Ballykenny , Co Longford
- 2 Sept 2019Received
- 24 Oct 2019Conditional
- 7 May 2025Permission expires
- Status
- Appeal decided — granted
- Decision
- Conditional · 24 Oct 2019
- Council
- Longford County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Site
- 19.51 ha
What’s proposed
for a 25 year permission for a solar farm up to 19 Ha with an export capacity of approximately 9MW comprising of photovoltaic panels on ground mounted steel frames, a single storey DNO building, customer room, control building, storage container, HV kiosk, switch gear housing and 6 no. inverter transformer enclosures, ducting and electrical cabling, perimeter fencing, mounted CCTV cameras, new internal access tracks and associated drainage infrastructure and all associated site works at Ballkenny, Co Longford. Please Note: this site is adjacent to the existing ESB Richmond Electricity Substation. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the planning authority with the planning application. The Natura Impact Statement will be available for inspection or purchase at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, during office hours at the offices of the Planning Authority
19222 is a planning application to Longford County Council for for a 25 year permission for a solar farm up to 19 Ha with an export capacity of, received on 2 Sept 2019; permission was granted with conditions on 24 Oct 2019.
Planning details
- Reference
- 19222
- Local authority
- Longford County Council
- Status
- Appeal decided — granted · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
- Received
- 2 Sept 2019
- Observations close
- 7 Oct 2019 (closed 2539 days ago)
- Decision due
- 27 Oct 2019 · decided 24 Oct 2019
- Decision
- Conditional on 24 Oct 2019
- Proposed development
- for a 25 year permission for a solar farm up to 19 Ha with an export capacity of approximately 9MW comprising of photovoltaic panels on ground mounted steel frames, a single storey DNO building, customer room, control building, storage container, HV kiosk, switch gear housing and 6 no. inverter transformer enclosures, ducting and electrical cabling, perimeter fencing, mounted CCTV cameras, new internal access tracks and associated drainage infrastructure and all associated site works at Ballkenny, Co Longford. Please Note: this site is adjacent to the existing ESB Richmond Electricity Substation. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the planning authority with the planning application. The Natura Impact Statement will be available for inspection or purchase at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, during office hours at the offices of the Planning AuthorityAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 19.51 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
- Applicant
- Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register
Nearby 3 applications within 500 m in the last 5 years
Appeal
The register records appeal APB-305969-19 (status unknown) but we have not matched the ACP case yet.
Commencement
No commencement notice matched to this reference.
Zoning at the site
No zoning objective covers this site in the current plan.
Designations within 250 m
No OPW flood extent nearby.
No other designation nearby.
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 414417). 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/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/19222/0.
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