Wicklow County Council grants permission for battery energy storage plant at Takeda Ireland Ltd, Bray Business Park, Co. Wicklow

In context

There were 60 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 2 October 2023. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.

The development description, as lodged

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

the removal of the existing Chiller 7 structure and its associated primary pumps and concrete plinth at the northeastern portion of the site and the construction of a new concrete plinth to facilitate the installation of a heatpump, two no. chiller’s, a dry air cooler, pressurisation unit and electrical panel. The development will also include associated pipe connections back to the Takeda Building; b) the provision of a new concrete plinth to the southeastern portion of the site to provide a new Battery Energy Storage System compound which will contain a BESS container and a HV switchgear Container and associated transformer and inverters, cabling, ducting, landscaping and ancillary infrastructure and site development works necessary to facilitate the development