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Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council grants permission for 1,170-hectare solar farm at Ronan House, Churchtown Road Upper, Co. Dublin
11 November 2024 · Permission.ie Planning Wire · from the Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council planning register · published 27 August 2026
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council granted permission on 11 November 2024 for a 1,170-hectare solar farm at Ronan House, Churchtown Road Upper, an application first lodged on 17 September 2024.
Key facts
- Reference
- D24A/0743/WEB
- Planning authority
- Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
- Location
- Ronan House, Churchtown Road Upper, Dublin 14, D14AK72
- Received
- 17 September 2024
- Application type
- Permission
- Site area
- 1,170 hectares
- Status
- Final Grant
- Decision
- GRANT PERMISSION
- Decision date
- 11 November 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 applicant, or anyone who made a submission on the application, can appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála within four weeks of 11 November 2024. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.
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 (so
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Source: Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, "Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council grants permission for 1,170-hectare solar farm at Ronan House, Churchtown Road Upper, Co. Dublin", 11 November 2024. https://www.permission.ie/news/dun-laoghaire-rathdown-county-council/D24A%2F0743%2FWEB
<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/dun-laoghaire-rathdown-county-council/D24A%2F0743%2FWEB">Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council grants permission for 1,170-hectare solar farm at Ronan House, Churchtown Road Upper, Co. Dublin</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 11 November 2024.</p>
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