2-hectare solar farm proposed at Donaghcumper, Dublin Road, Co. Kildare

In context

It is one of 19 solar farm applications Kildare County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 351 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 is due to decide by 29 September 2026, 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 proposed green energy initiative development consisting of the installation of Photovoltaic Panels on the existing roof structures together with all associated site works