3.8-hectare solar farm proposed at Ballybeg Turbeagh Co.Cork, Co. Cork

In context

It is one of 51 solar farm applications Cork County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 329 nationally. Of the 569 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 25 July 2024, unless it requests further information, which stops the clock.

The development description, as lodged

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

Permission to construct a photovoltaic (Solar PV) energy generation scheme with a total area of 3.76ha within the townland of Ballybeg & Turbeagh, Co. Cork. The development will consist of the installation of 4,186 no. ground mounted Solar PV arrays, a 20kV substation, the installation of 120m of 20kV underground electrical cabling from the proposed substation to an existing pole and overhead line to connect to the national grid, the upgrade of an existing entrance off the local road to serve as a permanent site entrance for the solar farm and all associated site development works including upgrading 80m of existing tracks and installing 435m of new access track of 3m wide and all associated site works. The applicant is seeking a 10-year planning permission and an operational period of 40 Years.