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Galway City Council grants permission for 2.3-hectare solar farm at The Ardilaun Hotel, Taylors Hill, Galway city

29 February 2024 · Permission.ie Planning Wire · from the Galway City Council planning register · published 15 September 2026

Galway City Council granted permission on 29 February 2024 for a 2.3-hectare solar farm at The Ardilaun Hotel, Taylors Hill, an application first lodged on 31 August 2023.

Key facts

Reference: 2360053
Planning authority: Galway City Council
Location: The Ardilaun Hotel, Taylors Hill, Galway
Received: 31 August 2023
Application type: PERMISSION
Site area: 2.3 hectares
Status: APPLICATION FINALISED
Decision: CONDITIONAL
Decision date: 29 February 2024
Council file: View on the Galway City Council planning portal

In context

It is one of 4 solar farm applications Galway City Council has received in the past twelve months, against 351 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 29 February 2024. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.

The development description, as lodged

Verbatim from the Galway City Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.

Permission for development which consists of the construction and installation of a solar PV panel energy development mounted on the existing roof structures of the hotel and for all ancillary elements, services and associated site works.

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Source: Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, "Galway City Council grants permission for 2.3-hectare solar farm at The Ardilaun Hotel, Taylors Hill, Galway city", 29 February 2024. https://www.permission.ie/news/galway-city-council/2360053

For the web (with link)

<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/galway-city-council/2360053">Galway City Council grants permission for 2.3-hectare solar farm at The Ardilaun Hotel, Taylors Hill, Galway city</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 29 February 2024.</p>

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