In the townlands of Kilcandra , Kilnamanagh Beg Ballynagran , and Ballinaclogh Glenealy Co. Wicklow
- 25 Sept 2025Received
- 19 Dec 2025Conditional
- 28 May 2031Permission expires
- Status
- Appeal decided — granted
- Decision
- Conditional · 19 Dec 2025
- Council
- Wicklow County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Site
- 203.57 ha
What’s proposed
RED III Category 3 Development - Construction of a solar PV energy development with an operational life of 40 years on three land parcels totalling approximately 203.5 hectares comprising the installation of approximately 806,630 sq. m. of photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames and associated ancillary development including: 23 no. transformers stations, 2 no. Ring Main Unit buildings, string-inverters attached to panel frames, CCTV security cameras mounted on 4 metre high poles, deer-proof perimeter security fencing (2 metres high) raised 150mm to allow for the movement of small mammals, 3 no. site entrances utilising existing entrances including upgrade to entrance on L1111 to facilitate construction and operational phase access, internal access tracks between the solar arrays and the site entrances, 2 no. clear span bridges over existing watercourses, 1 no. primary temporary construction compound and 2 no. satellite temporary construction compounds, all associated ancillary development works including landscaping; and the installation of a total of ca. 6.1 kilometres of 33Kv double circuit underground cable, of which ca. 2.4 kilometres will be beneath public (L1111, L1113, L5113, L51132 and L5112) and private roads in an excavated trench including underground ducting and joint bays and all associated site development and reinstatement works to connect the proposed Ring Main Units on two of the land parcels of the solar PV energy development and extending to the site of a proposed 110kv substation to be the subject of a separate planning permission under the Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Act 2006
2560764 is a planning application to Wicklow County Council for rED III Category 3 Development - Construction of a solar PV energy development with an, received on 25 Sept 2025; permission was granted with conditions on 19 Dec 2025.
Planning details
- Reference
- 2560764
- Local authority
- Wicklow County Council
- Status
- Appeal decided — granted · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
- Received
- 25 Sept 2025
- Observations close
- 30 Oct 2025 (closed 319 days ago)
- Decision due
- 30 Dec 2025 · decided 19 Dec 2025
- Decision
- Conditional on 19 Dec 2025
- Proposed development
- RED III Category 3 Development - Construction of a solar PV energy development with an operational life of 40 years on three land parcels totalling approximately 203.5 hectares comprising the installation of approximately 806,630 sq. m. of photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames and associated ancillary development including: 23 no. transformers stations, 2 no. Ring Main Unit buildings, string-inverters attached to panel frames, CCTV security cameras mounted on 4 metre high poles, deer-proof perimeter security fencing (2 metres high) raised 150mm to allow for the movement of small mammals, 3 no. site entrances utilising existing entrances including upgrade to entrance on L1111 to facilitate construction and operational phase access, internal access tracks between the solar arrays and the site entrances, 2 no. clear span bridges over existing watercourses, 1 no. primary temporary construction compound and 2 no. satellite temporary construction compounds, all associated ancillary development works including landscaping; and the installation of a total of ca. 6.1 kilometres of 33Kv double circuit underground cable, of which ca. 2.4 kilometres will be beneath public (L1111, L1113, L5113, L51132 and L5112) and private roads in an excavated trench including underground ducting and joint bays and all associated site development and reinstatement works to connect the proposed Ring Main Units on two of the land parcels of the solar PV energy development and extending to the site of a proposed 110kv substation to be the subject of a separate planning permission under the Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Act 2006As published by the register.
- Site area
- 203.57 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 52.95673, -6.12025
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 PL-500687-WW-26 (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.
- Radon risk area · 2
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 166395). 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/2560764/0.
Source: npad · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
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