Ovidstown Development Site , Ballyvoneen , Enfield
CONDITIONALPlanning application 1894
Kildare - Kildare County Council
Proposed Development
a temporary (27 years) ground mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) farm to generate renewable electricity on a 13.6 hectare (ha) site, comprising access gate, security fencing, solar arrays and racking system, electricity substations, electrical control cabinets, grid connection building, energy storage area, energy storage containers, temporary construction compound, CCTV, cabling, hardstanding, new access track, and ecologically beneficial landscape works, (ITM Grid Reference E 680018 N 738927)
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Application received
1 Feb 2018
Further information requested
27 Mar 2018
Further information received
18 Dec 2018
Decision due
23 Jan 2019
Decision: CONDITIONAL
23 Jan 2019
Grant issued
27 Feb 2019
Application Details
- Location
- Ovidstown Development Site , Ballyvoneen , Enfield
- Applicant
- N/A
- Application Type
- PERMISSION
- Planning Authority
- Kildare County Council
- Site Area
- 13.6 ha
Timeline
- Registration Date
- 1 February 2018
- Status
- APPLICATION FINALISED
- Decision
- CONDITIONAL
- Decision Date
- 23 January 2019
- Grant Date
- 27 February 2019
- Permission Expires
- 26 February 2024
Location
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a temporary (27 years) ground mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) farm to generate renewable electricity on a 13.6 hectare (ha) site, comprising solar arrays, associated electrical infrastructure, fencing access improvements and ecologically beneficial landscape works at Ovidstown Development Site, ITM Grid Reference E 680018 N 738927,
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