Greenhills , Rhode , Co. Offaly

What’s proposed

Amendments to the development permitted under Offaly County Council Planning Register Reference 21/488 to: (i) revise the layout of the permitted development including solar array and inverter/transformer units; (ii) increase the height of the permitted solar array from 2.914 metres to up to 3.3 metres; (iii) provide for variable spacings between the solar array rows; (iv) provide for varying solar array tilt-angles; (v) alter the design of the electrical inverter/transformer units and reduce the number of electrical inverter/transformer units from 6 no. to 2 no.; (vi) construct approximately 1,600 metres of access tracks; (vii) alter Condition No. 5(b) to provide for the planting of screening vegetation at the end of the construction phase; (viii) alter Condition No. 4(a) to provide for the decommissioning of the development no later than 40-years from the date of commissioning; and, (ix) all associated site development, drainage, access and reinstatement works. This planning application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS)

2560083 is a planning application to Offaly County Council for amendments to the development permitted under Offaly County Council Planning Register, received on 20 Mar 2025; permission was granted with conditions on 6 Oct 2025.

Planning details

Reference: 2560083
Local authority: Offaly County Council
Status: Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 20 Mar 2025
Observations close: 24 Apr 2025 (closed 512 days ago)
Decision due: 8 Oct 2025 · decided 6 Oct 2025
Decision: Conditional on 6 Oct 2025
Proposed development: Amendments to the development permitted under Offaly County Council Planning Register Reference 21/488 to: (i) revise the layout of the permitted development including solar array and inverter/transformer units; (ii) increase the height of the permitted solar array from 2.914 metres to up to 3.3 metres; (iii) provide for variable spacings between the solar array rows; (iv) provide for varying solar array tilt-angles; (v) alter the design of the electrical inverter/transformer units and reduce the number of electrical inverter/transformer units from 6 no. to 2 no.; (vi) construct approximately 1,600 metres of access tracks; (vii) alter Condition No. 5(b) to provide for the planting of screening vegetation at the end of the construction phase; (viii) alter Condition No. 4(a) to provide for the decommissioning of the development no later than 40-years from the date of commissioning; and, (ix) all associated site development, drainage, access and reinstatement works. This planning application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS)
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Site area: 23.26 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant: Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register

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Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 451292). 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/2560083/0.

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