Kildare County Council grants permission for 5.9-hectare solar farm at Nicholastown, Kilcock, Co. Kildare

In context

It is one of 12 solar farm applications Kildare County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 339 nationally. Of the 573 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 26 August 2026. 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.

(1) extend and modify an existing dormer bungalow dwelling to become a storey and half type dwelling, including extending and modifying the internal floor areas and altering the external elevations, (2) to construct 2 No. single storey outbuildings in a courtyard arrangement to the side of the existing dwelling to accommodate new domestic plant and store rooms, a gym and an indoor pool, (3) provision of ground mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) panels (4) demolish existing garage sub-structure, (5) landscaping works including the provision of a paddle court and 3G pitch and associated enclosures, together with the installation of a new waste water treatment plant, and percolation area and all associated site works. Revised by Significant further Information which consists of: The renovation and extension of an unfinished one-off dwelling