2-hectare solar farm proposed at Arthurstown Landfill, Kill, 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 five-week window for public submissions has closed. The council normally decides within eight weeks of the application being lodged, unless it requests further information, which stops the clock.

The development description, as lodged

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

for the installation of a 200kWp of ground mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) panels and all associated ancillary works