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Infrastructure · Co. Meath

Meath Hill and Ardagh, between the settlements of Kingscourt and Drumconrath, Co. Meath

Granted 10 Oct 2024

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This application has left our current planning lists, so this page is no longer updated.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 3 Jul 2026. The details below are as they were then. The council's register has the current status.

What and where

Electricity storage facility

construction of an electricity storage facility comprising a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) with an installed capacity of up to 50MW, within a total site area of up to 6.9ha, to include one electrical compound, electrical transformer/inverter station modules, 64no. battery storage enclosures (BSEs), 8no. power conversion systems on concrete support structures, attenuation pond of 1212 cubic metres, indicative 110kV buried import/export cable and indicative 110kV substation to facilitate connection to the existing 110kV Meath Hill 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

Location
Co. Meath Map
Planning reference
2460669

Key facts

Project type
Infrastructure
Received
23 Aug 2024
Granted
10 Oct 2024

Timeline

  1. Application received
  2. Granted

Outlook

What happens next

Permission was granted on 10 Oct 2024 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.

An outlook from the planning record, not a tender or a confirmed start date.

Documents and evidence

Check the record

  • Council planning fileThe application file 2460669 on eplanning.ie: drawings, reports and the decision.Open the council's file

How we know this

From the Meath County Council planning register, as last seen on 3 Jul 2026. The council's own file is the official record.

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