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Solar farm proposed at Rawleystown, Lough Gur, Co. Limerick
29 October 2026 · Permission.ie Planning Wire · from the Limerick County Council planning register
Hugh O' Donnell Finola O' Donnell lodged plans with Limerick County Council on 29 October 2026 for a solar farm at Rawleystown, Lough Gur. Submissions from the public can be made until 2 December 2026.
Live from the council register. This application was read from Limerick County Council’s own register the day it was listed. It has not yet reached the national planning dataset, which runs one to five weeks behind; the full record page, map and site boundary will appear here when it does.
Key facts
- Reference
- 2661239
- Planning authority
- Limerick County Council
- Location
- Rawleystown, Lough Gur, Co. Limerick, V35 RT72
- Applicant
- Hugh O' Donnell Finola O' Donnell
- Received
- 29 October 2026
- Status
- PRE-VALIDATION
- Submissions until
- 2 December 2026
In context
It is one of 23 solar farm applications Limerick County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 349 nationally. Of the 562 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 92% were granted.
What happens next
Anyone can make a submission or observation to Limerick County Council until 2 December 2026, for a fee of €20. Only those who make a submission can later appeal the decision. 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.
to retain the as-constructed ground mounted Solar PV array comprising 64 panels in total (arranged in 4 separate blocks of 16 panels each), serving existing dwellinghouse together with all associated site works
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Source: Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, "Solar farm proposed at Rawleystown, Lough Gur, Co. Limerick", 29 October 2026. https://www.permission.ie/news/limerick-city-and-county-council/2661239
<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/limerick-city-and-county-council/2661239">Solar farm proposed at Rawleystown, Lough Gur, Co. Limerick</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 29 October 2026.</p>
The Limerick County Council record for 2661239, with documents and drawings as lodged.
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