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3.3-hectare solar farm proposed at Shannon, Co. Clare
13 February 2025 · Permission.ie Planning Wire · from the Clare County Council planning register · published 1 September 2026
An applicant lodged plans with Clare County Council on 13 February 2025 for a 3.3-hectare solar farm at Shannon. A decision is due by 9 April 2025.
Key facts
- Reference
- 2560059
- Planning authority
- Clare County Council
- Location
- Chemifloc Ltd Smithstown Business Park, Shannon, Co Clare
- Received
- 13 February 2025
- Application type
- PERMISSION
- Site area
- 3.3 hectares
- Status
- WITHDRAWN
- Decision due
- 9 April 2025
- Submissions until
- 19 March 2025 (closed)
- 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 five-week window for public submissions has closed. The council is due to decide by 9 April 2025, unless it requests further information, which stops the clock.
The development description, as lodged
Verbatim from the Clare County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.
for development at Chemifloc Ltd. (Shannon), Block D12, Smithstown Business Park, Shannon, Co Clare. The development will consist of proposed roof-mounted photovoltaic, PV, panels on the existing profiled metal roof and alI associated siteworks.
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Source: Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, "3.3-hectare solar farm proposed at Shannon, Co. Clare", 13 February 2025. https://www.permission.ie/news/clare-county-council/2560059
<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/clare-county-council/2560059">3.3-hectare solar farm proposed at Shannon, Co. Clare</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 13 February 2025.</p>
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