Telecoms · Co. Mayo
SSE Thermal Tawnaghmore Generation Station, Tawnaghmore Upper, Kilala Co. Mayo
Granted 24 Apr 2025
Key facts
- Planning application 2560108 at SSE Thermal Tawnaghmore Generation Station, Tawnaghmore Upper, Kilala Co. Mayo: Following elements.
- It was received by Mayo County Council on 28 Feb 2025.
- Status: Granted 24 Apr 2025.
- Permission was granted on 24 Apr 2025 and no site start has been filed yet. The next step is a commencement notice, filed before building work begins; the start date and who will build it are not known yet.
Source: the Mayo County Council planning register, checked 2 Jun 2026. Open the council's file
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What and where
Following elements
The development will consist of the following elements: • Battery Energy Storage System facility, consisting of battery containers with integrated HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning) units, transformers, inverters, underground cabling, associated control rooms, internal access routes, lighting, CCTV, lightning masts, fencing; • Associated Electrical Compound consisting of: Low voltage operations compound including one (1) single storey control and operational building, electrical plant, cabling, lighting, CCTV, lightning masts, diesel generator and diesel tank, operations and maintenance containers and stores; • High voltage electrical yard comprising outdoor electrical plant and associated compound; • Underground high voltage electrical cable to facilitate a connection to the existing adjacent 110kV Tawnaghmore substation; • Associated landscaping, drainage, decommissioning of existing septic tank and all ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development A 10-year permission is sought in respect of the development. Certain details of the proposed development are unconfirmed in the planning application, and an opinion on unconfirmed details accompanies the application. The Tawnaghmore Power Station has an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued Industrial Emissions (IE) Licence (Reg, No. P0566-02).
- Location
- Tawnaghmore Upper, Co. Mayo Map
- Council
- Mayo County Council
- Planning reference
- 2560108
Numbers and dates
- Project type
- Telecoms
- Received
- 28 Feb 2025
- Granted
- 24 Apr 2025
Timeline
- Application received
- Granted
Outlook
What happens next
Work packages named so far
Documents and evidence
Check the record
- Council planning fileThe application file 2560108 on eplanning.ie: drawings, reports and the decision.Open the council's file
How we know this
From the Mayo County Council planning register, checked 2 Jun 2026. We link to the council's own file so you can check the official record before you act.
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