Kilkenny County Council grants permission for 1.1-hectare solar farm at Jerpoint Church, Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny

In context

It is one of 13 solar farm applications Kilkenny 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 19 September 2023. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.

The development description, as lodged

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

for the construction of solar PV energy development comprising the installation of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels on ground mounted frames/ support structures within an existing field within Goatsbridge Trout Farm, underground cabling and ducting, inverters, client kiosk, temporary construction compound and all associated site works on a circa 1.1 ha site. The operational lifespan of the solar PV development will be 35 years