1.5-hectare solar farm proposed at The Ward, 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.

permission for a proposed development to install 33kV underground cabling and associated infrastructure required to connect Irishtown Solar Farm (Irishtown, Spricklestown, Ward Lower, Co. Dublin) to the grid via the existing Gallanstown 110kV substation on lands at Ballymacarney and part of Baytown, The Ward, County Meath. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application