Dublin City Council grants permission for 160-hectare solar farm at 181, Mount Prospect Avenue, Dublin

In context

It is one of 32 solar farm applications Dublin City Council has received in the past twelve months, against 335 nationally. Of the 573 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 31 October 2025. 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.

(i) demolition of existing detached three-bedroom dormer bungalow dwelling, removal of ancillary shed within rear garden and removal of existing vehicular entrance via Mount Prospect Avenue (ii) construction of 2 no. two-storey over basement level semi-detached four-bedroom flat/green roofed, with 5 no. rooflights and solar panels, dwellings each provided with private amenity space in the form of a rear garden; (iii) provision of 2 no. vehicular entrances via Mount Prospect Avenue to provide access to private vehicular parking areas; and, (iv) all ancillary works, inclusive of landscaping, boundary works and SuDS drainage, as necessary to facilitate the development.