Kerry County Council grants permission for 3.3-hectare solar farm at BALLYNAGERAGH (THE GREEN), LIXNAW, Co. Kerry

In context

It is one of 12 solar farm applications Kerry County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 349 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 13 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 Kerry County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.

RETAIN 2 NO. SEMI DETACHED 3 BEDROOM TWO STOREY HOUSES. PLANNING PERMISSION TO FURTHER COMPLETE A PARTIALLY CONSTRUCTED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF 73 NO. NEW RESIDENTIAL UNITS OVERALL.PLANNING PERMISSION IS SOUGHT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF 28 NO. SEMI-DETACHED 3 BEDROOM TWO STOREY HOUSES, 2 NO. SEMI DETACHED 3 BEDROOM TWO STOREY HOUSES, 15 NO. TERRACED 1 BEDROOM SINGLE STOREY HOUSES, 3 NO. DETACHED 4 BEDROOM TWO STOREY HOUSES, 3 NO. THREE STOREY DUPLEX BUILDINGS EACH CONTAINING 2 NO. 2 BEDROOM RESIDENTIAL UNITS AT GROUND LEVEL AND 2 NO. 2 BEDROOM RESIDENTIAL UNITS OVER 2 STOREYS AT 1ST AND 2ND FLOOR LEVEL IN EACH BUILDING, A TWO STOREY APARTMENT BUILDING CONTAINING 13 APARTMENTS AS FOLLOWS, 4 NO. 1 BEDROOM APARTMENT UNITS, 6 NO. 2 BEDROOM APARTMENT UNITS AND 3 NO.3 BEDROOM APARTMENTS. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL INCLUDE PROVISION OF 36 NO. ON STREET CAR PARKING SPACES SERVING THE TWO STOREY APARTMENT BUILDING, PROVISION OF A STANDARD ESB SUB STATION, NEW 150MM AND 225MM DIAMETER FOUL SEWERS TO CONNECT TO AN EXISTING SEWER IN THE ADJACENT PUBLIC ROAD, PROVISION OF STORM WATER ATTENUATION BELOW OPEN GREEN SPACE AREA AS PER SUDS GUIDELINES, NEW 100MM DIAMETER CONNECTION TO THE EXISTING WATERMAIN IN THE ADJACENT PUBLIC ROAD, ROAD AND PAVEMENT SURFACING , BOUNDARY TREATMENT , SOLAR PANELS , STREET LIGHTING, LANDSCAPED PUBLIC OPEN SPACE, ASSOCIATED STREET SIGNAGE AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS ABOVE AND BELOW GROUND. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE ACCESSIBLE VIA THE EXISTING VEHICLE AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS FROM R 557 AT THE WESTERN BOUNDARY OF THE SIE. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT AND AN APPROPRIATE ASSESSMENT HAS BEEN PREPARED IN RESPECT OF THE PLANNING APPLICATION