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Kildare County Council · 2460568

Townlands of , Mulgeeth and Mucklon , Co. Kildare

  1. 24 Jun 2024Received
  2. 4 Feb 2025Refused
  3. 7 Jul 2025Final grant
  4. 6 Jul 2030Permission expires
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Status
Appeal decided — granted
Decision
Refused · 4 Feb 2025
Council
Kildare County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Site
80.86 ha

What’s proposed

for a period of 10 years to construct and complete a solar PV energy development with a total site area of 80.9 hectares, comprising of the construction of PV panels mounted on metal frames, transformer stations, GRP units, internal access tracks, perimeter fencing with CCTV cameras and access gates, electrical cabling and ducting, temporary construction compounds, widening of an existing entrance, landscaping and all ancillary infrastructure and associated works. The solar farm would be operational for 35 years. The export capacity to grid is estimated to be c. 56MW MEC. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of this application. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of additional passing bays have been included in the Construction Traffic Management Plan

2460568 is a planning application to Kildare County Council for for a period of 10 years to construct and complete a solar PV energy development with a, received on 24 Jun 2024; permission was refused on 4 Feb 2025.

Planning details

Reference
2460568
Local authority
Kildare County Council
Status
Appeal decided — granted · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED
Received
24 Jun 2024
Observations close
29 Jul 2024 (closed 777 days ago)
Decision due
4 Feb 2025 · decided 4 Feb 2025
Decision
Refused on 4 Feb 2025
Proposed development
for a period of 10 years to construct and complete a solar PV energy development with a total site area of 80.9 hectares, comprising of the construction of PV panels mounted on metal frames, transformer stations, GRP units, internal access tracks, perimeter fencing with CCTV cameras and access gates, electrical cabling and ducting, temporary construction compounds, widening of an existing entrance, landscaping and all ancillary infrastructure and associated works. The solar farm would be operational for 35 years. The export capacity to grid is estimated to be c. 56MW MEC. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of this application. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of additional passing bays have been included in the Construction Traffic Management Plan
As published by the register.
Site area
80.86 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

The register records appeal ABP-321991-25 (status unknown) but we have not matched the ACP case yet.

Commencement

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    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
      About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels

    Provenance

    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 133418). 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/2460568/0.

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