Planning application
Lands between the existing Kells Main Substation, Maxwell's Road, Ballymena, County Antrim and the proposed Switching Substation at Whitesides Road, Terrygowan, County Antrim (proposed switching substation and approximately 1.7km of the existing overhead line within Mid & East Antrim Borough Council area)
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
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 1.7km of overhead line within Mid & East Antrim Borough Council area)
As published by the council, reference LA02/2025/0870/PAN
Application record
- Reference
- LA02/2025/0870/PAN
- Type
- Proposal of Application Notice
- Status
- Determined
- Decision
- Granted As published: Acceptable
- Received
- 14 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 14 Nov 2025
- Decided
- 8 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Grange
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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14 Nov 2025
Received by Mid and East Antrim
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8 Jan 2026
Decision issued: Acceptable
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29 Jul 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
3 documents on file for this application
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Mid and East Antrim granted permission on 8 January 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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Nearby applications
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Lands between the proposed Switching Substation at Whitesides Road (approximately 800m north east of the junction between Whitesides Road and Portglenone Road), Terrygowan, County Antrim, and Rasharkin Main Switching Substation, Finvoy Road, County Antrim
The proposal relates to the SONI Mid-Antrim Upgrade Project, with this application comprising the following elements (Phase 2 of the overall project): - A new 110kV circuit between the new proposed Terrygowan Substation at Whitesides Road, Terrygowan and Rasharkin Main Switching Substation, Finvoy Road, Rasharkin, County Antrim, consisting of mainly overhead line with underground cable entry into Rasharkin Main Substation This will comprise of the following within Mid & East Antrim Borough Council: approximately 18km of overhead line with approximately 150 supporting structures (a combination of wooden poles and pylons).
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