Blackdown , Oldmilltown , Coolahocka

What’s proposed

RED III will consist of an application for a 10-year planning permission for the construction of, and a 40-year operation and subsequent decommissioning of, a development consisting of a 20 hectare solar farm (red line boundary). The solar farm comprises of 1no. land parcel. The proposed solar farm will consist of a series of ground mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) panels, mounted on steel support structures and in some areas on concrete shoes to protect possible underground archaeological features, together with 5no. electrical transformation enclosures, underground cabling, 1no. temporary construction compound, the use of existing farm access tracks, existing site entrances, realignment of 1no. existing site entrance including realignment of the existing access track, inverters, CCTV poles and cameras, deer type security/boundary fencing, landscaping and biodiversity measures and all associated ancillary development works, for the purpose of generating renewable energy electricity and transmitting it in the townlands of Blackdown, Oldmilltown and Coolahocka, Co. Kildare

2660800 is a planning application to Kildare County Council for rED III will consist of an application for a 10-year planning permission for the, received on 14 Jul 2026; the file is recorded as incompleted application.

Planning details

Reference: 2660800
Local authority: Kildare County Council
Status: Withdrawn or invalid · register status “INCOMPLETED APPLICATION”
Received: 14 Jul 2026
Observations close: 18 Aug 2026 (closed 32 days ago)
Decision due: No due date published
Decision: Not decided
Proposed development: RED III will consist of an application for a 10-year planning permission for the construction of, and a 40-year operation and subsequent decommissioning of, a development consisting of a 20 hectare solar farm (red line boundary). The solar farm comprises of 1no. land parcel. The proposed solar farm will consist of a series of ground mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) panels, mounted on steel support structures and in some areas on concrete shoes to protect possible underground archaeological features, together with 5no. electrical transformation enclosures, underground cabling, 1no. temporary construction compound, the use of existing farm access tracks, existing site entrances, realignment of 1no. existing site entrance including realignment of the existing access track, inverters, CCTV poles and cameras, deer type security/boundary fencing, landscaping and biodiversity measures and all associated ancillary development works, for the purpose of generating renewable energy electricity and transmitting it in the townlands of Blackdown, Oldmilltown and Coolahocka, Co. Kildare
As published by the register.
Site area: No site boundary mapped
Applicant: Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register

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Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 16:04 (store id 511791). 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/2660800/0.

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Blackdown , Oldmilltown , Coolahocka

What’s proposed

Planning details

Nearby 13 applications within 500 m in the last 5 years

Appeal

Commencement

Zoning at the site

Designations within 250 m

Provenance

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