ni:LA03/2025/0852/PANPlanning Application ni:LA03/2025/0852/PAN

Proposal of Application Notice application at Lands between the existing Kells Main Substation, Maxwell's Road, Ballymena, County Antrim and the proposed Switching Substation at Whitesides Road, Terrygowan, County Antrim (approximately 11km of the existing overhead line within Antrim & Newtownabbey Borough Council area), Antrim and Newtownabbey. View planning documents, track the decision and get email alerts on updates.

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The proposal relates to the SONI Mid-Antrim Upgrade Project, with this application comprising the following elements (Phase 1 of the overall project): - A new proposed switching substation at Whitesides Road (approximately 800m north east of the junction between Whitesides Road and Portglenone Road), Terrygowan, County Antrim (located within Mid & East Antrim Borough Council area) with configuration of the adjacent, existing 110kV overhead line - An uprate (replacement of existing cables) of the existing overhead line between the existing Kells substation, Maxwell's Road, Ballymena, Country Antrim, and the new proposed switching substation at Whitesides Road, Terrygowan (approximately 11km of overhead line within Antrim & Newtownabbey Borough Council area)

LA03/2025/0852/PAN

Proposal of Application Notice

Lands between the existing Kells Main Substation, Maxwell's Road, Ballymena, County Antrim and the proposed Switching Substation at Whitesides Road, Terrygowan, County Antrim (approximately 11km of the existing overhead line within Antrim & Newtownabbey Borough Council area)

SubmittedSubmitted14 Nov

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DecidedDecided19 Nov

11 weeks typical decision time in Antrim and Newtownabbey100% of proposal of application notice applications approved

This is a planning application at Lands between the existing Kells Main Substation, Maxwell's Road, Ballymena, County Antrim and the proposed Switching Substation at Whitesides Road, Terrygowan, County Antrim (approximately 11km of the existing overhead line within Antrim & Newtownabbey Borough Council area). Antrim and Newtownabbey has handled 30 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 13 days. This one was decided in 5 days, 8 days quicker than Antrim and Newtownabbey's median. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.