Shelton Abbey Open Prison , Arklow , Co. Wicklow
- 22 Nov 2023Received
- 22 Jan 2024Conditional
- 27 Feb 2024Final grant
- 26 Feb 2029Permission expires
- Status
- Granted with conditions
- Decision
- Conditional · 22 Jan 2024
- Council
- Wicklow County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Site
- 6,158 m²
What’s proposed
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
2360437 is a planning application to Wicklow County Council for the installation of circa. 3,492sq.m array of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels on ground, received on 22 Nov 2023; permission was granted with conditions on 22 Jan 2024.
Planning details
- Reference
- 2360437
- Local authority
- Wicklow County Council
- Status
- Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
- Received
- 22 Nov 2023
- Observations close
- 5 Jan 2024 (closed 983 days ago)
- Decision due
- 25 Jan 2024 · decided 22 Jan 2024
- Decision
- Conditional on 22 Jan 2024
- Proposed development
- 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 siteAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 6,158 m² 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 52.81449, -6.18539
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
No OPW flood extent nearby.
- Radon risk area · 1
Provenance
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.
Source: npad · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
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