Cowanstown Kealstown Bryanstown Dowdstown , Donaghstown Posseckstown Taghadoe Toolestown , - Windgates Rowanstown and Roosk
- 28 Mar 2025Received
- 22 May 2025Refused
- 14 Apr 2026Final grant
- 13 Apr 2031Permission expires
- Status
- Appeal decided — granted
- Decision
- Refused · 22 May 2025
- Council
- Kildare County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Site
- 184.42 ha
What’s proposed
for the construction of a solar PV development and an ‘under the fence’ transformer compound on a ca. 180ha site consisting of: I. Solar PV panels laid out in arrays across the Site; II. 39 No. inverter units (ca. 2.9m (h) x ca. 6.1m (l) and 2.4(w)); III. 1 No. control room structure (5m (h) x 15.3m (l) and 3.7m (w)); IV. 1 No. transformer unit (ca. 6m x ca. 4m) and associated bund; V. Security fencing around the ‘under the fence’ transformer compound (2.65m high); VI. Electrical and communications cabling; VII. Pole-mounted security cameras; VIII. Perimeter security fencing (2m high) and security gates; IX. Upgrade of 3 No. existing Site entrances; X. Development of 2 No. new Site entrances; XI. 3 No. temporary construction compounds; XII. Internal access tracks; and, XIII All associated ancillary development, landscaping and reinstatement works
2560326 is a planning application to Kildare County Council for for the construction of a solar PV development and an ‘under the fence’ transformer, received on 28 Mar 2025; permission was refused on 22 May 2025.
Planning details
- Reference
- 2560326
- Local authority
- Kildare County Council
- Status
- Appeal decided — granted · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
- Received
- 28 Mar 2025
- Observations close
- 2 May 2025 (closed 500 days ago)
- Decision due
- 22 May 2025 · decided 22 May 2025
- Decision
- Refused on 22 May 2025
- Proposed development
- for the construction of a solar PV development and an ‘under the fence’ transformer compound on a ca. 180ha site consisting of: I. Solar PV panels laid out in arrays across the Site; II. 39 No. inverter units (ca. 2.9m (h) x ca. 6.1m (l) and 2.4(w)); III. 1 No. control room structure (5m (h) x 15.3m (l) and 3.7m (w)); IV. 1 No. transformer unit (ca. 6m x ca. 4m) and associated bund; V. Security fencing around the ‘under the fence’ transformer compound (2.65m high); VI. Electrical and communications cabling; VII. Pole-mounted security cameras; VIII. Perimeter security fencing (2m high) and security gates; IX. Upgrade of 3 No. existing Site entrances; X. Development of 2 No. new Site entrances; XI. 3 No. temporary construction compounds; XII. Internal access tracks; and, XIII All associated ancillary development, landscaping and reinstatement worksAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 184.42 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 53.34899, -6.61170
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 ABP-322797-25 (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.
- Radon risk area · 2
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 136900). 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/2560326/0.
Source: npad · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
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