LA03/2025/0951/NMC

Status: Refused (04 Feb 2026)
Application Details
Description

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

Council

Antrim Newtownabbey

Application Type

Non Material Change

Date Received

23 Dec 2025

Date Validated

23 Dec 2025

Decision Date

04 Feb 2026

Location
Address

Lands approximately 342m southeast of Kells substation and approximately 105m east of 43 Doagh Road

Coordinates

54.800041953014294, -6.159199846840962

Source: Lat and Lng

Quick Info
UID
705884
Reference
LA03/2025/0951/NMC
Status
Refused
Last Updated
04 Jun 2026