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Donegal County Council grants permission for wind energy development at LETTERKENNY PO, Co. Donegal
15 May 2025 · Permission.ie Planning Wire · from the Donegal County Council planning register · published 1 September 2026
Donegal County Council granted permission on 15 May 2025 for a wind energy development at LETTERKENNY PO, an application first lodged on 19 September 2024.
Key facts
- Reference
- 2461480
- Planning authority
- Donegal County Council
- Location
- LENALEA WIND FARM WITHIN THE TOWNLANDS, CARK KILLYMANSY LENALEA KIRKNEEDY RAREAGH, LETTERKENNY PO
- Received
- 19 September 2024
- Application type
- RETENTION
- Site area
- 62.7 hectares
- Status
- APPLICATION FINALISED
- Decision
- CONDITIONAL
- Decision date
- 15 May 2025
In context
It is one of 9 wind energy applications Donegal 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 15 May 2025. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.
The development description, as lodged
Verbatim from the Donegal County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.
ELEMENTS OF WIND FARM INFRASTRUCTURE AND RECTIFICATION OF ASSOCIATED RED LINE BOUNDARY
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Source: Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, "Donegal County Council grants permission for wind energy development at LETTERKENNY PO, Co. Donegal", 15 May 2025. https://www.permission.ie/news/donegal-county-council/2461480
<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/donegal-county-council/2461480">Donegal County Council grants permission for wind energy development at LETTERKENNY PO, Co. Donegal</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 15 May 2025.</p>
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