Planning application · Donegal County Council

A 10 YEAR PLANNING PERMISSION WITH A 35 YEAR OPERATIONAL LIFESPAN FOR DEVELOPMENT…

CROCKAHENNY , INISHOWEN , CO. DONEGAL

2660373 · DonegalIn Assessment
Reference
2660373
Planning authority
Donegal County Council
Received
10 Mar 2026
Status
In Assessment
Use
Industrial
Site area
0.54 ha

Proposed development

A 10 YEAR PLANNING PERMISSION WITH A 35 YEAR OPERATIONAL LIFESPAN FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE FOLLOWING: (1) INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF 1NO. BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM COMPOUND CONTAINING BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE CONTAINERS, (2) 1NO. ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION AND COMPOUND, (3) CONNECTION TO NATIONAL GRID SYSTEM VIA 50M OF UNDERGROUND CABLE TO THE ESB CROCKAHENNY 38kV SUBSTATION, (4) ELECTRICAL TRANSFORMERS AND INVERTER UNITS, UNDERGROUND CABLING AND DUCTING, BOUNDARY FENCING, SECURITY ENTRANCE GATES AND CCTV, (5) INTERNAL ACCESS ROAD, (6) ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT, LANDSCAPING AND REINSTATEMENT WORKS. THE DEVELOPMENT IS COVERED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE (RED III) RENEWABLE ENERGY DIRECTIVE III (DIRECTIVE (EU) 2023/2413)

What happens next

The council is assessing the application. Submissions from the public are taken in the first five weeks.

For the applicant

Is this your application?

Sign in to follow it through the Donegal planning process, get told when the decision lands, and see which builders and trades are working on similar projects near you. It is free and takes an email address.

Follow this applicationNo cold calls. Nothing is shared unless you choose to.

Nearby applications

Other applications on the Donegal register close to this address.

All Donegal planning applications

About this page: the facts above come from the statutory public planning register kept by Donegal County Council and are refreshed weekly (last updated 22 Jun 2026). Applicant names and contact details are not shown. Status labels are PlanningLeads' plain-language reading of the register status and the "Use" label is classified by AI from the public description (see how we use AI); neither is legal advice and the council's file is the record. How we handle this data: privacy notice.

Remove my application from this page

If this is your application and you would rather it did not appear here, tell us and we will take the page down. No account, no questions asked. This is your right to object under GDPR Article 21.