Kildare County Council grants permission for 47.4-hectare solar farm at Killeenlea, Ardrass Lower & Killadoon, Co. Kildare

In context

It is one of 12 solar farm applications Kildare County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 333 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 12 December 2024. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.

The development description, as lodged

Verbatim from the Kildare County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.

for a solar farm development with an operational lifespan of 40 years comprising the installation of photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames in rows on a site of circa 47.44 hectares, a single storey onsite 38kV substation with compound, with two number single storey storage containers, 25 number invertor stations, ducting and underground electrical cabling, perimeter fencing, 23 number mounted CCTV cameras, provision of a new access from the L5066 / Killadoon Road, provision of internal access tracks, and all associated site development and landscaping works