6.8-hectare solar farm proposed at Peterstown, Trim, Co. Meath

In context

It is one of 17 solar farm applications Meath 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 Meath County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.

a 10 year planning permission for development of a Solar PV Panel Array consisting of up to 10,000 no. Solar PV Panels (c.27,010m2) on ground mounted steel frames on a c. 6.76 hectare site, ESB Substation, Power Inverter Units, Underground Cable Ducts, Perimeter Security Fence, CCTV Masts, Solar Lighting and all associated works