Ballyspillane West Midleton Co. Cork
- 23 Sept 2021Received
- 31 Mar 2022Conditional
- 10 May 2022Final grant
- Status
- Granted with conditions
- Decision
- Conditional · 31 Mar 2022
- Council
- Cork County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Site
- 27.49 ha
What’s proposed
Permission to amend the design of the approved development (Planning Reference 175498) which comprises consent for the construction of a Solar PV Energy Development. Proposed amendments include (1) Project lifetime proposed to be extended from 25 years to 35 years, (2) Reduction, relocation and change of inverter/transformer stations from 7 to 4 (3) Provision of distributed energy storage capability at each of the inverter locations, (4) Reduction of the lengths of onsite access tracks (from c. 1,571m to c.1,357m) and realigning of the routes to make use of existing hedgerow openings (5) Increase in solar panel area from c. 84,200 sqm to c. 93,344 sqm (6) Change of solar panel type to bifacial and (7) Addition of spare parts container. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application
21/6613 is a planning application to Cork County Council for permission to amend the design of the approved development (Planning Reference 175498), received on 23 Sept 2021; permission was granted with conditions on 31 Mar 2022.
Planning details
- Reference
- 21/6613
- Local authority
- Cork County Council
- Status
- Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
- Received
- 23 Sept 2021
- Observations close
- 28 Oct 2021 (closed 1787 days ago)
- Decision due
- 31 Mar 2022 · decided 31 Mar 2022
- Decision
- Conditional on 31 Mar 2022
- Proposed development
- Permission to amend the design of the approved development (Planning Reference 175498) which comprises consent for the construction of a Solar PV Energy Development. Proposed amendments include (1) Project lifetime proposed to be extended from 25 years to 35 years, (2) Reduction, relocation and change of inverter/transformer stations from 7 to 4 (3) Provision of distributed energy storage capability at each of the inverter locations, (4) Reduction of the lengths of onsite access tracks (from c. 1,571m to c.1,357m) and realigning of the routes to make use of existing hedgerow openings (5) Increase in solar panel area from c. 84,200 sqm to c. 93,344 sqm (6) Change of solar panel type to bifacial and (7) Addition of spare parts container. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the applicationAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 27.49 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
- Applicant
- Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register
Nearby 4 applications within 500 m in the last 5 years
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 322688). 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: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=21/6613.
Source: npad · fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
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