L1015 Road , Towerhill , Confey
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211639 is a planning application for permission at L1015 Road , Towerhill , Confey, received by Kildare County Council on 22 Nov 2021 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: for development at this site on land north of the L1015 Road. The development will consist of permission to amend the design of the approved development (Planning Reference 16/777) which comprises consent for a Solar PV Energy Development. Proposed amendments include: (1) Customer substation to be removed. (2) Transformer containers to relocate, increase in size and reduce in numbers. (3) Storage container to relocate. (4) Change in height and layout of deer fencing. (5) Reduction in height and number of CCTV cameras. (6) Change in height and angle of solar panels. (7) Slight alteration to the access tracks. (8) MW output to be reduced from 7.8MW to 7.4MW, and (9) Project lifetime proposed to be extended from 30 years to 35 years. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of clarification that the site area is 13.16ha; the duration allowed for the works permitted under planning application reference 16/777 is sought to be increase to 10 years from the date of the final grant of permission (29th November 2016). The council granted permission on 14 Apr 2022, with conditions. The five-week observation window closed on 5 Jan 2022. Within 500 m there is 1 other decided application in the last five years.
Proposal
for development at this site on land north of the L1015 Road. The development will consist of permission to amend the design of the approved development (Planning Reference 16/777) which comprises consent for a Solar PV Energy Development. Proposed amendments include: (1) Customer substation to be removed. (2) Transformer containers to relocate, increase in size and reduce in numbers. (3) Storage container to relocate. (4) Change in height and layout of deer fencing. (5) Reduction in height and number of CCTV cameras. (6) Change in height and angle of solar panels. (7) Slight alteration to the access tracks. (8) MW output to be reduced from 7.8MW to 7.4MW, and (9) Project lifetime proposed to be extended from 30 years to 35 years. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of clarification that the site area is 13.16ha; the duration allowed for the works permitted under planning application reference 16/777 is sought to be increase to 10 years from the date of the final grant of permission (29th November 2016)
- Status
- APPLICATION FINALISED
- Decision
- Conditional on 14 Apr 2022
- Final grant
- 26 May 2022
- Permission expires
- 29 Nov 2026
- Site (from polygon)
- 13.99 ha
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 22 Nov 2021New applicationObservation window closed 5 Jan 2022
- 24 Jan 2022Further information requested
- 22 Mar 2022Further information received
- 14 Apr 2022DecisionAppeal window closed 12 May 2022
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Appeal
Not appealed.
Commencement
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Zoning at the site
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Designations within 250 m
No OPW flood extent nearby.
- Radon risk area · 2
- Recorded monument · 1
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 128182). 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/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/211639/0.
Source: npad · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
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