TRASCAN AND CLONDOOLUSK , CO. OFFALY
- 11 Mar 2021Received
- 5 May 2021Conditional
- 3 Oct 2031Permission expires
- Status
- Appeal decided — granted
- Decision
- Conditional · 5 May 2021
- Council
- Offaly County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Site
- 88.97 ha
What’s proposed
THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SOLAR FARM ON A TOTAL SITE AREA OF 86.7 HECTARES (HA), CONSISTING OF PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS ON GROUND MOUNTED STEEL FRAMES WITH ASSOCIATED CABLING AND DUCTING; 40 NO. SINGLE STOREY INVERTER STATIONS; 4 NO. STEEL STORAGE CONTAINERS; PERIMETER FENCING; SECURITY GATES; PERMEABLE GRAVEL ACCESS TRACK; 36 NO. ONSITE POLE MOUNTED CCTV CAMERAS C. 3M IN HEIGHT; 2 NO. TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUND/MATERIAL STORAGE AREA; 2 NO. TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION STAGE MOBY DICK TYPE WHEELWASH SYSTEMS (WITH OVERHEAD SETTLEMENT TANK); AND ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND WORKS. PERMISSION IS SOUGHT FOR THE PROPOSED SOLAR FARM FOR A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS WITH AN OPERATIONAL PERIOD OF 40 YEARS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) IS SUBMITTED WITH THE PLANNING APPLICATION. AN APPLICATION TO OBTAIN PERMISSION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ASSOCIATED TRANSMISSION INFRASTRUCTURE WHICH CONSISTS OF A 110 KILOVOLT (KV) SUBSTATION AND GRID CONNECTION TO FACILITATE THE EXPORT OF POWER FROM THE SOLAR FARM WILL BE SUBMITTED TO AN BORD PLEANÁLA
21123 is a planning application to Offaly County Council for tHE DEVELOPMENT OF A SOLAR FARM ON A TOTAL SITE AREA OF 86.7 HECTARES (HA), CONSISTING, received on 11 Mar 2021; permission was granted with conditions on 5 May 2021.
Planning details
- Reference
- 21123
- Local authority
- Offaly County Council
- Status
- Appeal decided — granted · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
- Received
- 11 Mar 2021
- Observations close
- 15 Apr 2021 (closed 1984 days ago)
- Decision due
- 5 May 2021 · decided 5 May 2021
- Decision
- Conditional on 5 May 2021
- Proposed development
- THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SOLAR FARM ON A TOTAL SITE AREA OF 86.7 HECTARES (HA), CONSISTING OF PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS ON GROUND MOUNTED STEEL FRAMES WITH ASSOCIATED CABLING AND DUCTING; 40 NO. SINGLE STOREY INVERTER STATIONS; 4 NO. STEEL STORAGE CONTAINERS; PERIMETER FENCING; SECURITY GATES; PERMEABLE GRAVEL ACCESS TRACK; 36 NO. ONSITE POLE MOUNTED CCTV CAMERAS C. 3M IN HEIGHT; 2 NO. TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUND/MATERIAL STORAGE AREA; 2 NO. TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION STAGE MOBY DICK TYPE WHEELWASH SYSTEMS (WITH OVERHEAD SETTLEMENT TANK); AND ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND WORKS. PERMISSION IS SOUGHT FOR THE PROPOSED SOLAR FARM FOR A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS WITH AN OPERATIONAL PERIOD OF 40 YEARS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) IS SUBMITTED WITH THE PLANNING APPLICATION. AN APPLICATION TO OBTAIN PERMISSION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ASSOCIATED TRANSMISSION INFRASTRUCTURE WHICH CONSISTS OF A 110 KILOVOLT (KV) SUBSTATION AND GRID CONNECTION TO FACILITATE THE EXPORT OF POWER FROM THE SOLAR FARM WILL BE SUBMITTED TO AN BORD PLEANÁLAAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 88.97 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
- Applicant
- Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register
Nearby 6 applications within 500 m in the last 5 years
Appeal
The register records appeal ABP-310367-21 (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 446345). 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/21123/0.
Source: npad · fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
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