110kVSolarGrid & Substations

10-year permission for a 110kV electrical substation and associated 110kV infrastructure required to connect a solar farm to the existing Mullingar to Kinnegad 110kV overhead line and associated ancillary site development works.

Scale

110kV

Location

Townlands of Hightown or Balloughter, Co. Westmeath.

Planning authority

Westmeath County Council

Case type

SID (Not incl LAP SID cases)

Lodged

13 January 2020

Decision

Approve with Conditions · 25 August 2020

Consented under the Strategic Infrastructure Development process by An Coimisiún Pleanála (case 306396). These projects are decided centrally and don't appear in local- authority planning registers.

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