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Louth County Council grants permission for 14.3-hectare solar farm at Readypenny Dundalk, Co. Louth
2 December 2024 · Permission.ie Planning Wire · from the Louth County Council planning register · published 1 September 2026
Louth County Council granted permission on 2 December 2024 for a 14.3-hectare solar farm at Readypenny Dundalk, an application first lodged on 26 August 2024.
Key facts
- Reference
- 2460485
- Planning authority
- Louth County Council
- Location
- Louth GAA Centre of Excellence, Darver, Readypenny Dundalk
- Received
- 26 August 2024
- Application type
- PERMISSION
- Site area
- 14.3 hectares
- Status
- APPLICATION FINALISED
- Decision
- CONDITIONAL
- Decision date
- 2 December 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 2 December 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 500m² of photovoltaic ground mounted solar panels, battery storage container and all associated site development works
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Source: Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, "Louth County Council grants permission for 14.3-hectare solar farm at Readypenny Dundalk, Co. Louth", 2 December 2024. https://www.permission.ie/news/louth-county-council/2460485
<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/louth-county-council/2460485">Louth County Council grants permission for 14.3-hectare solar farm at Readypenny Dundalk, Co. Louth</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 2 December 2024.</p>
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