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Wind energy development proposed at Dromada Wind Farm, of Cool East, Co. Limerick

18 April 2024 · Permission.ie Planning Wire · from the Limerick County Council planning register · published 15 September 2026

An applicant lodged plans with Limerick County Council on 18 April 2024 for a wind energy development at Dromada Wind Farm, of Cool East.

Key facts

Reference
2460349
Planning authority
Limerick County Council
Location
Dromada Wind Farm, within the townlands of of Cool East, Keale Clash North and Clash South Co. Limerick
Received
18 April 2024
Application type
PERMISSION
Site area
1 hectares
Status
DEEMED WITHDRAWN
Submissions until
22 May 2024 (closed)

In context

It is one of 3 wind energy applications Limerick County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 63 nationally. Of the 84 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 74% 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 Limerick County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.

the construction of foundation drainage at the base of six wind turbines (Turbines number: 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, and 19)

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Source: Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, "Wind energy development proposed at Dromada Wind Farm, of Cool East, Co. Limerick", 18 April 2024. https://www.permission.ie/news/limerick-city-and-county-council/2460349

For the web (with link)
<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/limerick-city-and-county-council/2460349">Wind energy development proposed at Dromada Wind Farm, of Cool East, Co. Limerick</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 18 April 2024.</p>
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