Kilineer Newtown Monasterboice , Silloge Balgatheran and Coolfore , Co. Louth
- 15 May 2024Received
- 12 Mar 2025Conditional
- Status
- Under appeal
- Decision
- Conditional · 12 Mar 2025
- Council
- Louth County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Site
- 86.92 ha
What’s proposed
Planning permission is sought for a period of 10 years to construct and complete a Solar PV Energy and BESS Development with a total site area of 92.3 hectares to include; Solar PV panels ground mounted on support structures, inverters, battery storage infrastructure (BESS units, PCS units, storage and maintenance units), internal access tracks, underground cabling, perimeter fencing with CCTV camera and access gates, temporary construction compounds and all ancillary infrastructure, drainage, additional landscaping and habitat enhancement as required and associated site development works. The solar farm would be operational for 40 years. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted with this application. *Significant Further Information received on 06/02/2025*Significant Further Information received on 18/02/2025*
2460278 is a planning application to Louth County Council for planning permission is sought for a period of 10 years to construct and complete a Solar, received on 15 May 2024; permission was granted with conditions on 12 Mar 2025.
Planning details
- Reference
- 2460278
- Local authority
- Louth County Council
- Status
- Under appeal · register status “APPEALED”
- Received
- 15 May 2024
- Observations close
- 19 Jun 2024 (closed 827 days ago)
- Decision due
- 17 Mar 2025 · decided 12 Mar 2025
- Decision
- Conditional on 12 Mar 2025
- Proposed development
- Planning permission is sought for a period of 10 years to construct and complete a Solar PV Energy and BESS Development with a total site area of 92.3 hectares to include; Solar PV panels ground mounted on support structures, inverters, battery storage infrastructure (BESS units, PCS units, storage and maintenance units), internal access tracks, underground cabling, perimeter fencing with CCTV camera and access gates, temporary construction compounds and all ancillary infrastructure, drainage, additional landscaping and habitat enhancement as required and associated site development works. The solar farm would be operational for 40 years. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted with this application. *Significant Further Information received on 06/02/2025*Significant Further Information received on 18/02/2025*As published by the register.
- Site area
- 86.92 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
- Applicant
- Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register
Nearby nothing else within 500 m in the last 5 years
No other application within 500 m in the last 5 years.
Appeal
The register records appeal ABP-322-1 (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 424137). 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/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460278/0.
Source: npad · fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
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