Energy · Co. Tipperary
Ballygammane and adjacent to the existing Thurles 110kV substation, Thurles, Co. Tipperary
Granted 13 Jul 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This application has left our current planning lists, so this page is no longer updated.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 15 Sep 2026. The details below are as they were then. The council's register has the current status.
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What and where
Battery Energy Storage System
a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) development to consist of a new site entrance and access track, site security fencing including a noise acoustic barrier, access gates, BESS enclosures, a BESS intake substation, MV skid, a back-up generator, a monitoring house, an auxiliary transformer, spares containers, CCTV, an onsite toilet, carparking, a temporary construction stage compound area, landscaping and all associated ancillary development services and works, all to be provided within a total overall application boundary of 2.69 ha. Permission is sought for the proposed BESS development for a period of 10 years with an operational period of 40 years. An Appropriate Assessment Screening Report (AASR) and Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared for this development and submitted with this planning application. A separate application will be submitted to An Coimisiún Pleanála to obtain permission for a 110kV substation on site
- Location
- Thurles, Co. Tipperary Map
- Council
- Tipperary County Council
- Planning reference
- 2560940
- Applicant
- Lightsource Renewable Energy Ireland Ltd
- Agent
- Allison Murphy
Key facts
- Project type
- Energy
- Received
- 22 Sep 2025
- Granted
- 13 Jul 2026
Timeline
- Application received
- Further information requested
- Granted
Outlook
What happens next
Work packages named so far
Documents and evidence
Check the record
- Council planning fileThe application file 2560940 on eplanning.ie: drawings, reports and the decision.Open the council's file
How we know this
From the Tipperary County Council planning register, as last seen on 15 Sep 2026. The council's own file is the official record.
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