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Clare County Council · 25291

Manusmore , Clarecastle , Co. Clare

  1. 9 Sept 2025Received
  2. 3 Nov 2025Unconditional
  3. 31 May 2028Permission expires
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Status
Granted
Decision
Unconditional · 3 Nov 2025
Council
Clare County Council
Type
EXTENSION OF DURATION
Site
74.53 ha

What’s proposed

to Extend the Appropriate Period of Planning permission for P20/562 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

25291 is a planning application to Clare County Council for to Extend the Appropriate Period of Planning permission for P20/562 the development will, received on 9 Sept 2025; permission was granted on 3 Nov 2025.

Planning details

Reference
25291
Local authority
Clare County Council
Status
Granted · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED
Received
9 Sept 2025
Observations close
14 Oct 2025 (closed 342 days ago)
Decision due
3 Nov 2025 · decided 3 Nov 2025
Decision
Unconditional on 3 Nov 2025
Proposed development
to Extend the Appropriate Period of Planning permission for P20/562 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
74.53 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant
Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register

Nearby nothing else within 500 m in the last 5 years

No other 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 190173). 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/25291/0.

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