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Galway County Council grants permission for wind energy development at Park, Athenry, Co. Galway
9 February 2024 · Permission.ie Planning Wire · from the Galway County Council planning register · published 15 September 2026
Galway County Council granted permission on 9 February 2024 for a wind energy development at Park, Athenry, an application first lodged on 2 March 2023.
Key facts
- Reference
- 2374
- Planning authority
- Galway County Council
- Location
- Park, Athenry, Co. Galway
- Received
- 2 March 2023
- Application type
- PERMISSION
- Site area
- 4.4 hectares
- Status
- APPLICATION FINALISED
- Decision
- CONDITIONAL
- Decision date
- 9 February 2024
In context
It is one of 3 wind energy applications Galway County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 63 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 9 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 County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.
to erect 20kw domestic wind turbine and associated site works.
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Source: Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, "Galway County Council grants permission for wind energy development at Park, Athenry, Co. Galway", 9 February 2024. https://www.permission.ie/news/galway-county-council/2374
<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/galway-county-council/2374">Galway County Council grants permission for wind energy development at Park, Athenry, Co. Galway</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 9 February 2024.</p>
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