Kilcoran , Rathdowney , Co. Laois

What’s proposed

construct and complete, for a period of 5 years, a Solar PV Energy development with a total site area of 67.6 hectares, to include two single storey, 38KV electrical substation buildings & associated infrastructure within a compound, inverter station modules, spare parts container, solar PV panels ground mounted on support structures, internal access tracks, security fencing, electrical cabling and ducting, CCTV and other ancillary infrastructure, drainage, additional landscaping and habitat enhancement as required and associated site development works including vehicular access works

18674 is a planning application to Laois County Council for construct and complete, for a period of 5 years, a Solar PV Energy development with a, received on 24 May 2019; permission was granted with conditions on 22 Nov 2019.

Planning details

Reference: 18674
Local authority: Laois County Council
Status: Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 24 May 2019
Observations close: 28 Jun 2019 (closed 2640 days ago)
Decision due: 27 Nov 2019 · decided 22 Nov 2019
Decision: Conditional on 22 Nov 2019
Proposed development: construct and complete, for a period of 5 years, a Solar PV Energy development with a total site area of 67.6 hectares, to include two single storey, 38KV electrical substation buildings & associated infrastructure within a compound, inverter station modules, spare parts container, solar PV panels ground mounted on support structures, internal access tracks, security fencing, electrical cabling and ducting, CCTV and other ancillary infrastructure, drainage, additional landscaping and habitat enhancement as required and associated site development works including vehicular access works
As published by the register.
Site area: 71.56 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant: Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register

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Appeal

Not appealed.

Commencement

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Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 392828). 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/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/18674/0.

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Provenance

Kilcoran , Rathdowney , Co. Laois

What’s proposed

Planning details

Nearby nothing else within 500 m in the last 5 years

Appeal

Commencement

Zoning at the site

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