Planning permission to demolish the Lough Ree Power Station in Lanesboro has been appealed to the higher planning authority.
The ESB applied for and were granted permission to take the Lanesboro plant down last year and replace it on site with a battery energy storage system.
The planned demolition will include the boiler house, turbine house, bag filter house and associated 80 metre high stack among other structures.
The original application was the subject of several submissions criticising and objecting to the plans.
These issues included concerns over the loss of the energy generating equipment in the face of what was branded an ongoing energy crisis.
Another complaint highlighted was a proposed risk of fire once the battery storage facility was operational and the argument that any demolition and subsequent construction would only bring short term gains to the town.
An Bord Pleanála has now received a planning appeal to overturn Longford County Council's grant of planning permission.
