7.8-hectare solar farm proposed at Legaland and Monnery Upper, Crossdoney, Co. Cavan

In context

It is one of 3 solar farm applications Cavan County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 349 nationally. Of the 563 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 is due to decide by 8 November 2026, 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.

RED III - for the construction of a solar farm comprising the installation of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels on ground-mounted frames within existing field boundaries; Inverters; MV Transformer; Internal site access tracks; Boundary treatments; 1 no. spare parts container; CCTV structures; Temporary construction compound; Landscaping including new hedgerow planting; Internal access tracks; upgrading and installation of security gates at existing entrance; All ancillary underground cabling and ducting and associated trenching; and all associated site development works and clearance works above and below ground. Construction and operational access will be via the existing entrance from the L1530. Planning Permission is sought for a 40-year operation of the solar farm. The application relates to development for the purposes of an activity requiring a license from the Environmental Protection Agency under the Industrial Emissions Directive. It also relates to a Lower Tier COMAH establishment and therefore falls under the requirements of the Control of Major Accident Hazard (COMAH) Regulations, 2015. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application