Townland of , Kilglass , Co. Kildare
- 20 Mar 2025Received
- 16 Jan 2026Refused
- Status
- Under appeal
- Decision
- Refused · 16 Jan 2026
- Council
- Kildare County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Site
- 46.12 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 45.9 hectares, comprising of the construction of PV panels mounted on metal frames, transformer stations, GRP unit, internal access tracks, perimeter fencing with CCTV cameras and access gates, electrical cabling and ducting, temporary construction compound, 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. 35MW MEC. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of this application
2560291 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 20 Mar 2025; permission was refused on 16 Jan 2026.
Planning details
- Reference
- 2560291
- Local authority
- Kildare County Council
- Status
- Under appeal · register status “APPEALED”
- Received
- 20 Mar 2025
- Observations close
- 24 Apr 2025 (closed 509 days ago)
- Decision due
- 16 Jan 2026 · decided 16 Jan 2026
- Decision
- Refused on 16 Jan 2026
- Proposed development
- for a period of 10 years to construct and complete a solar PV energy development with a total site area of 45.9 hectares, comprising of the construction of PV panels mounted on metal frames, transformer stations, GRP unit, internal access tracks, perimeter fencing with CCTV cameras and access gates, electrical cabling and ducting, temporary construction compound, 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. 35MW MEC. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of this applicationAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 46.12 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 53.40623, -6.97663
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
The register records appeal PL-500767-KE-26 (status unknown) but we have not matched the ACP case yet.
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.
No other designation nearby.
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 136865). 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/2560291/0.
Source: npad · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
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