Johnstown North , Co. Wicklow

What’s proposed

solar farm within a site area of approximately 39 hectares consisting of solar photovoltaic panels covering an area of up to 27.2 ha on ground mounted steel frames, 1 no on site substation, 8 no inverter / transformer stations, underground cables and ducts, boundary security fence, new internal tracks, CCTV cameras and all associated site services. Permission is sought for a period of 10 years

171497 is a planning application to Wicklow County Council for solar farm within a site area of approximately 39 hectares consisting of solar, received on 19 Dec 2017; permission was granted with conditions on 2 May 2018.

Planning details

Reference: 171497
Local authority: Wicklow County Council
Status: Appeal decided — granted · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 19 Dec 2017
Observations close: 1 Feb 2018 (closed 3153 days ago)
Decision due: 7 May 2018 · decided 2 May 2018
Decision: Conditional on 2 May 2018
Proposed development: solar farm within a site area of approximately 39 hectares consisting of solar photovoltaic panels covering an area of up to 27.2 ha on ground mounted steel frames, 1 no on site substation, 8 no inverter / transformer stations, underground cables and ducts, boundary security fence, new internal tracks, CCTV cameras and all associated site services. Permission is sought for a period of 10 years
As published by the register.
Site area: 39.66 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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Appeal

The register records appeal ABP-301726-18 (status unknown) but we have not matched the ACP case yet.

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Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 155025). 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/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/171497/0.

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