Newtown , Ballycullane Lower and Ballycullane Upper , Co. Kildare
- 31 Mar 2026Received
- Status
- Withdrawn or invalid
- Decision
- Not yet
- Council
- Kildare County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Site
- 128.85 ha
What’s proposed
RED III Application for a solar farm development that will consist of: (i) Construction and operation solar PV panels on ground mounted steel supported structures with associated string inverters; (ii) Installation of 18 no. transformer stations at various points across the site; (iii) Internal underground trenching, electrical cabling and ducting between the solar PV arrays and electrical inverters/transformers; (iv) Provision of 1 no. site entrance from the L4014 via an existing agricultural access point and provision of 1 no. passing bay along the L4014; (v) Provision of internal access tracks and watercourse/drain crossings, perimeter fencing and pole mounted CCTV cameras; (vi) 1 no. temporary construction compound; (vii) All associated site development, landscaping, drainage arrangements and ancillary works. The proposed solar farm development spans a total site area measuring c. 126.4ha, of which c. 65.1ha, the subject of this application, is located in Co. Kildare and c. 61.3ha is located in Co. Carlow. A separate planning application is being lodged with Carlow County Council. Permission is sought for a period of 10 years with an operational period of 40 years. The total capacity of solar PV panels of the entire development including Carlow and Kildare is estimated to be c. 120MW. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and was submitted as part of this application. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply
2660343 is a planning application to Kildare County Council for rED III Application for a solar farm development that will consist of: (i) Construction, received on 31 Mar 2026; the file is recorded as incompleted application.
Planning details
- Reference
- 2660343
- Local authority
- Kildare County Council
- Status
- Withdrawn or invalid · register status “INCOMPLETED APPLICATION”
- Received
- 31 Mar 2026
- Observations close
- No observation window — there is no receipt date to compute one from
- Decision due
- No due date published
- Decision
- Not decided
- Proposed development
- RED III Application for a solar farm development that will consist of: (i) Construction and operation solar PV panels on ground mounted steel supported structures with associated string inverters; (ii) Installation of 18 no. transformer stations at various points across the site; (iii) Internal underground trenching, electrical cabling and ducting between the solar PV arrays and electrical inverters/transformers; (iv) Provision of 1 no. site entrance from the L4014 via an existing agricultural access point and provision of 1 no. passing bay along the L4014; (v) Provision of internal access tracks and watercourse/drain crossings, perimeter fencing and pole mounted CCTV cameras; (vi) 1 no. temporary construction compound; (vii) All associated site development, landscaping, drainage arrangements and ancillary works. The proposed solar farm development spans a total site area measuring c. 126.4ha, of which c. 65.1ha, the subject of this application, is located in Co. Kildare and c. 61.3ha is located in Co. Carlow. A separate planning application is being lodged with Carlow County Council. Permission is sought for a period of 10 years with an operational period of 40 years. The total capacity of solar PV panels of the entire development including Carlow and Kildare is estimated to be c. 120MW. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and was submitted as part of this application. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall applyAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 128.85 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 52.87023, -6.78309
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
Not appealed.
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 · 1
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 62313). 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/2660343/0.
Source: npad · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
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