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LA03/2025/0852/PAN

Lands between the existing Kells Main Substation, Maxwell's Road, Ballymena, County Antrim and the proposed Switching Substation at Whitesides Road, Terrygowan, County Antrim (approximately 11km of the existing overhead line within Antrim & Newtownabbey Borough Council area)

Decided Antrim and Newtownabbey Proposal of Application Notice

Proposal

The proposal relates to the SONI Mid-Antrim Upgrade Project, with this application comprising the following elements (Phase 1 of the overall project): - A new proposed switching substation at Whitesides Road (approximately 800m north east of the junction between Whitesides Road and Portglenone Road), Terrygowan, County Antrim (located within Mid & East Antrim Borough Council area) with configuration of the adjacent, existing 110kV overhead line - An uprate (replacement of existing cables) of the existing overhead line between the existing Kells substation, Maxwell's Road, Ballymena, Country Antrim, and the new proposed switching substation at Whitesides Road, Terrygowan (approximately 11km of overhead line within Antrim & Newtownabbey Borough Council area)

As published by the council, reference LA03/2025/0852/PAN

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 14 Nov 2025

    Received by Antrim and Newtownabbey

  2. 25 Nov 2025

    Decision issued: Acceptable

  3. 29 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

After the decision

The process from here

The council has decided this application; the published outcome sits in the record above and the decision notice on the council portal carries the detail, including any conditions.

If permission was granted, work must normally begin within three years of the decision. If it was refused, the applicant can appeal within the statutory time limit or submit a revised scheme.

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