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20.6-hectare solar farm proposed at Astellas Ireland Co Ltd., Damastown Industrial Park, Co. Dublin

31 January 2025 · Permission.ie Planning Wire · from the Fingal County Council planning register · published 27 August 2026

An applicant lodged plans with Fingal County Council on 31 January 2025 for a 20.6-hectare solar farm at Astellas Ireland Co Ltd., Damastown Industrial Park. A decision is due by 27 March 2025.

Key facts

Reference: FW25A/0032E
Planning authority: Fingal County Council
Location: Astellas Ireland Co Ltd., Damastown Industrial Park, Dublin 15, D15 K8
Received: 31 January 2025
Application type: Permission
Site area: 20.6 hectares
Status: Invalid Application
Decision: Invalid Application
Decision date: 7 February 2025
Council file: View on the Fingal County Council planning portal

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 five-week window for public submissions has closed. The council is due to decide by 27 March 2025, unless it requests further information, which stops the clock.

The development description, as lodged

Verbatim from the Fingal County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.

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Source: Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, "20.6-hectare solar farm proposed at Astellas Ireland Co Ltd., Damastown Industrial Park, Co. Dublin", 31 January 2025. https://www.permission.ie/news/fingal-county-council/FW25A%2F0032E

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<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/fingal-county-council/FW25A%2F0032E">20.6-hectare solar farm proposed at Astellas Ireland Co Ltd., Damastown Industrial Park, Co. Dublin</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 31 January 2025.</p>

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