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Dublin City Council grants permission for 1,604.9-hectare solar farm at 9-13 Blackhall Place, Dublin 7, Dublin
24 September 2024 · Permission.ie Planning Wire · from the Dublin City Council planning register · published 31 July 2026
Dublin City Council granted permission on 24 September 2024 for a 1,604.9-hectare solar farm at 9-13 Blackhall Place, Dublin 7, an application first lodged by RETENTION Blackhall Sarl on 31 July 2024.
Key facts
- Reference
- 4100/24
- Planning authority
- Dublin City Council
- Location
- 9-13 Blackhall Place, Dublin 7
- Applicant
- RETENTION Blackhall Sarl
- Received
- 31 July 2024
- Application type
- Retention Permission
- Site area
- 1,604.9 hectares
- Status
- Decision Notice Issued
- Decision
- GRANT RETENTION PERMISSIO
- Decision date
- 24 September 2024
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 24 September 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.
RETENTION Blackhall Sarl intend to apply for retention permission for development at 9 - 13 Blackhall Place, Dublin 7. The proposed development consists of the retention of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels installed on the roofs of Blocks A and B within the student accommodation development.
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Source: Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, "Dublin City Council grants permission for 1,604.9-hectare solar farm at 9-13 Blackhall Place, Dublin 7, Dublin", 24 September 2024. https://www.permission.ie/news/dublin-city-council/4100%2F24
<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/dublin-city-council/4100%2F24">Dublin City Council grants permission for 1,604.9-hectare solar farm at 9-13 Blackhall Place, Dublin 7, Dublin</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 24 September 2024.</p>
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