Battery Energy Storage System, Ballysumaghan

Application details

Planning reference

2560036

Council

Sligo County Council

Proposal description

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 / address

Townland of Ballysumaghan, Srananagh, Co. Sligo

Application type

PERMISSION

Received / registered

5 Feb 2025

Council decision

CONDITIONAL

Council decision date

3 Oct 2025

Final grant date

5 Nov 2025