SRAH GREENHILLS AND WOOD , RHODE , CO. OFFALY
- 13 Oct 2020Received
- 26 Apr 2021Conditional
- 15 Jun 2021Final grant
- 14 Jun 2031Permission expires
- Status
- Granted with conditions
- Decision
- Conditional · 26 Apr 2021
- Council
- Offaly County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Units
- 1
- Site
- 130.84 ha
What’s proposed
A 10-YEAR PERMISSION. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF: 1. A SOLAR PV DEVELOPMENT ON A C.132 HA SITE CONSISTING OF SOLAR PANELS ON GROUND-MOUNTED FRAMES, 27 NO. SINGLE STOREY ELECTRICAL INVERTER/ TRANSFORMER UNITS, SECURITY FENCING, CCTV SYSTEM WITH POLE MOUNTED CAMERAS, UPGRADING OF EXISTING ACCESS, LANDSCAPING AND ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENT WORKS; 2. AN ENCLOSED BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM COMPOUND ON A C.0.385 HA LOCATED WITHIN THE SOLAR PV DEVELOPMENT SITE CONSISTING OF 18 NO. BATTERY STORAGE UNITS (EACH WITH ASSOCIATED CONTAINERISED STEP UP TRANSFORMER), 1 NO. CONTAINERISED CONTROL ROOM AND 1 NO. CONTAINERISED SWITCH ROOM AND ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENT WORKS; AND 3. A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUND ADJACENT TO THE EXISTING ACCESS. THE OPERATIONAL LIFESPAN OF THE SOLAR PV DEVELOPMENT AND BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM WILL BE 35 YEARS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) WILL ACCOMPANY THE PLANNING APPLICATION
20494 is a planning application to Offaly County Council for a 10-YEAR PERMISSION. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF: 1. A SOLAR PV, received on 13 Oct 2020; permission was granted with conditions on 26 Apr 2021.
Planning details
- Reference
- 20494
- Local authority
- Offaly County Council
- Status
- Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
- Received
- 13 Oct 2020
- Observations close
- 17 Nov 2020 (closed 2141 days ago)
- Decision due
- 26 Apr 2021 · decided 26 Apr 2021
- Decision
- Conditional on 26 Apr 2021
- Proposed development
- A 10-YEAR PERMISSION. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF: 1. A SOLAR PV DEVELOPMENT ON A C.132 HA SITE CONSISTING OF SOLAR PANELS ON GROUND-MOUNTED FRAMES, 27 NO. SINGLE STOREY ELECTRICAL INVERTER/ TRANSFORMER UNITS, SECURITY FENCING, CCTV SYSTEM WITH POLE MOUNTED CAMERAS, UPGRADING OF EXISTING ACCESS, LANDSCAPING AND ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENT WORKS; 2. AN ENCLOSED BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM COMPOUND ON A C.0.385 HA LOCATED WITHIN THE SOLAR PV DEVELOPMENT SITE CONSISTING OF 18 NO. BATTERY STORAGE UNITS (EACH WITH ASSOCIATED CONTAINERISED STEP UP TRANSFORMER), 1 NO. CONTAINERISED CONTROL ROOM AND 1 NO. CONTAINERISED SWITCH ROOM AND ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENT WORKS; AND 3. A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUND ADJACENT TO THE EXISTING ACCESS. THE OPERATIONAL LIFESPAN OF THE SOLAR PV DEVELOPMENT AND BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM WILL BE 35 YEARS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) WILL ACCOMPANY THE PLANNING APPLICATIONAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 130.84 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
- Applicant
- Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register
Nearby 2 applications within 500 m in the last 5 years
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.
- Recorded monument · 6
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 446523). 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/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/20494/0.
Source: npad · fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
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