Non-material change of planning application LA03/2024/0435/F - (Proposed erection of a 79MW Battery Energy Storage Syst…
- Reference
- LA03/2025/0951/NMC
- Status
- Refusal
- Application type
- Non-Material Change
- Location
- Lands approximately 342m southeast of Kells substation and approximately 105m east of 43 Doagh Road
- Council
- Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council
- Received
- 23 Dec 2025
- Added
- 12 Jan 2026
- Last updated
- 4 Feb 2026
Full proposal: Non-material change of planning application LA03/2024/0435/F - (Proposed erection of a 79MW Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Facility including MV skids (transformer and inverter) outdoor switchgear compound DNO substation control room welfare unit spare parts container switchroom new site boundary fencing new access and ancillary development works); The 110kV substation compound one MV skid and four BESS units have been omitted. The NIE switchroom has been amended to meet NIE requirements and an additional switchroom building has been added. The BESS facility will now export onto the 33kV network over four separate connections and the existing compound has been sub-divided into four separate compounds with separate customer switchrooms
Planning history at this location
2 other applications recorded at or next to this site.
- LA03/2026/0142/NMC APPLICATION WITHDRAWN
Non-material change to planning approval LA03/2024/0435/F (Proposed erection of a 79 MW Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Facility including MV skids (trans…
- LA03/2024/0435/F Approved
Proposed erection of a 79 MW Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Facility including MV skids (transformer and inverter) outdoor switchgear compound DNO substa…