2460196
REFUSEDCarlow - Carlow County Council
Proposed Development
a 10 year planning permission on lands including Straboe and Killerig, Carlow, Co. Carlow. The development will consist of permission for a Solar PV Energy Development with associated Battery Energy Storage System Compound with a total site area of c. 132.28ha, to include solar panels mounted on steel support structures, associated cabling and ducting, inverters, transformers, switchgear substations, auxiliary transformer, permanent storage containers, monitoring houses, composting toilet, BESS customer substation, battery blocks, BESS inverters and PCS (twin skid), BESS interface cabinets (BIC), backup generator, temporary construction compounds, tracks, boundary security fencing and security gates, CCTV, landscaping and ancillary works, with a 40year operational period. It is proposed that the Proposed Development will be accessed from four separate access points which will include (i) a new access created off the R726; (ii) a new entrance off Straboe Lane; (iii) a widened and improved existing entrance off Straboe lane; and (iv) use of an existing and previously consented entrance off the R418. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been submitted to the Planning Authority with the Application
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Application received
11 Jul 2024
Further information requested
4 Sept 2024
Further information received
7 Jun 2025
Decision: REFUSED
24 Jul 2025
Decision due
1 Aug 2025
Appeal submitted
19 Aug 2025
Appeal decided: CONDITIONAL
23 Mar 2026
Application Details
- Location
- lands including Straboe and Killerrig , Carlow , Co. Carlow
- Applicant
- N/A
- Application Type
- PERMISSION
- Planning Authority
- Carlow County Council
- Site Area
- 132.2 ha
Timeline
- Registration Date
- 11 July 2024
- Status
- APPLICATION FINALISED
- Decision
- REFUSED
- Decision Date
- 24 July 2025
- Permission Expires
- 22 March 2036
An Coimisiún Pleanála Appeal
- Appeal Reference
- 323427-25
- Decision
- CONDITIONAL
- Submitted
- 19 August 2025
- Decided
- 23 March 2026
Location
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the development will consist of permission for a Solar PV Energy Development with associated Battery Energy Storage System Compound with a total site area of c. 132.28ha, to include solar panels mounted on steel support structures, associated cabling and ducting, inverters, transformers, switchgear substations, auxiliary transformer, permanent storage containers, monitoring houses, composting toilet, BESS customer substation, battery blocks, BESS inverters and PCS (twin skid), BESS interface cabinets (BIC), backup generator, temporary construction compounds, tracks, boundary security fencing and security gates, CCTV, landscaping and ancillary works, with a 40year operational period. It is proposed that the Proposed Development will be accessed from four separate access points which will include (i) a new access created off the R726; (ii) a new entrance off Straboe Lane; (iii) a widened and improved existing entrance off Straboe lane; and (iv) use of an existing and previously consented entrance off the R418. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been submitted to the Planning Authority with the Application
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