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Wind energy development proposed at 61, Birch Avenue, Co. Dublin

13 August 2025 · 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 13 August 2025 for a wind energy development at 61, Birch Avenue. A decision is due by 9 September 2025.

Key facts

Reference: REF13925
Planning authority: Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
Location: 61, Birch Avenue, Sandyford, Dublin
Received: 13 August 2025
Application type: Section 5
Site area: 365 hectares
Status: Decision Issued
Decision: S5 DEC NOT EXEMPT
Decision date: 5 September 2025

In context

It is the only wind energy application Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 61 nationally. Of the 85 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 74% were granted.

What happens next

The five-week window for public submissions has closed. The council is due to decide by 9 September 2025, 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 proposed development is for the installation of a micro-wind turbine on the

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Source: Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, "Wind energy development proposed at 61, Birch Avenue, Co. Dublin", 13 August 2025. https://www.permission.ie/news/dun-laoghaire-rathdown-county-council/REF13925

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<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/dun-laoghaire-rathdown-county-council/REF13925">Wind energy development proposed at 61, Birch Avenue, Co. Dublin</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 13 August 2025.</p>

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