Killee, Mitchelstown, Co. Cork.
(i) the installation of two ground-mounted solar photovoltaic arrays with a combined output of approximately 500kW, comprising Phase 1 of approximately 200kW (320 no. solar panels) and Phase 2 of approximately 300kW (500 no. solar panels), mounted on concrete ballast block foundations, together with wall-mounted inverters on an existing farm building, underground cable ducting alongside existing internal farm roads, fencing and all associated site works, for the purpose of generating renewable electricity for use within the existing agricultural holding, and (ii) the construction of a dry feed store (approximately 521m²) with roof-mounted solar panels (approximately 138 no. panels), for the storage of dry feed and agricultural inputs. The proposed development is for the purposes of an activity requiring an industrial emissions licence (EPA Reg. No. P0374-01).
The application
- Reference
- 26/2211 · full record
- Authority
- Cork County Council
- Type
- Permission
- Status
- Invalid - Case Closed
- Applicant
- not published by the national dataset — see the council register
- Units
- —
- Floor area
- —
- Site area
- 5,563 m²
- Received
- 25 Aug 2026
- We first saw it
- 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
- Decision due
- 19 Oct 2026
- Decision
- not yet decided
The national dataset truncates descriptions (80 characters for DLR, 70 for Fingal) and omits the applicant. The full description and the drawings are on the council register linked in step 1.
How to submit an observation
- Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=26/2211.
- Write your observation.Quote
26/2211at the top, give your name and the address the authority should reply to, and confine it to planning matters — zoning objective, height, overlooking, traffic, drainage, heritage. What you say here is what you can later appeal on. - Pay the €20 fee.Every submission needs it; without it the observation is invalid and is returned. Cork County Council takes it online with the submission or at the counter.
- Submit before 29 Sept 2026.Online through the register above, or in writing to the Planning Department, Cork County Council. The test is the date the authority receives it, not the date you post it.
- Keep the acknowledgement.The council's receipt is your proof of a valid observation — see below.
Statutory basis. Section 34(1) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) requires a planning authority to consider any submission or observation made to it in accordance with the Regulations. Article 29 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (as amended) sets the window: a submission or observation must be received by the authority within five weeks beginning on the date of receipt of the application, and must be accompanied by the prescribed fee of €20. A submission received after the window, or without the fee, is invalid and the authority must return it.
What the site is zoned
No current zoning polygon covers this site in the store.
Designations on or near the site
Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
No decided applications within 500 m in the last 5 years.
Appeals
No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.
What has happened on this file
- 25 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 29 Sept 2026
Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Cork County Council before relying on it.