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1,175.1-hectare solar farm proposed at Ronan House, Churchtown Road Upper, Co. Dublin
21 August 2024 · Permission.ie Planning Wire · from the Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council planning register · published 27 August 2026
An applicant lodged plans with Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council on 21 August 2024 for a 1,175.1-hectare solar farm at Ronan House, Churchtown Road Upper. A decision is due by 15 October 2024.
Key facts
- Reference
- D24A/0645/WEB
- Planning authority
- Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
- Location
- Ronan House, Churchtown Road Upper, Dublin 14, D14AK72
- Received
- 21 August 2024
- Application type
- Permission
- Site area
- 1,175.1 hectares
- Status
- Invalid Details Sent to Applicant
- Decision
- DECLARE APPLICATION INVALID
- Decision date
- 26 August 2024
In context
It is one of 5 solar farm applications Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County 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 five-week window for public submissions has closed. The council is due to decide by 15 October 2024, unless it requests further information, which stops the clock.
The development description, as lodged
Verbatim from the Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.
The development will consist of (1) erection of solar PV panels to the rear (sou
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Source: Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, "1,175.1-hectare solar farm proposed at Ronan House, Churchtown Road Upper, Co. Dublin", 21 August 2024. https://www.permission.ie/news/dun-laoghaire-rathdown-county-council/D24A%2F0645%2FWEB
<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/dun-laoghaire-rathdown-county-council/D24A%2F0645%2FWEB">1,175.1-hectare solar farm proposed at Ronan House, Churchtown Road Upper, Co. Dublin</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 21 August 2024.</p>
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