Floor area Not listed no reliable figure indexed
Decision due 5 Nov 2026 public planning date
Commenced None indexed public commencement index
Applied for, not granted

The record describes what is sought. Nothing is permitted until the authority decision.

Application scope

Package signals below are limited to wording in the public application record.

Not procurement evidence

No tender, award, contractor appointment, supplier appointment or procurement timetable is inferred.

Opportunity & supplier intelligence

What is known, and what may happen next

Source-linked

Timing is a planning-stage outlook, not a tender, award, contractor appointment, supplier appointment or guaranteed procurement date.

Likely procurement timing Decision-dependent

The application is pre-decision. The earliest credible supplier window is after the public decision milestone on 5 Nov 2026; no procurement timetable is published.

Decision due 5 Nov 2026 / Confidence: Medium
Decision deadline 5 Nov 2026

Public planning decision due date; the authority may update it.

Open evidence
Commencement activity No linked activity indexed

No commencement indexed / A scheme cannot commence under this application before permission.

Source limited
Drawings availability Drawing availability not indexed

No drawing entry is available in this lead's bounded document evidence.

Source limited

Confirmed application scope

The development will consist of the Construction of an electricity storage facility comprising a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), within a total site area of up to 7ha, to include one electrical compound, electrical transformer/inverter station modules, battery storage enclosures (BSEs), power conversion systems on concrete support structures, attenuation pond, indicative 110kV buried import/export cable and indicative 110kV substation to facilitate connection to the existing 220kV Knockraha substation...

Ref 26/2378 Source-linked Official application description for exact planning reference 26/2378
Open scope evidence

Public source roles

Peter Henry On Behalf of Renewable Energy Systems Ltd (RES Ltd)
Applicant / promoter on the public planning record
Application role only; current development or appointment status is not confirmed.

Explicit source signals only

0 packages

No work package meets the explicit source, reference and locator threshold. PlanningBrief does not pad this list with generic trades.

Confidence & provenance 1 official source
Authority
Cork County Council
Exact reference
26/2378
Evidence reviewed
26 Sep 2026
Confidence
Source-linked

Facts come from the indexed public planning record and any bounded structured document evidence. No request-time official fetch, tender, award or appointment inference is used.

Application-stage scope

What the public record evidences

1 source-supported signals
Energy

Energy

The public application record identifies energy in the submitted planning scope.

26/2378Explicit application record

Only source-supported scope signals are shown; generic trade padding is omitted.

Project facts

Named source parties

Promoter
Peter Henry On Behalf of Renewable Energy Systems Ltd (RES Ltd)
Planning agent
Michelle Price
Official description

Application text

The development will consist of the Construction of an electricity storage facility comprising a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), within a total site area of up to 7ha, to include one electrical compound, electrical transformer/inverter station modules, battery storage enclosures (BSEs), power conversion systems on concrete support structures, attenuation pond, indicative 110kV buried import/export cable and indicative 110kV substation to facilitate connection to the existing 220kV Knockraha substation, upgraded access tracks, crane hardstanding, associated electrical ducting, palisade security fencing and CCTV system, landscaping works, lighting poles and all other ancillary and miscellaneous site works including site clearance. A Natura Impact Statement accompanies this application and is available for inspection at the planning authority’s offices.

Source-aware chronology

Application to site progress

Empty lanes explain their state.
AppealsAn Coimisiún Pleanála
  1. Appeal No appeal possible yet The application has not been decided.
CommencementPublic commencement index
  1. Commenced No commencement indexed A scheme cannot start before it is permitted.
CompletionPublic completion projection
  1. Completed Completion not recorded No privacy-cleared exact completion certificate is linked to this permission. Absence is not evidence that the project is incomplete.
Evidence register

Source, scope and limits

Public planning record
Application description and scale 26/2378

The development will consist of the Construction of an electricity storage facility comprising a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), within a total site area of up to 7ha, to include one electrical compound, electrical transformer/inverter station modules, battery storage enclosures (BSEs), power conversion systems on concrete support structures, attenuation pond, indicative 110kV buried import/export cable and indicative 110kV substation to facilitate connection to the existing 220kV Knockraha substation, upgraded access tracks, crane hardstanding, associated electrical ducting, palisade security fencing and CCTV system, landscaping works, lighting poles and all other ancillary and miscellaneous site works including site clearance. A Natura Impact Statement accompanies this application and is available for inspection at the planning authority’s offices.

AuthorityCork County Council
Reference26/2378
StatusChecked 26 Sep 2026
Open official record