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Cork County Council grants permission for 5-turbine wind farm at Lahanaght Drinagh, Co. Cork
8 April 2026 · Permission.ie Planning Wire · from the Cork County Council planning register · published 31 August 2026
Cork County Council granted permission on 8 April 2026 for a 5-turbine wind farm at Lahanaght Drinagh, an application first lodged on 1 July 2025.
Key facts
- Reference
- 25/361
- Planning authority
- Cork County Council
- Location
- Lahanaght Drinagh Co. Cork
- Received
- 1 July 2025
- Application type
- Permission for Retention
- Turbines
- 5
- Operational life
- 20 years
- Status
- Application Closed
- Decision
- Grant with Conditions
- Decision date
- 8 April 2026
- Council file
- View on the Cork County Council planning portal
In context
It is one of 8 wind energy applications Cork County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 61 nationally. Of the 85 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 74% 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 8 April 2026. 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.
Retention and permission for continued use for a period of 20 years of an existing windfarm (previously permitted under expired permission Pl. Reg. No. 00/805), consisting of 5 turbines and associated hardstands, 1 on-site substation and all associated and existing on-site infrastructure
Cite this story
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Source: Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, "Cork County Council grants permission for 5-turbine wind farm at Lahanaght Drinagh, Co. Cork", 8 April 2026. https://www.permission.ie/news/cork-county-council/25%2F361
<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/cork-county-council/25%2F361">Cork County Council grants permission for 5-turbine wind farm at Lahanaght Drinagh, Co. Cork</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 8 April 2026.</p>
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