Ballyboughlin , Clara , Co. Offaly
- 12 Aug 2024Received
- 16 Sept 2024Observations closed
- Status
- Withdrawn or invalid
- Decision
- Not yet
- Council
- Offaly County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Site
- 32.19 ha
What’s proposed
The application seeks a 10-year permission with an operational lifetime of 35 years. The development will consist of: • Approximately 38,000 panels on ground mounted metal frames, with a maximum height above ground of 3.17 metres, including string inverters mounted to the rear of the panels; • 1 no. 38kV substation including 1 no. MV switch room, IPP control room, 1 no. ESB switch room, and associated electrical infrastructure; • 3 no. transformer units; • Underground cabling and ducting; • 1 no. temporary construction compound and ancillary facilities for the duration of the construction phase of the project; • Perimeter Fencing; • CCTV; • Site access provided from existing site access of Curagh Road (L20171), internal tracks, site landscaping and all associated site enabling and site development works. This planning application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS)
2460308 is a planning application to Offaly County Council for the application seeks a 10-year permission with an operational lifetime of 35 years. The, received on 12 Aug 2024; the file is recorded as incompleted application.
Planning details
- Reference
- 2460308
- Local authority
- Offaly County Council
- Status
- Withdrawn or invalid · register status “INCOMPLETED APPLICATION”
- Received
- 12 Aug 2024
- Observations close
- 16 Sept 2024 (closed 738 days ago)
- Decision due
- No due date published
- Decision
- Not decided
- Proposed development
- The application seeks a 10-year permission with an operational lifetime of 35 years. The development will consist of: • Approximately 38,000 panels on ground mounted metal frames, with a maximum height above ground of 3.17 metres, including string inverters mounted to the rear of the panels; • 1 no. 38kV substation including 1 no. MV switch room, IPP control room, 1 no. ESB switch room, and associated electrical infrastructure; • 3 no. transformer units; • Underground cabling and ducting; • 1 no. temporary construction compound and ancillary facilities for the duration of the construction phase of the project; • Perimeter Fencing; • CCTV; • Site access provided from existing site access of Curagh Road (L20171), internal tracks, site landscaping and all associated site enabling and site development works. This planning application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS)As published by the register.
- Site area
- 32.19 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
- Applicant
- Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register
Nearby 5 applications within 500 m in the last 5 years
- OpenTownlands of Lehinch Kilcoursey Kilbride Aghamore Raheen and Clara , near Clara , Co. Offaly
- WithdrawnTownlands of Lehinch Kilcoursey Kilbride Aghamore Raheen and Clara , near Clara , Co. Offaly
- WithdrawnTownlands of Lehinch Kilcoursey Kilbride Aghamore Raheen and Clara , near Clara , Co. Offaly
- WithdrawnTownlands of Lehinch Kilcoursey Kilbride Aghamore Raheen and Clara , near Clara , Co. Offaly
- GrantedTownland of Clara , near Clara , Co. Offaly
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.
No other designation nearby.
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 448299). 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/2460308/0.
Source: npad · fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
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