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Kildare County Council · 226

Land South of the L1015 Road at Confey , Leixlip , Co. Kildare

  1. 10 Jan 2022Received
  2. 24 May 2022Conditional
  3. 1 Jul 2022Final grant
  4. 30 Jun 2027Permission expires
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Status
Granted with conditions
Decision
Conditional · 24 May 2022
Council
Kildare County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Site
18.83 ha
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What’s proposed

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 number 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. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of the duration allowed for the works permitted under planning application reference 16/848 is sought to be increased to 10 years from the date of the final grant of permission (9th March 2017); and Condition 18 is sought to be amended to allow construction of both Confey Solar Farm (16/848) and Towerhill Solar Farm (16/777 to occur at the same time

226 is a planning application to Kildare County Council for to amend the design of the approved development (Planning Reference 16/848) which, received on 10 Jan 2022; permission was granted with conditions on 24 May 2022.

Planning details

Reference
226
Local authority
Kildare County Council
Status
Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received
10 Jan 2022
Observations close
14 Feb 2022 (closed 1673 days ago)
Decision due
25 May 2022 · decided 24 May 2022
Decision
Conditional on 24 May 2022
Proposed development
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 number 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. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of the duration allowed for the works permitted under planning application reference 16/848 is sought to be increased to 10 years from the date of the final grant of permission (9th March 2017); and Condition 18 is sought to be amended to allow construction of both Confey Solar Farm (16/848) and Towerhill Solar Farm (16/777 to occur at the same time
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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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    • 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

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    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 131053). 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/226/0.

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