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Cork County Council grants permission for solar farm at Kilshinahan Timoleague, Co. Cork
15 November 2023 · Permission.ie Planning Wire · from the Cork County Council planning register · published 14 September 2026
Cork County Council granted permission on 15 November 2023 for a solar farm at Kilshinahan Timoleague, an application first lodged on 27 June 2023.
Key facts
- Reference
- 23/5320
- Planning authority
- Cork County Council
- Location
- Kilshinahan Timoleague Co Cork
- Received
- 27 June 2023
- Application type
- PERMISSION
- Status
- APPLICATION FINALISED
- Decision
- CONDITIONAL
- Decision date
- 15 November 2023
- Council file
- View on the Cork County Council planning portal
In context
It is one of 52 solar farm applications Cork County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 349 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 15 November 2023. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.
The development description, as lodged
Verbatim from the Cork County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.
A new vehicular entrance off the L6089 to access the permitted solar farm development (Pl.Reg.No. 15/6968, as extended by Pl.Reg. No. 21/4496 and modified by Pl.Reg.No. 22/6452) including all ancillary works.
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Source: Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, "Cork County Council grants permission for solar farm at Kilshinahan Timoleague, Co. Cork", 15 November 2023. https://www.permission.ie/news/cork-county-council/23%2F5320
<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/cork-county-council/23%2F5320">Cork County Council grants permission for solar farm at Kilshinahan Timoleague, Co. Cork</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 15 November 2023.</p>
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