L1015 Road , Towerhill , Confey
- 22 Nov 2021Received
- 14 Apr 2022Conditional
- 26 May 2022Final grant
- 29 Nov 2026Permission expires
- Status
- Granted with conditions
- Decision
- Conditional · 14 Apr 2022
- Council
- Kildare County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Site
- 13.99 ha
What’s proposed
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)
211639 is a planning application to Kildare County Council for for development at this site on land north of the L1015 Road. The development will, received on 22 Nov 2021; permission was granted with conditions on 14 Apr 2022.
Planning details
- Reference
- 211639
- Local authority
- Kildare County Council
- Status
- Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
- Received
- 22 Nov 2021
- Observations close
- 5 Jan 2022 (closed 1714 days ago)
- Decision due
- 18 Apr 2022 · decided 14 Apr 2022
- Decision
- Conditional on 14 Apr 2022
- Proposed development
- 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)As published by the register.
- Site area
- 13.99 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
- Applicant
- Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register
Full planning report for 53.38423, -6.50354
Zoning, appeals, sold prices, flood and heritage constraints — everything for this area in one PDF.
No account, no payment. Not a statutory planning search.
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.
- 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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