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Wicklow County Council · 2360437 · PERMISSION

Shelton Abbey Open Prison , Arklow , Co. Wicklow

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Council received 22 Nov 2023We first saw it 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (1025 days after receipt — sources refresh weekly)
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2360437 is a planning application for permission at Shelton Abbey Open Prison , Arklow , Co. Wicklow, received by Wicklow County Council on 22 Nov 2023 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: the installation of circa. 3,492sq.m array of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels on ground mounted frames on an agricultural plot within the existing Shelton Abbey Open Prison, together with ducting, underground electrical cabling, and all associated site works The proposed development is considered to be within the curtilage of a protected structure (RPS No. 40-05) listed under the current Wicklow County Development Plan 2022-2028. The proposed solar array installation will have no impact on the protected structure, located over 330.00 meters away from the proposed site. The council granted permission on 22 Jan 2024, with conditions. The five-week observation window closed on 5 Jan 2024. Within 500 m there are 6 other decided applications in the last five years.

Appeal window closes 19 Feb 2024 closed 937 days ago
4 weeks from the council's decision (22 Jan 2024) · s.37 Planning and Development Act 2000 · €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer)
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Proposal

the installation of circa. 3,492sq.m array of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels on ground mounted frames on an agricultural plot within the existing Shelton Abbey Open Prison, together with ducting, underground electrical cabling, and all associated site works The proposed development is considered to be within the curtilage of a protected structure (RPS No. 40-05) listed under the current Wicklow County Development Plan 2022-2028. The proposed solar array installation will have no impact on the protected structure, located over 330.00 meters away from the proposed site.

Status
APPLICATION FINALISED
Decision
Conditional on 22 Jan 2024
Final grant
27 Feb 2024
Permission expires
26 Feb 2029
Site (from polygon)
6,158 m²
Location precision
site (coords_polygon)

Timeline

  • 22 Nov 2023
    New application
    Observation window closed 5 Jan 2024
  • 22 Jan 2024
    Decision
    Appeal window closed 19 Feb 2024

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    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 164342). 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/2360437/0.

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