Threecastles , Blessington , Co Wicklow
- 14 Oct 2021Received
- 7 Dec 2021Conditional
- 13 Jan 2022Final grant
- 12 Jan 2027Permission expires
- Status
- Granted with conditions
- Decision
- Conditional · 7 Dec 2021
- Council
- Wicklow County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Site
- 23.48 ha
What’s proposed
amend the design of the approved development (Planning Reference 17/908) which comprises consent for a Solar PV Energy Development. Proposed amendments include (1) Project lifetime proposed to be extended from 30 years to 35 years (2) Substation to increase in size (3)Change in height and angle of solar panels (4) Transformer containers to increase in size (5) Removal of the customer substation (6) Deer fencing to increase in size (7) MW output to be increased from 10.8 to 15MW to align with existing grid connection offer (8) Slight alteration to the access tracks and (9) Number of CCTV cameras to reduce
211237 is a planning application to Wicklow County Council for amend the design of the approved development (Planning Reference 17/908) which comprises, received on 14 Oct 2021; permission was granted with conditions on 7 Dec 2021.
Planning details
- Reference
- 211237
- Local authority
- Wicklow County Council
- Status
- Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
- Received
- 14 Oct 2021
- Observations close
- 18 Nov 2021 (closed 1762 days ago)
- Decision due
- 8 Dec 2021 · decided 7 Dec 2021
- Decision
- Conditional on 7 Dec 2021
- Proposed development
- amend the design of the approved development (Planning Reference 17/908) which comprises consent for a Solar PV Energy Development. Proposed amendments include (1) Project lifetime proposed to be extended from 30 years to 35 years (2) Substation to increase in size (3)Change in height and angle of solar panels (4) Transformer containers to increase in size (5) Removal of the customer substation (6) Deer fencing to increase in size (7) MW output to be increased from 10.8 to 15MW to align with existing grid connection offer (8) Slight alteration to the access tracks and (9) Number of CCTV cameras to reduceAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 23.48 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 53.18729, -6.49139
Zoning, appeals, sold prices, flood and heritage constraints — everything for this 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
OPW flood extent nearby — flag only (licence); floodinfo.ie.
- Natural Heritage Area (incl. proposed) · 1
- Radon risk area · 3
- Recorded monument · 1
- Special Protection Area · 1
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 159779). 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/211237/0.
Source: npad · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
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