Ellaha and Ballinknockane , Co. Limerick.

What’s proposed

a ten year permission for the complete development of a Solar PV Energy development with a total site area of 61.29 hectares, to include one Transmission System Operator (TSO) electrical substation with associated switchgear, TSO compound and control building, one customer substation with transformer, communications pole, compound and control building, electrical transformer and inverter station modules, Solar PV panels ground mounted on support structures, access roads and internal access tracks, spare parts storage containers, fencing, electrical cabling and ducting, CCTV and other ancillary infrastructure, a temporary site compound area, additional landscaping and habitat enhancement as required and associated site development works

171220 is a planning application to Limerick City and County Council for a ten year permission for the complete development of a Solar PV Energy development with, received on 21 Dec 2017; permission was granted with conditions on 23 Aug 2018.

Planning details

Reference: 171220
Local authority: Limerick City and County Council
Status: Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 21 Dec 2017
Observations close: 5 Feb 2018 (closed 3155 days ago)
Decision due: 23 Aug 2018 · decided 23 Aug 2018
Decision: Conditional on 23 Aug 2018
Proposed development: a ten year permission for the complete development of a Solar PV Energy development with a total site area of 61.29 hectares, to include one Transmission System Operator (TSO) electrical substation with associated switchgear, TSO compound and control building, one customer substation with transformer, communications pole, compound and control building, electrical transformer and inverter station modules, Solar PV panels ground mounted on support structures, access roads and internal access tracks, spare parts storage containers, fencing, electrical cabling and ducting, CCTV and other ancillary infrastructure, a temporary site compound area, additional landscaping and habitat enhancement as required and associated site development works
As published by the register.
Site area: 60.48 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

No commencement notice matched to this reference.

Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 402273). 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: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/171220/0.

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