Planning application 25/6845
Bandon Battery Storage and Grid Link
Mishells, Bandon, Co. Cork
Current status
Further information requested
Latest milestone
Application received
17 Dec 2025
Application timeline
Key milestones
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Application received
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Why this application matters
Battery storage compound
A 4.61-hectare site at Mishells is proposed for a battery energy storage compound with 32 lithium iron phosphate battery units, eight medium-voltage switchgear units and a 38kV substation.
Grid connection route
A roughly 2km cable route would run south from the compound and then east along the L2033 to the nearby Bandon 110kV Substation.
Supporting works
The scheme includes a 126m² substation control room, site levelling, access works, security fencing, boundary treatments, ducting and cabling.
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Application details
- Planning reference
- 25/6845
- Council
- Cork County Council
- Proposal description
- The provision of a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), compound and cable route on a site of c. 4.61ha. The BESS compound will accommodate self-contained Lithium Iron Phosphate batteries within 32 no. BESS units, 8 no. MV Switchgear units, and a 38kV substation including a control room of 126m2. A cable route of c. 2km is proposed to run south from the compound to the L2033 and east along the L2033 to the nearby Bandon 110kV Substation. The proposed development includes for all associated development, site levelling, boundary treatments, security fencing, site access works, ducting and cabling and all ancillary works.
- Location / address
- Mishells, Bandon, Co. Cork
- Applicant
- BNRG Crimson Ltd
- Agent
- John Spain
- Application type
- Permission
- Received / registered
- 17 Dec 2025
- Ward / district
- Municipal Districts: Municipal District of Bandon - Kinsale
- Grid reference
- 548049, 557904
Application location
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