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Temporary/event · Co. Sligo

Townland of Ballysumaghan, Srananagh, Co. Sligo

Granted 3 Oct 2025

Key facts

  • Planning application 2560036 at Townland of Ballysumaghan, Srananagh, Co. Sligo: ~15 homes.
  • It was received by Sligo County Council on 5 Feb 2025.
  • Status: Granted 3 Oct 2025.
  • Permission was granted on 3 Oct 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 Sligo County Council planning register, checked 2 Jun 2026. Open the council's file

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What and where

~15 homes

The development will consist of an enclosed battery energy storage system compound on c. 2.04 hectares. The development will consist of up to 15 no. BESS units comprising of battery cells, modules and racks set within containers stored on concrete bases and ancillary equipment (4 no. BESS containers within each ‘BESS unit’); an individual unit inverter at each BESS unit with some additional ancillary equipment; a Transformer Compound, Control building (including control room and switch room), Interface Kiosk and all associated electrical infrastructure equipment and works; attenuation drainage pond to the northwest of the site; a temporary site compound and all associated works (to be located to the south of the BESS site); a new vehicular entrance to local road and all associated internal access tracks; associated electrical underground cabling and ducting works facilitating the connection of proposed electrical substation to the adjacent Srananagh transmission station; all associated site development, lighting, landscaping, CCTV, security fencing, boundary treatment works above and below ground and all associated ancillary infrastructure.

Location
Srananagh, Co. Sligo Map
Planning reference
2560036
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Numbers and dates

Homes
~15estimated from the application
Project type
Temporary/event
Received
5 Feb 2025
Granted
3 Oct 2025

Timeline

  1. Application received
  2. Granted

Outlook

What happens next

Permission was granted on 3 Oct 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.

Work packages named so far

  • Roads and site development worksNamed in the application description
  • Services and drainageNamed in the application description

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 2560036 on eplanning.ie: drawings, reports and the decision.Open the council's file

How we know this

From the Sligo 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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