Ballymacken, Portlaoise, Co. Laois
Approved in Jul 2025. No sign of building yet.
- 13 Jan 2025Received
- 23 Jun 2025Conditional
- 28 Jul 2025Final approval
- 27 Jul 2030Approval runs out
Planning details
- Status
- Approved
- Decision
- Conditional · 23 Jun 2025
- Reference
- 2560014
- Received
- 13 Jan 2025
- Further information
- Requested 7 Mar 2025 · received 27 May 2025
- Units
- 1
- Site
- 11.55 ha
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
4 other applications within 500 m in the last year
Open the reportNearby 4 · 500 m · 12 months
- Awaiting decisionin the townlands of Ballymackan Ballymooney , Beladd Kilminchy Ballyroan and Borris Little , Portlaoise Co. Laois
- GrantedBallymackan , Portlaoise , Co. Laois
- WithdrawnBallymackan , Portlaoise , Co. Laois
- RefusedBallymackan , Portlaoise , Co Laois
- GrantedBallymacken , Portlaoise , Co Laois
- GrantedBallymackan , Portlaoise , Co Laois
- GrantedCoolelan Kiltaghan North Kiltaghan South Clonmoyle West Ummeras More Mountrice Mullaghroe Upper Mullaghroe Lower Coolatogher Coolsickin or Quinsborough and Coolnafearagh. , Co. Kildare
- Appeal decidedInchacooly Ullard (Controversyland) Clonanny Kilmullen Derrynafunshion Ballycarroll (Jamestown Electoral Division) Closeland or Cloneen Ballybrittas Emo Park Cappakeel Morett Killone Garryduff (Kilmurry Electoral Division) , Killenny (Kilmurry Electo
- WithdrawnBallymacken , Portlaoise , Co. Laois
- WithdrawnBallymacken , Portlaoise , Co. Laois
- GrantedBallymacken , Portlaoise , Laois
- CommencedBallymackan , Portlaoise , Co. Laois.
- WithdrawnBallymackan , Portlaoise , Co. Laois.
- WithdrawnBallymackan , Portlaoise , Co. Laois.
- GrantedBallymacken , Portlaoise , Co. Laois
- RefusedStradbally Road , Ballymacken , Portlaoise
- GrantedBallymacken , Portlaoise , Co Laois
- GrantedBallymacken , Portlaoise , Co. Laois
- GrantedBallymacken , Portlaoise , Co. Laois
- WithdrawnBallymacken , Portlaoise , Co. laois
- GrantedBallymacken , Portlaoise , Co. Laois
- WithdrawnBallymacken , Portlaoise , Co. Laois
- WithdrawnBallymacken , Portlaoise , Co. Laois
- RefusedBallymacken , Portlaoise , Co. Laois
Homes nearby
- For sale20 Ard Branagh, Dublin Road, Portlaoise, Co. Laois, R32 ACN9
- For sale30 Heathfields, Dublin Road, Portlaoise, Co. Laois, R32 WR2Y
- For saleCluneen, Kilminchy, Portlaoise, Co. Laois, R32 R5XK
- For sale5 Dunamaise Court, Dublin Road, Portlaoise, Co. Laois, R32 NR40
- For saleApartment 29, Bridle Walk, Kilminchy, Co. Laois, R32 TK65
- For saleApartment 4, Bridle Walk, Kilminchy, Portlaoise, Co. Laois, R32 VK24
Protections nearby 250 m
- Recorded monument · 2
Where this comes from
National planning feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44.
Source: National Planning Application Database · fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
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| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 | open |
Summary
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.