Site start · Co. Kerry
Kilpadogue, Kerry
Site start 27 May 2026
Archived record
This application has left our current planning lists, so this page is no longer updated. We last saw it in the council's register on 12 Jul 2026. The details below are as they were then. The council's register has the current status.
What and where
~2 homes
(A) A HIGH INTERTIA SYNCHRONOUS COMPENSATOR (HISC) COMPOUND CONTAINING 1 NO. HISC UNIT ENCLOSED WITHIN A STEEL CLAD FRAMED STYLE STRUCTURE (12.1M MAX HEIGHT) AND SUPPPORTED BY 8 NO. ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT CONTAINERS (CONTAINING ANCILLARY POWER SUPPLY PRODUCTS INCLUDING A STATIC FEQUENCY CONVERTS, MV SWITCHGEAR, EXCITERS, LV DISTRIBUTION, CONTROL ROOM, WELFARE AND OFFICE), MAIN AUXILIARY AND START-UP ELECTRICAL TRANSFORMERS, GENERATOR CIRCUIT BREAKER, SWITCHGEAR EQUIPMENT, EXTERNAL COOLER UNITS AND 1 NO. BACK UP DIESEL GENERATOR AND ASSOCIATED DIESEL STORAGE TANK; (B) A 220KV HIGH VOLTAGE GAS INSULTATED SWITCHGEAR (GIS) SUBSTATION COMPOUND CONTAINING A GIS SUBSTATION BUILDING WITH ALL CONTROL AND HV EQUIPMENT WITHIN A SINGLE STOREY BUILDING (13.2M MAX HEIGHT). THE BUILDING WILL BE SURROUNDED BY A COMPOUND ROAD AND CONTAINED WITHIN A 2.6M HIGH GALVANISED STEEL PALISADE FENCE; (C) A BATTERY STORAGE COMPOUND CONTAINING 5 NO. BATTERY STORAGE CONTAINERS, ENCLOSED IN STEEL CONTAINERS OF DIMENSIONS APPROXIMATELY 13M BY 2.5M BY 3M, HOUSING INDIVIDUAL BATTERY COMPONENTS WITH 2 NO FITTED EXTERNAL HVAC SYSTEMS FOR EACH UNIT AND SUPPORTED BY 13 NO. INVERTER STATIONS, 14 NO. AUXILIARY TRANSFORMERS AND CONTROL CONTAINER; (D) 220KV UNDERGROUND CABLE TO THE EXISTING ADJOINING EIRGRID SUBSTATION; (E) ASSOCIATED ELEMENTS COMPRISING VARIOUS UNDERGROUND CABLES AND DUCTS, EQUIPMENT PLINTHS, BOUNDARY SECURITY FENCE, COMPOUND LIGHTING AND PALISADE GATES AND FENCING, SECUIRTY LIGHTING, CCTV, INTERNAL ACCESS ROADS, HARDSTANDING AREAS AND ALL NECESSARY FOUNDATIONS WORKS FOR THE ABOVE COMPOUNDS. THE PLANNING APPLICATION IS ON LANDS WHERE GRID STABILISATION FACILITY WAS PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED UNDER PLANNING REGISTER NO 19/115. PLANNING PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT THE DEVELOPMENT IS SOUGHT FOR A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS. A NATURA IMPACT STATMENT (NIS) HAS BEEN PREPARED IN RESPECT OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AND ACCOMPANIES THE APPLICATION
- Location
- Kilpadogue, Co. Kerry Map
- Council
- Kerry County Council
- Planning reference
- 21549
- Applicant
- Statkraft Ireland Ltd
- Agent
- Elecnor Ireland Ltd
- Builder
- Elecnor Ireland Ltd
Key facts
- Homes
- ~2estimated from the application
- Project type
- Mixed use
- Site start
- 27 May 2026
Documents and evidence
Check the record
- Council planning fileThe application file 21549 on eplanning.ie: drawings, reports and the decision.Open the council's file
How we know this
From the Kerry County Council planning register, as last seen on 12 Jul 2026. The council's own file is the official record.
Site starts
Commencement notices for this permission
- 27 May 2026Work started · Construction of a new Kiosk building
A commencement notice tells the council that building work is about to start. A completion certificate is filed when it is finished.
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