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Waterford City and County Council grants permission for 1.1 MW / 1.1 MWh battery storage plant at Jabil Healthcare, Cork Road Waterford, Co. Waterford
25 March 2025 · Permission.ie Planning Wire · from the Waterford City and County Council planning register · published 1 September 2026
Waterford City and County Council granted permission on 25 March 2025 for a 1.1 MW / 1.1 MWh battery storage plant at Jabil Healthcare, Cork Road Waterford, an application first lodged on 22 November 2024.
Key facts
- Reference
- 2460705
- Planning authority
- Waterford City and County Council
- Location
- Jabil Healthcare, Unit 210 IDA Industrial Estate, Cork Road Waterford
- Received
- 22 November 2024
- Application type
- PERMISSION
- Stated capacity
- 1.1 MW
- Storage capacity
- 1.1 MWh
- Status
- APPLICATION FINALISED
- Decision
- CONDITIONAL
- Decision date
- 25 March 2025
In context
It is one of 4 battery storage applications Waterford City and County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 59 nationally. 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 25 March 2025. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.
The development description, as lodged
Verbatim from the Waterford City and County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.
for Construction of a 1MW/1.1MWh Stationary Battery Energy Storage facility, which includes 1no. 20ft container, 1no. medium voltage transformer and 1no. low voltage enclosure,All associated site and development works
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Source: Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, "Waterford City and County Council grants permission for 1.1 MW / 1.1 MWh battery storage plant at Jabil Healthcare, Cork Road Waterford, Co. Waterford", 25 March 2025. https://www.permission.ie/news/waterford-city-and-county-council/2460705
<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/waterford-city-and-county-council/2460705">Waterford City and County Council grants permission for 1.1 MW / 1.1 MWh battery storage plant at Jabil Healthcare, Cork Road Waterford, Co. Waterford</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 25 March 2025.</p>
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