Ballymacken , Portlaoise , Co. Laois

What’s proposed

to construct, operate and decommission a photovoltaic solar farm over an area of 2 hectares comprising of photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames, a switch room building, Perimeter fencing, hardcore access tracks with underground ducting routes, landscaping, new site entrance and access road to solar farm and existing sawmill facility, surface water drainage with underground attenuation tank, revision of existing site boundaries along with all associated ancillary development works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been submitted with this application

2560014 is a planning application to Laois County Council for to construct, operate and decommission a photovoltaic solar farm over an area of 2, received on 13 Jan 2025; permission was granted with conditions on 23 Jun 2025.

Planning details

Reference: 2560014
Local authority: Laois County Council
Status: Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 13 Jan 2025
Observations close: 17 Feb 2025 (closed 582 days ago)
Decision due: 23 Jun 2025 · decided 23 Jun 2025
Decision: Conditional on 23 Jun 2025
Proposed development: to construct, operate and decommission a photovoltaic solar farm over an area of 2 hectares comprising of photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames, a switch room building, Perimeter fencing, hardcore access tracks with underground ducting routes, landscaping, new site entrance and access road to solar farm and existing sawmill facility, surface water drainage with underground attenuation tank, revision of existing site boundaries along with all associated ancillary development works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been submitted with this application
As published by the register.
Site area: 11.55 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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Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 396642). 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/2560014/0.

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