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Galway County Council grants permission for wind energy development at Gortaboy, Kinvara, Co. Galway
29 November 2023 · Permission.ie Planning Wire · from the Galway County Council planning register · published 15 September 2026
Galway County Council granted permission on 29 November 2023 for a wind energy development at Gortaboy, Kinvara, an application first lodged on 12 April 2023.
Key facts
- Reference
- 2360370
- Planning authority
- Galway County Council
- Location
- Gortaboy, Kinvara, Galway
- Received
- 12 April 2023
- Application type
- PERMISSION
- Site area
- 5.2 hectares
- Status
- APPLICATION FINALISED
- Decision
- CONDITIONAL
- Decision date
- 29 November 2023
In context
It is one of 3 wind energy applications Galway County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 60 nationally. Of the 84 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 74% 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 November 2023. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.
The development description, as lodged
Verbatim from the Galway County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.
to construct a dwelling including a wastewater treatment plant & percolation area, a domestic wind turbine and all associated landscaping and site services; and to include conversion of an existing shed to a domestic garage
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Source: Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, "Galway County Council grants permission for wind energy development at Gortaboy, Kinvara, Co. Galway", 29 November 2023. https://www.permission.ie/news/galway-county-council/2360370
<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/galway-county-council/2360370">Galway County Council grants permission for wind energy development at Gortaboy, Kinvara, Co. Galway</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 29 November 2023.</p>
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