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Limerick County Council refuses permission for solar farm at Wellesley Farm, Dromtrasna Hartnett, Co. Limerick
30 May 2025 · Permission.ie Planning Wire · from the Limerick County Council planning register · published 1 September 2026
Limerick County Council refused permission on 30 May 2025 for a solar farm at Wellesley Farm, Dromtrasna Hartnett, an application first lodged on 7 April 2025.
Key facts
- Reference
- 25105
- Planning authority
- Limerick County Council
- Location
- Wellesley Farm, Dromtrasna Hartnett, Abbeyfeale Co. Limerick.
- Received
- 7 April 2025
- Application type
- PERMISSION
- Status
- APPLICATION FINALISED
- Decision
- REFUSED
- Decision date
- 30 May 2025
In context
It is one of 21 solar farm applications Limerick County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 335 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 30 May 2025. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.
The development description, as lodged
Verbatim from the Limerick County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.
a 357kW ground mounted Solar P.V. Plant consisting of up to 510 No. (c. 1800m2) Solar PV Panels and all associated works
Cite this story
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Source: Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, "Limerick County Council refuses permission for solar farm at Wellesley Farm, Dromtrasna Hartnett, Co. Limerick", 30 May 2025. https://www.permission.ie/news/limerick-city-and-county-council/25105
<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/limerick-city-and-county-council/25105">Limerick County Council refuses permission for solar farm at Wellesley Farm, Dromtrasna Hartnett, Co. Limerick</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 30 May 2025.</p>
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