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Clare County Council grants permission for solar farm at Shannon, Co. Clare
18 December 2024 · Permission.ie Planning Wire · from the Clare County Council planning register · published 1 September 2026
Clare County Council granted permission on 18 December 2024 for a solar farm at Shannon, an application first lodged on 2 August 2024.
Key facts
- Reference
- 2460360
- Planning authority
- Clare County Council
- Location
- Building 156 Shannon Free Zone, Shannon, Co. Clare V14 VH70
- Received
- 2 August 2024
- Application type
- PERMISSION
- Status
- APPLICATION FINALISED
- Decision
- CONDITIONAL
- Decision date
- 18 December 2024
- Council file
- View on the Clare County Council planning portal
In context
It is one of 8 solar farm applications Clare 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 applicant, or anyone who made a submission on the application, can appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála within four weeks of 18 December 2024. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.
The development description, as lodged
Verbatim from the Clare County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.
for the installation of a 62 kW ground mounted Solar PV System and all associated site works
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Source: Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, "Clare County Council grants permission for solar farm at Shannon, Co. Clare", 18 December 2024. https://www.permission.ie/news/clare-county-council/2460360
<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/clare-county-council/2460360">Clare County Council grants permission for solar farm at Shannon, Co. Clare</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 18 December 2024.</p>
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