Newdown , The Downs , Mullingar
- 12 Jan 2023Received
- 8 Jan 2024Conditional
- 12 Feb 2024Final grant
- 11 Feb 2029Permission expires
- Status
- Granted with conditions
- Decision
- Conditional · 8 Jan 2024
- Council
- Westmeath County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Site
- 9.00 ha
What’s proposed
Permission for a 7 MW solar farm comprising approximately 20,000 photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames within total site area of 9.3 hectares, 5 no. single storey inverter/transformer stations, security fencing, CCTV, access road from existing car park area and all associated ancillary development works
2360003 is a planning application to Westmeath County Council for permission for a 7 MW solar farm comprising approximately 20,000 photovoltaic panels on, received on 12 Jan 2023; permission was granted with conditions on 8 Jan 2024.
Planning details
- Reference
- 2360003
- Local authority
- Westmeath County Council
- Status
- Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
- Received
- 12 Jan 2023
- Observations close
- 16 Feb 2023 (closed 1310 days ago)
- Decision due
- 11 Jan 2024 · decided 8 Jan 2024
- Decision
- Conditional on 8 Jan 2024
- Proposed development
- Permission for a 7 MW solar farm comprising approximately 20,000 photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames within total site area of 9.3 hectares, 5 no. single storey inverter/transformer stations, security fencing, CCTV, access road from existing car park area and all associated ancillary development worksAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 9.00 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 53.50364, -7.22923
Zoning, appeals, sold prices, flood and heritage — the whole 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.
No other designation nearby.
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 492169). 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/WestmeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360003/0.
Source: npad · fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
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