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Fingal County Council grants permission for battery energy storage plant at Huntstown Power Station, Hunstown and Johnstown, Co. Dublin

26 May 2025 · Permission.ie Planning Wire · from the Fingal County Council planning register · published 27 August 2026

Fingal County Council granted permission on 26 May 2025 for a battery energy storage plant at Huntstown Power Station, Hunstown and Johnstown, an application first lodged on 2 October 2024.

Key facts

Reference: FW24A/0400E
Planning authority: Fingal County Council
Location: Huntstown Power Station, In the townlands of Hunstown and Johnstown, C
Received: 2 October 2024
Application type: Permission
Site area: 11.8 hectares
Status: Final Grant
Decision: GRANT PERMISSION
Decision date: 26 May 2025
Council file: View on the Fingal County Council planning portal

In context

There were 59 nationally in the past twelve months. Of the 72 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 78% were granted.

What happens next

The applicant, or anyone who made a submission on the application, can appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála within four weeks of 26 May 2025. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.

The development description, as lodged

Verbatim from the Fingal County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.

1) A Battery Energy Storage System facility to include up to 85 no. co

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Source: Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, "Fingal County Council grants permission for battery energy storage plant at Huntstown Power Station, Hunstown and Johnstown, Co. Dublin", 26 May 2025. https://www.permission.ie/news/fingal-county-council/FW24A%2F0400E

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<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/fingal-county-council/FW24A%2F0400E">Fingal County Council grants permission for battery energy storage plant at Huntstown Power Station, Hunstown and Johnstown, Co. Dublin</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 26 May 2025.</p>

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