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Kildare County Council · 211732

Confey , Leixlip , Co. Kildare.

  1. 9 Dec 2021Received
  2. 24 Jan 2022Observations closed
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Status
Withdrawn or invalid
Decision
Not yet
Council
Kildare County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Site
18.83 ha

What’s proposed

development at this site on land south of the L1015 Road at Confey. The development will consist of permission to amend the design of the approved development (Planning Reference 16/848) which comprises consent for a Solar PV Energy Development. Proposed amendments include: (1) Substation to increase in size and relocate; (2) Customer Substation to be removed; (3) Storage Container to relocate: (4) Transformer Containers to relocate, increase in size and reduce in numbers; (5) Change in height and layout of Deer Fencing: (6) Reduction in height and numbers of CCTV cameras; (7) Slight alteration to the access tracks; (8) Change in height and angle of solar panels; (9) MW output to be reduced from 10MW to 8.2MW, and (10) Project lifetime proposed to be extended from 30 to 35 years

211732 is a planning application to Kildare County Council for development at this site on land south of the L1015 Road at Confey. The development will, received on 9 Dec 2021; the file is recorded as incompleted application.

Planning details

Reference
211732
Local authority
Kildare County Council
Status
Withdrawn or invalid · register status “INCOMPLETED APPLICATION
Received
9 Dec 2021
Observations close
24 Jan 2022 (closed 1695 days ago)
Decision due
No due date published
Decision
Not decided
Proposed development
development at this site on land south of the L1015 Road at Confey. The development will consist of permission to amend the design of the approved development (Planning Reference 16/848) which comprises consent for a Solar PV Energy Development. Proposed amendments include: (1) Substation to increase in size and relocate; (2) Customer Substation to be removed; (3) Storage Container to relocate: (4) Transformer Containers to relocate, increase in size and reduce in numbers; (5) Change in height and layout of Deer Fencing: (6) Reduction in height and numbers of CCTV cameras; (7) Slight alteration to the access tracks; (8) Change in height and angle of solar panels; (9) MW output to be reduced from 10MW to 8.2MW, and (10) Project lifetime proposed to be extended from 30 to 35 years
As published by the register.
Site area
18.83 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant
Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register

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Appeal

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    Zoning at the site

    No zoning objective covers this site in the current plan.

    Designations within 250 m

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    • EPA-licensed facility · 3
      Intel Ireland Limited; Intel Ireland Limited; P0207
    • Natural Heritage Area (incl. proposed) · 2
      Rye Water Valley/Carton; Royal Canal
    • Radon risk area · 3
      About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels; About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels; About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
    • Special Area of Conservation · 1
      Rye Water Valley/Carton SAC
    • Recorded monument · 1
      R148443

    Provenance

    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 128609). 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/211732/0.

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