2374
CONDITIONALOffaly - Offaly County Council
Proposed Development
10-YEAR PERMISSION AND 40 YEAR OPERATION FOR A SOLAR FARM ON 3 NO. LAND PARCELS AS DESCRIBED HEREIN: WEST PARCEL (DOVEHILL TOWNLAND) C.81.04 HECTARES, CENTRAL PARCEL (GORTNAMUCK & CURRAGHMORE (EGLISH BY) TOWNLANDS) C.42.2 HECTARES AND EAST PARCEL (GORTNAMUCK & FREAGH TOWNLANDS) C.16.07 HECTARES; A ROUTE CORRIDOR OF 3 HECTARES FOR AN UNDERGROUND INTERNAL ELECTRICAL CABLE CONNECTING THE WEST AND CENTRAL PARCELS TO THE EAST PARCEL CONSISTING OF C.3,956M UNDERGROUND CABLING WITHIN THE CORRIDOR OF THE L6042 'RATH ROAD' PUBLIC ROAD. THE TOTAL SITE AREA FOR THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS C.142.31 HECTARES AND CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING; 834,632 SQ. METRES OF SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS ON GROUND MOUNTED STEEL FRAMES; INVERTER/TRANSFORMER STATIONS; UNDERGROUND POWER AND COMMUNICATION CABLES AND DUCTS; BOUNDARY SECURITY FENCING; 2 NO. MEDIUM VOLTAGE (MV) CONTROL BUILDINGS; NEW INTERNAL ACCESS TRACKS ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE; 3 NO. SITE ENTRANCES TO THE L6042 'RATH ROAD' PUBLIC ROAD; 40 NO. CCTV/ LIGHTING POSTS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES AND WORKS. INSTALLATIONS OF INTERNAL NETWORK CABLE COMPRISE TRENCHING FOR AN UNDERGROUND MEDIUM VOLTAGE ELECTRICAL CABLE AND ASSOCIATED JOINT BAYS AND INFRASTRUCTURE, FOR A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 2,750 METRES IN LENGTH ALONG THE L6042 'RATH ROAD' PUBLIC ROAD AND APPROXIMATELY 1,206 METRES WITHIN THE SOLAR FARM LANDS. THE PROPOSED SOLAR FARM WILL BE BROKEN INTO 2 NO. SEPARATE PHASES. 'PHASE 1' WILL CONSIST OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOLAR PV ARRAYS LOCATED IN THE EAST PARCEL (C.16.07 HA), CENTRAL PARCEL (C.42.2 HA) AND THE WEST PARCEL (C.14.46 HA). 'PHASE 2' OF THE SOLAR FARM WILL CONSIST OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE REMAINDER OF THE SOLAR PV ARRAYS IN THE WEST PARCEL COVERING A SITE AREA OF C.66.58 HA. AS PART OF A SEPARATE STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT (SID) PLANNING APPLICATION, PROVISION OF A 110KV ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION WITH ELECTRICAL CONTROL BUILDING, ASSOCIATED COMPOUND WITH PALISADE FENCE AND 2 NO. OVERHEAD LINE MASTS, WHICH IS TO BE LOCATED IN THE EAST PARCEL, WILL BE LODGED WITH AN BORD PLEANÁLA IN DUE COURSE
View the full application file on the council's planning portal →Application Timeline
Application received
24 Feb 2023
Further information requested
19 Apr 2023
Further information received
12 Jun 2023
Decision due
20 Sept 2023
Decision: CONDITIONAL
20 Sept 2023
Grant issued
25 Oct 2023
Application Details
- Location
- THE TOWNLANDS OF DOVEHILL GORTNAMUCK CURRAGHMORE (EGLISH BY) , AND FREAGH , CO. OFFALY
- Applicant
- N/A
- Application Type
- PERMISSION
- Planning Authority
- Offaly County Council
- Site Area
- 142.3 ha
Timeline
- Registration Date
- 24 February 2023
- Status
- APPLICATION FINALISED
- Decision
- CONDITIONAL
- Decision Date
- 20 September 2023
- Grant Date
- 25 October 2023
- Permission Expires
- 24 October 2033
Location
Planning Applications Nearby
What the council has granted and refused around this site is the best guide to how a similar application will fare.
A 10-YEAR PERMISSION AND 40 YEAR OPERATION FOR A SOLAR FARM ON 3 NO. LAND PARCELS AS DESCRIBED HEREIN: WEST PARCEL (DOVEHILL TOWNLAND) C. 119.25 HECTARES, CENTRAL PARCEL (GORTAMUCK & CURRAGHMORE (EGLISH BY) TOWNLANDS) C. 42.2 HECTARES AND EAST PARCEL (GORTAMUCK & FREAGH TOWNLANDS) C. 16.07 HECTARES; A ROUTE CORRIDOR OF 3.5 HECTARES FOR AN UNDERGROUND INTERNAL ELECTRICAL CABLE CONNECTING THE WEST AND CENTRAL PARCELS TO THE EAST PARCEL CONSISTING OF C. 3,859M UNDERGROUND CABLING WITHIN THE CORRIDOR OF THE L6042 'RATH ROAD' PUBLIC ROAD. THE TOTAL SITE AREA FOR THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS C. 181.02 HECTARES AND CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING;1,070,756 SQ. METRES OF SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS ON GROUND MOUNTED STEEL FRAMES; INVERTER / TRANSFORMER STATIONS; UNDERGROUND POWER AND COMMUNICATION CABLES AND DUCTS; BOUNDARY SECURITY FENCING; 2 NO. MEDIUM VOLTAGE (MV) CONTROL BUILDINGS; NEW INTERNAL ACCESS TRACKS ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE; SITE ENTRANCES TO THE L6042 'RATH ROAD' PUBLIC ROAD; 54 NO. CCTV/ LIGHTING POSTS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES AND WORKS. INSTALLATIONS OF INTERNAL NETWORK CABLE COMPRISE TRENCHING FOR AN UNDERGROUND MEDIUM VOLTAGE ELECTRICAL CABLE AND ASSOCIATED JOINT BAYS AND INFRASTRUCTURE, FOR A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 3,859 METRES IN LENGTH ALONG THE L6042 'RATH ROAD' PUBLIC ROAD AND APPROXIMATELY 661.5 METRES WITHIN THE SOLAR FARM LANDS. THE PROPOSED SOLAR FARM WILL BE BROKEN INTO 2 NO. SEPARATE PHASES. 'PHASE 1' WILL CONSIST OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOLAR PV ARRAYS LOCATED IN THE EAST PARCEL (C. 16.07 HA), CENTRAL PARCEL (C. 42.2 HA) AND THE WEST PARCEL (C. 52.67 HA). 'PHASE 2' OF THE SOLAR FARM WILL CONSIST OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE REMAINDER OF THE SOLAR PV ARRAYS IN THE WEST PARCEL COVERING A SITE AREA OFC. 66.58 HA. AS PART OF A SEPARATE STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT (SID) PLANNING APPLICATION, PROVISION OF A 1 10KV ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION WITH ELECTRICAL CONTROL BUILDING, ASSOCIATED COMPOUND WITH PALISADE FENCE AND 2 NO. OVERHEAD LINE MASTS, WHICH IS TO BE LOCATED IN THE EAST PARCEL, WILL BE LODGED WITH AN BORD PLEANÁLA IN DUE COURSE
THE TOWNLANDS OF DOVEHILL GORTAMUCK CURRAGHMORE (EGLISH BY) AND , FREAGH , CO. OFFALY
A 10-YEAR PERMISSION AND 40 YEAR OPERATION FOR A SOLAR FARM ON 3 NO. LAND PARCELS AS DESCRIBED HEREIN: WEST PARCEL (DOVEHILL TOWNLAND) C. 119.25 HECTARES, CENTRAL PARCEL (GORTNAMUCK & CURRAGHMORE (EGLISH BY) TOWNLANDS) C. 42.2 HECTARES AND EAST PARCEL (GORTNAMUCK & FREAGH TOWNLANDS) C. 16.07 HECTARES; A ROUTE CORRIDOR OF 3.5 HECTARES FOR AN UNDERGROUND INTERNAL ELECTRICAL CABLE CONNECTING THE WEST AND CENTRAL PARCELS TO THE EAST PARCEL CONSISTING OF C. 3,859M UNDERGROUND CABLING WITHIN THE CORRIDOR OF THE L6042 'RATH ROAD' PUBLIC ROAD. THE TOTAL SITE AREA FOR THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS C. 181.02 HECTARES AND CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING;1,070,756 SQ. METRES OF SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS ON GROUND MOUNTED STEEL FRAMES; INVERTER / TRANSFORMER STATIONS; UNDERGROUND POWER AND COMMUNICATION CABLES AND DUCTS; BOUNDARY SECURITY FENCING; 2 NO. MEDIUM VOLTAGE (MV) CONTROL BUILDINGS; NEW INTERNAL ACCESS TRACKS ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE; SITE ENTRANCES TO THE L6042 'RATH ROAD' PUBLIC ROAD; 54 NO. CCTV/ LIGHTING POSTS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES AND WORKS. INSTALLATIONS OF INTERNAL NETWORK CABLE COMPRISE TRENCHING FOR AN UNDERGROUND MEDIUM VOLTAGE ELECTRICAL CABLE AND ASSOCIATED JOINT BAYS AND INFRASTRUCTURE, FOR A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 3,859 METRES IN LENGTH ALONG THE L6042 'RATH ROAD' PUBLIC ROAD AND APPROXIMATELY 661.5 METRES WITHIN THE SOLAR FARM LANDS. THE PROPOSED SOLAR FARM WILL BE BROKEN INTO 2 NO. SEPARATE PHASES. 'PHASE 1' WILL CONSIST OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOLAR PV ARRAYS LOCATED IN THE EAST PARCEL (C. 16.07 HA), CENTRAL PARCEL (C. 42.2 HA) AND THE WEST PARCEL (C. 52.67 HA). 'PHASE 2' OF THE SOLAR FARM WILL CONSIST OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE REMAINDER OF THE SOLAR PV ARRAYS IN THE WEST PARCEL COVERING A SITE AREA OF C. 66.58 HA. AS PART OF A SEPARATE STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT (SID) PLANNING APPLICATION, PROVISION OF A 110KV ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION WITH ELECTRICAL CONTROL BUILDING, ASSOCIATED COMPOUND WITH PALISADE FENCE AND 2 NO. OVERHEAD LINE MASTS, WHICH IS TO BE LOCATED IN THE EAST PARCEL, WILL BE LODGED WITH AN BORD PLEANÁLA IN DUE COURSE
THE TOWNLANDS OF DOVEHILL GORTNAMUCK , CURRAGHMORE (EGLISH BY) AND FREAGH , CO. OFFALY
CONSTRUCTION OF A CATTLE SHED WITH UNDERGROUND SLATTED SLURRY STORAGE, CATTLE HANDLING AREA AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
CURRAGHMORE , KILCORMAC , CO. OFFALY
BUILDING A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE/ FUEL SHED, INSTALL SEPTIC TANK WITH PERCOLATION AREA AND ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
CORNAGARK , KILCORMAC , CO.OFFALY
the realignment of the access route to the central land parcel of the solar farm development from Rath Road, granted permission under parent permission (Reg. Ref. 23/74), along with the erection of a new post and rail fence and associated site works.
Harvest Lodge Rath Road , Townland of Gortnamuck , Kilcormac County Offaly
the realignment of the access route to the central land parcel of the solar farm development from Rath Road, granted permission under parent permission (Reg. Ref. 23/74), along with the erection of a new post and rail fence and associated site works
Harvest Lodge Rath Road , Townland of Gortnamuck , Kilcormac County Offaly
the realignment of the access route to the central land parcel of the solar farm development from Rath Road, granted permission under parent permission (Reg. Ref. 23/74), along with the erection of a new post and rail fence and associated site works
Harvest Lodge Rath Road , Townland of Gortnamuck , Kilcormac County Offaly
the realignment of the access route to the central land parcel of the solar farm development from Rath Road, granted permission under parent permission (Reg. Ref. 21/74). Permission is also sought to relocate a telecoms pole and erect a post and rail fence and associated site works.
Harvest Lodge Rath Road , Townland of Gortnamuck , Kilcormac County Offaly
A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS
GORTNAMUCK , KILCORMAC , CO. OFFALY
The development will consist of : planning permission to amend the development previously approved under planning Ref: 23/60196 by a) omitting 4 previously approved No. Lean-to Type Houses (Previous Ref: E 1-4), and replacing with 3 No. Portal Frame type houses (Ref: E1-3), and, b) providing for an alteration to the previously approved stock numbers on the pig farm, resulting in an increase in breeding stock and a reduction in production pigs,
Roundhill and Derry Upper , Kilcormac , Co. Offaly
Planning a project of your own?
Find out in two minutes whether you need planning permission. It's free, and based on the exempted development regulations.
Do I Need Permission?