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Louth County Council grants permission for solar farm at Glenmore, Riverstown, Co. Louth
5 September 2024 · Permission.ie Planning Wire · from the Louth County Council planning register · published 1 September 2026
Louth County Council granted permission on 5 September 2024 for a solar farm at Glenmore, Riverstown, an application first lodged on 16 July 2024.
Key facts
- Reference
- 24124
- Planning authority
- Louth County Council
- Location
- Glenmore, Riverstown, Dundalk Co Louth
- Received
- 16 July 2024
- Application type
- PERMISSION
- Status
- APPLICATION FINALISED
- Decision
- CONDITIONAL
- Decision date
- 5 September 2024
- Council file
- View on the Louth County Council planning portal
In context
It is one of 4 solar farm applications Louth 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 applicant, or anyone who made a submission on the application, can appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála within four weeks of 5 September 2024. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.
The development description, as lodged
Verbatim from the Louth County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.
Permission for the erection of 62.48m2 of Photovoltaic ground mounted solar panels, revised site boundary and all associated site works at existing dwelling house
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Source: Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, "Louth County Council grants permission for solar farm at Glenmore, Riverstown, Co. Louth", 5 September 2024. https://www.permission.ie/news/louth-county-council/24124
<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/louth-county-council/24124">Louth County Council grants permission for solar farm at Glenmore, Riverstown, Co. Louth</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 5 September 2024.</p>
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