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3.8-hectare solar farm proposed at St. Alphonsus' Monastery, South Circular Road, Co. Limerick
30 October 2024 · Permission.ie Planning Wire · from the Limerick County Council planning register · published 1 September 2026
An applicant lodged plans with Limerick County Council on 30 October 2024 for a 3.8-hectare solar farm at St. Alphonsus' Monastery, South Circular Road.
Key facts
- Reference
- 2461076
- Planning authority
- Limerick County Council
- Location
- St. Alphonsus' Monastery, South Circular Road, Limerick
- Received
- 30 October 2024
- Application type
- PERMISSION
- Site area
- 3.8 hectares
- Status
- DEEMED WITHDRAWN
- Submissions until
- 3 December 2024 (closed)
In context
It is one of 21 solar farm applications Limerick 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 Limerick County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.
installation of self clean solar Photovoltaic (PV) panels to the roof of the existing monastery adjacent to St. Alphonsus' church n order to facilitate the future long-term use of the complex by the Redemptorist community. St. Alphonsus' Monastery is a Protected Structure
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Source: Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, "3.8-hectare solar farm proposed at St. Alphonsus' Monastery, South Circular Road, Co. Limerick", 30 October 2024. https://www.permission.ie/news/limerick-city-and-county-council/2461076
<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/limerick-city-and-county-council/2461076">3.8-hectare solar farm proposed at St. Alphonsus' Monastery, South Circular Road, Co. Limerick</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 30 October 2024.</p>
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