1-hectare solar farm proposed at Keadue Lane, Co. Cavan

In context

It is one of 5 solar farm applications Cavan County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 333 nationally. Of the 572 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 92% were granted.

What happens next

The five-week window for public submissions has closed. The council normally decides within eight weeks of the application being lodged, unless it requests further information, which stops the clock.

The development description, as lodged

Verbatim from the Cavan County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.

for ground-mounted photovoltaic solar panels with a maximum actual square metreage of 910 m2 distributed over grass areas and two closed tanks in combination with associated ancillary works