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Kildare County Council · 2560083 · PERMISSION

Townlands of Portgloriam Clonsast Ballybrack Ballyloughlan Farrandum , Clonduff Clonfert North and Laragh , Balraheen

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Council received 31 Jan 2025We first saw it 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (589 days after receipt — sources refresh weekly)
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2560083 is a planning application for permission at Townlands of Portgloriam Clonsast Ballybrack Ballyloughlan Farrandum , Clonduff Clonfert North and Laragh , Balraheen, received by Kildare County Council on 31 Jan 2025 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: for a period of 10 years to construction and complete a Solar PV and BESS Development with a total site area of 235.8 hectares to include PV panels mounted on metal frames, inverter stations, battery storage infrastructure, (BESS units, PCS Units, storage and maintenance units), new access tracks, underground cabling, perimeter fencing with CCTV cameras and access gates, temporary construction compounds and all ancillary grid infrastructure and associated works. The solar farm would be operational for 40 years. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted with this application. The council refused permission on 24 Mar 2025. The five-week observation window closed on 7 Mar 2025.

Appeal window closes 22 Apr 2025 closed 508 days ago
4 weeks from the council's decision (24 Mar 2025) · s.37 Planning and Development Act 2000 · €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer)
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Proposal

for a period of 10 years to construction and complete a Solar PV and BESS Development with a total site area of 235.8 hectares to include PV panels mounted on metal frames, inverter stations, battery storage infrastructure, (BESS units, PCS Units, storage and maintenance units), new access tracks, underground cabling, perimeter fencing with CCTV cameras and access gates, temporary construction compounds and all ancillary grid infrastructure and associated works. The solar farm would be operational for 40 years. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted with this application

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APPLICATION FINALISED
Decision
Refused on 24 Mar 2025
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Timeline

  • 31 Jan 2025
    New application
    Observation window closed 7 Mar 2025
  • 24 Mar 2025
    Decision
    Appeal window closed 22 Apr 2025

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    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 136466). 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/2560083/0.

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