Coolcaum Churchtown Mallow Co. Cork

What’s proposed

A 10 year planning permission for the construction of, and a 40 year operation and subsequent decommissioning of, a development consisting of a 42.6 hectare solar farm. The proposed solar farm will consist of a series of ground mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) panels, mounted on steel support structures and in some areas of potential archaeological remains on concrete blocks/shoes, together with 28 no. electrical transformation enclosures, a temporary construction compound, use of existing farm access tracks, existing site entrance, underground cabling, inverters, CCTV poles and cameras, deer type security/boundary fencing, landscaping and biodiversity measures and all associated ancillary development works, for the purpose of generating renewable energy electricity. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the Planning Authority with this application