Battery energy storage plant proposed at the Wood of O/Ballyteige, Tullamore, Co. Offaly

In context

It is one of 6 battery storage applications Offaly County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 58 nationally. Of the 69 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 80% were granted.

What happens next

Anyone can make a submission or observation to Offaly County Council until 12 November 2026, for a fee of €20. Only those who make a submission can later appeal the decision. The council is due to decide by 3 December 2026, unless it requests further information, which stops the clock.

How to make a submission

The development description, as lodged

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

the Construction of an electricity storage facility comprising a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), within a total site area of up to 16.26ha, to include one electrical compound, battery storage enclosures (BSEs), power conversion systems on concrete support structures, auxiliary transformer, spares container, LV switchgear room, aggregation panel with LV pillar, attenuation pond, fire tanks, indicative buried 33kV buried cable with watercourse crossing to switch room in approved substation under ACP reference 323988, upgraded entrance, new and upgraded access tracks, crane hardstanding, associated electrical ducting, palisade security fencing, stock proof fencing, gates and CCTV system, landscaping works, lighting poles and all other ancillary and miscellaneous site works including site clearance. A Natura Impact Statement accompanies this application and is available for inspection at the planning authority's offices