Towlands of Rathdrinagh Sicily Thomastown , Rahill Drumman & Knockcommon , near the town of Duleek Co Meath
- 11 May 2023Received
- 15 Jun 2023Observations closed
- Status
- Withdrawn or invalid
- Decision
- Not yet
- Council
- Meath County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Site
- 187.14 ha
What’s proposed
a ten year permission and 35 year operation life for a solar farm described herein. The total site area for the proposed development is 188.9 hectares consisting of the following: solar photovoltaic panels on ground mounted steel frames and associated hard standing, inverter/transformer stations, underground power and communication cables and ducts, boundary security fence, CCTV cameras, upgraded internal access tracks, new internal access tracks, 2 no. new site entrances along the L5608 local road, underground electrical and communications cabling for approximately 700m along the L5608 local road and all associated services and development works including drainage infrastructure, temporary construction compound and landscaing. As part of a separate Strategic Infrastructure Development (SID) application for consent, consent will be sought fo rthe provision of a 110kV onsite electrical substation and associated works from An Bord Pleanala. This planning application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement
23499 is a planning application to Meath County Council for a ten year permission and 35 year operation life for a solar farm described herein. The, received on 11 May 2023; the file is recorded as incompleted application.
Planning details
- Reference
- 23499
- Local authority
- Meath County Council
- Status
- Withdrawn or invalid · register status “INCOMPLETED APPLICATION”
- Received
- 11 May 2023
- Observations close
- 15 Jun 2023 (closed 1187 days ago)
- Decision due
- No due date published
- Decision
- Not decided
- Proposed development
- a ten year permission and 35 year operation life for a solar farm described herein. The total site area for the proposed development is 188.9 hectares consisting of the following: solar photovoltaic panels on ground mounted steel frames and associated hard standing, inverter/transformer stations, underground power and communication cables and ducts, boundary security fence, CCTV cameras, upgraded internal access tracks, new internal access tracks, 2 no. new site entrances along the L5608 local road, underground electrical and communications cabling for approximately 700m along the L5608 local road and all associated services and development works including drainage infrastructure, temporary construction compound and landscaing. As part of a separate Strategic Infrastructure Development (SID) application for consent, consent will be sought fo rthe provision of a 110kV onsite electrical substation and associated works from An Bord Pleanala. This planning application is accompanied by a Natura Impact StatementAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 187.14 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
- Applicant
- Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register
Full planning report for 53.65588, -6.50142
Zoning, appeals, sold prices, flood and heritage constraints — everything for this area in one PDF.
No account, no payment. Not a statutory planning search.
Appeal
Not appealed.
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.
- EPA-licensed facility · 2
- Radon risk area · 4
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 142196). 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/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/23499/0.
Source: npad · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
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