Dublin City Council grants permission for 1,020-hectare solar farm at 9 Church Street, Finglas, Dublin

In context

It is one of 32 solar farm applications Dublin City 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 applicant, or anyone who made a submission on the application, can appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála within four weeks of 3 December 2024. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.

The development description, as lodged

Verbatim from the Dublin City Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: the development will consist of the demolition of 3 no. existing dwellings on site, the construction of a new two-storey 10-bed mental health unit with ancillary accommodation, new vehicular and pedestrian site access, 2 no. car parking spaces, provision of cycle parking, photovoltaics on the roof and ancillary development. The development will also comprise reparation works to the adjoining shared boundary wall of the protected structure of Saint Canice's Church (Record of protected structures Ref. 1554), Church of Ireland.