Townland of Ballymoney , Arklow , Co. Wicklow
- 15 May 2025Received
- 8 Jul 2025Refused
- Status
- Under appeal
- Decision
- Refused · 8 Jul 2025
- Council
- Wicklow County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Site
- 27.60 ha
What’s proposed
period of 10 years for a proposed solar farm and BESS (battery energy storage system) development which will consist of the construction of PV panels mounted on metal frames, inverters, battery storage infrastructure (BESS units, and MV Stations), new access tracks, underground cabling, perimeter fencing with CCTV cameras and access gates, a temporary construction compound, a substation and all ancillary grid infrastructure and associated works. It is proposed to use the consented Ballymoney Solar Farm access point (Pl Ref: 19/627 and ABP Ref: 305289-19). The solar farm and BESS would be operational for 40 years. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted with this application
2560361 is a planning application to Wicklow County Council for period of 10 years for a proposed solar farm and BESS (battery energy storage system), received on 15 May 2025; permission was refused on 8 Jul 2025.
Planning details
- Reference
- 2560361
- Local authority
- Wicklow County Council
- Status
- Under appeal · register status “APPEALED”
- Received
- 15 May 2025
- Observations close
- 19 Jun 2025 (closed 453 days ago)
- Decision due
- 9 Jul 2025 · decided 8 Jul 2025
- Decision
- Refused on 8 Jul 2025
- Proposed development
- period of 10 years for a proposed solar farm and BESS (battery energy storage system) development which will consist of the construction of PV panels mounted on metal frames, inverters, battery storage infrastructure (BESS units, and MV Stations), new access tracks, underground cabling, perimeter fencing with CCTV cameras and access gates, a temporary construction compound, a substation and all ancillary grid infrastructure and associated works. It is proposed to use the consented Ballymoney Solar Farm access point (Pl Ref: 19/627 and ABP Ref: 305289-19). The solar farm and BESS would be operational for 40 years. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted with this applicationAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 27.60 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 52.82445, -6.13005
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
The register records appeal 323198-25 (status unknown) but we have not matched the ACP case yet.
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 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 167089). 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/2560361/0.
Source: npad · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
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