Monaghan Mushrooms , Drummin , Derrinturn
- 9 Aug 2023Received
- 8 Nov 2023Conditional
- 3 Jan 2024Final grant
- 2 Jan 2029Permission expires
- Status
- Granted with conditions
- Decision
- Conditional · 8 Nov 2023
- Council
- Kildare County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Site
- 1.32 ha
What’s proposed
the construction of a photovoltaic solar farm comprising of 54 no. table solar panel arrays erected on ground mounted galvanised steel frames/support structures located in the southeast corner of the existing mushroom, compost and farm facility. The solar panels will be arranged facing southward with a separation distance of 5 meters between rows. The development also includes (i) ducting and underground electrical cabling; (ii) 2m high perimeter fencing to the north and west site boundaries with associated access gate; (iii) and all ancillary works including landscaping and associated civil engineering works necessary to facilitate the development. The solar farm will provide electrical power to the existing facility
23837 is a planning application to Kildare County Council for the construction of a photovoltaic solar farm comprising of 54 no. table solar panel, received on 9 Aug 2023; permission was granted with conditions on 8 Nov 2023.
Planning details
- Reference
- 23837
- Local authority
- Kildare County Council
- Status
- Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
- Received
- 9 Aug 2023
- Observations close
- 13 Sept 2023 (closed 1098 days ago)
- Decision due
- 14 Nov 2023 · decided 8 Nov 2023
- Decision
- Conditional on 8 Nov 2023
- Proposed development
- the construction of a photovoltaic solar farm comprising of 54 no. table solar panel arrays erected on ground mounted galvanised steel frames/support structures located in the southeast corner of the existing mushroom, compost and farm facility. The solar panels will be arranged facing southward with a separation distance of 5 meters between rows. The development also includes (i) ducting and underground electrical cabling; (ii) 2m high perimeter fencing to the north and west site boundaries with associated access gate; (iii) and all ancillary works including landscaping and associated civil engineering works necessary to facilitate the development. The solar farm will provide electrical power to the existing facilityAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 1.32 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 53.31954, -6.92157
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 · 1
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 132812). 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/23837/0.
Source: npad · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
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