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Kildare County Council · 2461180

Townlands of Cadamstown , Ballina Clonuff and Garrisker , Co Kildare

  1. 7 Nov 2024Received
  2. 15 Oct 2025Refused
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Status
Under appeal
Decision
Refused · 15 Oct 2025
Council
Kildare County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Site
172.90 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 173.3 hectares comprising of transformer stations and GRP enclosures, solar PV ground mounted on support structures, temporary construction compounds, access tracks (existing, new and upgraded), perimeter fencing, electrical cabling and ducting, CCTV and other ancillary grid infrastructure and associated works. The solar farm would be operational for 40 years. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted with the application. The export capacity to the grid is estimated be c. 118MEC AC. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of: An amended haul route which incorporates 8 passing bays (7 on the L5006 and one on the unnamed road west of the Application Site)

2461180 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 7 Nov 2024; permission was refused on 15 Oct 2025.

Planning details

Reference
2461180
Local authority
Kildare County Council
Status
Under appeal · register status “APPEALED
Received
7 Nov 2024
Observations close
12 Dec 2024 (closed 641 days ago)
Decision due
15 Oct 2025 · decided 15 Oct 2025
Decision
Refused on 15 Oct 2025
Proposed development
for a period of 10 years to construct and complete a solar PV Energy Development with a total site area of 173.3 hectares comprising of transformer stations and GRP enclosures, solar PV ground mounted on support structures, temporary construction compounds, access tracks (existing, new and upgraded), perimeter fencing, electrical cabling and ducting, CCTV and other ancillary grid infrastructure and associated works. The solar farm would be operational for 40 years. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted with the application. The export capacity to the grid is estimated be c. 118MEC AC. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of: An amended haul route which incorporates 8 passing bays (7 on the L5006 and one on the unnamed road west of the Application Site)
As published by the register.
Site area
172.90 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 PL-500258-KE (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.

    No other designation nearby.

    Provenance

    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 133984). 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/2461180/0.

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