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Clare County Council · 20562

Manusmore , Clarecastle , Co Clare

  1. 18 Aug 2020Received
  2. 12 Oct 2020Conditional
  3. 12 Nov 2020Final grant
  4. 11 Nov 2025Permission expires
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Status
Granted with conditions
Decision
Conditional · 12 Oct 2020
Council
Clare County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Site
74.47 ha
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What’s proposed

the development will consist of a planning permission for a period of 5 years to construct and complete a Solar PV Energy development with a total site area of 99.2 hectares, to include a single storey electrical substation building, electrical transformer and invertor station modules, solar PV panels ground mounted on support structures, internal access tracks, security fencing, electrical cabling and ducting, CCTV and other ancillary infrastructure, drainage, additional landscaping and habitat enhancement as required and associated site development works including works relating to the access to the site. The Solar farm will be operational for 35 years. A Natura Impact Statement has been prepared in respect of this planning application

20562 is a planning application to Clare County Council for the development will consist of a planning permission for a period of 5 years to, received on 18 Aug 2020; permission was granted with conditions on 12 Oct 2020.

Planning details

Reference
20562
Local authority
Clare County Council
Status
Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received
18 Aug 2020
Observations close
22 Sept 2020 (closed 2188 days ago)
Decision due
12 Oct 2020 · decided 12 Oct 2020
Decision
Conditional on 12 Oct 2020
Proposed development
the development will consist of a planning permission for a period of 5 years to construct and complete a Solar PV Energy development with a total site area of 99.2 hectares, to include a single storey electrical substation building, electrical transformer and invertor station modules, solar PV panels ground mounted on support structures, internal access tracks, security fencing, electrical cabling and ducting, CCTV and other ancillary infrastructure, drainage, additional landscaping and habitat enhancement as required and associated site development works including works relating to the access to the site. The Solar farm will be operational for 35 years. A Natura Impact Statement has been prepared in respect of this planning application
As published by the register.
Site area
74.47 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant
Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register

Nearby 1 application within 500 m in the last 5 years

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Appeal

Not appealed.

Commencement

No commencement notice matched to this reference.

    Zoning at the site

    No zoning objective covers this site in the current plan.

    Designations within 250 m

    No OPW flood extent nearby.

    No other designation nearby.

    Provenance

    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 183338). Deadlines were computed by the store from the received / decided dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000 and are recorded as events, not recomputed here. Council register: http://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/20562/0.

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