New Application · decision due 19 Nov 2026Pre-decision · not yet granted
~48 dwellings, Rahanisky (townland), Whitechurch, Co. Cork.
A 10-year permission for the construction of a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) facility, co-located with the Solar PV development permitted under Planning Ref. No. 23/04245, comprising 48 no. single-storey BESS units, 4 no. single-storey power conversion system (PCS) units, 4 no. single-storey transformer stations, 1 no...
The record describes what is sought. Nothing is permitted until the authority decision.
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No tender, award, contractor appointment, supplier appointment or procurement timetable is inferred.
Opportunity & supplier intelligence
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Timing is a planning-stage outlook, not a tender, award, contractor appointment, supplier appointment or guaranteed procurement date.
The application is pre-decision. The earliest credible supplier window is after the public decision milestone on 19 Nov 2026; no procurement timetable is published.
Decision due 19 Nov 2026 / Confidence: MediumPublic planning decision due date; the authority may update it.
Open evidenceNo commencement indexed / A scheme cannot commence under this application before permission.
Source limitedNo drawing entry is available in this lead's bounded document evidence.
Source limitedConfirmed scope
Confirmed application scope
A 10-year permission for the construction of a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) facility, co-located with the Solar PV development permitted under Planning Ref. No. 23/04245, comprising 48 no. single-storey BESS units, 4 no. single-storey power conversion system (PCS) units, 4 no. single-storey transformer stations, 1 no. firewater storage tank, underground cabling, internal access tracks, security fencing and gate, landscaping, and all associated site and development works including the reuse of excavated...
Open scope evidenceNamed firms
Public source roles
- Amarenco Solar Ballynahina Ltd
- Applicant / promoter on the public planning record
- Application role only; current development or appointment status is not confirmed.
Evidence-backed work packages
Explicit source signals only
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
- 26/2491
- 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
1 source-supported signalsWhat the public record evidences
Large residential - 48 dwellings
The public application record identifies 48 dwellings in the submitted planning scope.
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Project facts
Named source parties
- Promoter
- Amarenco Solar Ballynahina Ltd
- Planning agent
- Hannah Watchorn (McCutcheon Halley Planning Consultants)
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Official description
Application text
A 10-year permission for the construction of a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) facility, co-located with the Solar PV development permitted under Planning Ref. No. 23/04245, comprising 48 no. single-storey BESS units, 4 no. single-storey power conversion system (PCS) units, 4 no. single-storey transformer stations, 1 no. firewater storage tank, underground cabling, internal access tracks, security fencing and gate, landscaping, and all associated site and development works including the reuse of excavated material on site to form an earthen berm along the northern and western boundaries of the BESS compound. The BESS compound has a site area of approximately 0.61ha. Permission is also sought for the upgrade of a portion of the access track previously permitted under Planning Ref. No. 23/04245 to a tarmac finish and the addition of 1 no. single-storey spare parts storage container within the boundary of the permitted Solar PV development. The total site development area amounts to approximately 0.93ha.
Source-aware chronology
Empty lanes explain their state.Application to site progress
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Applied 25 Sep 2026 26/2491
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Decision Decision not recorded yet
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Appeal No appeal possible yet The application has not been decided.
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Commenced No commencement indexed A scheme cannot start before it is permitted.
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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
Public planning recordSource, scope and limits
Application description and scale 26/2491
A 10-year permission for the construction of a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) facility, co-located with the Solar PV development permitted under Planning Ref. No. 23/04245, comprising 48 no. single-storey BESS units, 4 no. single-storey power conversion system (PCS) units, 4 no. single-storey transformer stations, 1 no. firewater storage tank, underground cabling, internal access tracks, security fencing and gate, landscaping, and all associated site and development works including the reuse of excavated material on site to form an earthen berm along the northern and western boundaries of the BESS compound. The BESS compound has a site area of approximately 0.61ha. Permission is also sought for the upgrade of a portion of the access track previously permitted under Planning Ref. No. 23/04245 to a tarmac finish and the addition of 1 no. single-storey spare parts storage container within the boundary of the permitted Solar PV development. The total site development area amounts to approximately 0.93ha.
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