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Fingal County Council grants permission for 2.6-hectare solar farm at Astellas Ireland, Damastown Industrial Park, Co. Dublin

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

Fingal County Council granted permission on 27 March 2025 for a 2.6-hectare solar farm at Astellas Ireland, Damastown Industrial Park, an application first lodged on 10 February 2025.

Key facts

Reference: FW25A/0042E
Planning authority: Fingal County Council
Location: Astellas Ireland Co Ltd, Damastown Industrial Park, Dublin, D15 K851
Received: 10 February 2025
Application type: Permission
Site area: 2.6 hectares
Status: Final Grant
Decision: GRANT PERMISSION
Decision date: 27 March 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 335 nationally. Of the 573 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 27 March 2025. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.

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, "Fingal County Council grants permission for 2.6-hectare solar farm at Astellas Ireland, Damastown Industrial Park, Co. Dublin", 27 March 2025. https://www.permission.ie/news/fingal-county-council/FW25A%2F0042E

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<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/fingal-county-council/FW25A%2F0042E">Fingal County Council grants permission for 2.6-hectare solar farm at Astellas Ireland, Damastown Industrial Park, Co. Dublin</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 27 March 2025.</p>

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