Planning application
Lands approximately 342m southeast of Kells substation and approximately 105m east of 43 Doagh Road
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
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
As published by the council, reference LA03/2025/0951/NMC
Application record
- Reference
- LA03/2025/0951/NMC
- Type
- Non Material Change
- Status
- Determined
- Decision
- Refused
- Received
- 23 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 23 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 4 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Parkgate
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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23 Dec 2025
Received by Antrim and Newtownabbey
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4 Feb 2026
Decision issued: Refused
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29 Jul 2026
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Who's behind it
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Green Frog Power (Kells) Ltd Agent, registered in Tamworth
Active · incorporated 2023 · Tamworth
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