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Kildare County Council · 2560083

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

  1. 31 Jan 2025Received
  2. 24 Mar 2025Refused
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Status
Refused
Decision
Refused · 24 Mar 2025
Council
Kildare County Council
Type
PERMISSION

What’s proposed

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

2560083 is a planning application to Kildare County Council for for a period of 10 years to construction and complete a Solar PV and BESS Development, received on 31 Jan 2025; permission was refused on 24 Mar 2025.

Planning details

Reference
2560083
Local authority
Kildare County Council
Status
Refused · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED
Received
31 Jan 2025
Observations close
7 Mar 2025 (closed 557 days ago)
Decision due
27 Mar 2025 · decided 24 Mar 2025
Decision
Refused on 24 Mar 2025
Proposed development
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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Site area
No site boundary mapped
Applicant
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    Zoning at the site

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    • 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 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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