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Fingal County Council grants permission for 16.6-hectare solar farm at Killougher, Ring Commons, Co. Dublin
21 February 2025 · Permission.ie Planning Wire · from the Fingal County Council planning register · published 27 August 2026
Fingal County Council granted permission on 21 February 2025 for a 16.6-hectare solar farm at Killougher, Ring Commons, an application first lodged on 20 December 2024.
Key facts
- Reference
- F24A/1182E
- Planning authority
- Fingal County Council
- Location
- Killougher, Ring Commons, Co. Dublin
- Received
- 20 December 2024
- Application type
- Permission
- Site area
- 16.6 hectares
- Permission sought
- 10 years
- Status
- Final Grant
- Decision
- GRANT PERMISSION
- Decision date
- 21 February 2025
In context
It is one of 6 solar farm applications Fingal 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 21 February 2025. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues. The applicant sought a 10-year permission, which sets how long they have to start the development.
The development description, as lodged
Verbatim from the Fingal County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.
The development will consist of a 10-year permission for a solar farm
Cite this story
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Source: Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, "Fingal County Council grants permission for 16.6-hectare solar farm at Killougher, Ring Commons, Co. Dublin", 21 February 2025. https://www.permission.ie/news/fingal-county-council/F24A%2F1182E
<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/fingal-county-council/F24A%2F1182E">Fingal County Council grants permission for 16.6-hectare solar farm at Killougher, Ring Commons, Co. Dublin</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 21 February 2025.</p>
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