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Offaly County Council grants permission for wind energy development at LEMANAGHAN BOG, KILNAGOOLNY, Co. Offaly
12 August 2024 · Permission.ie Planning Wire · from the Offaly County Council planning register · published 1 September 2026
Offaly County Council granted permission on 12 August 2024 for a wind energy development at LEMANAGHAN BOG, KILNAGOOLNY, an application first lodged on 19 June 2024.
Key facts
- Reference
- 2475
- Planning authority
- Offaly County Council
- Location
- LEMANAGHAN BOG, KILNAGOOLNY, CO. OFFALY
- Received
- 19 June 2024
- Application type
- RETENTION
- Site area
- 0.7 hectares
- Status
- APPLICATION FINALISED
- Decision
- CONDITIONAL
- Decision date
- 12 August 2024
In context
It is one of 3 wind energy applications Offaly County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 61 nationally. Of the 85 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 74% 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 12 August 2024. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.
The development description, as lodged
Verbatim from the Offaly County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.
CONTINUED USE OF AN EXISTING GUYED WIND MONITORING MAST, WITH INSTRUMENTS, 100M IN HEIGHT FOR A FURTHER PERIOD OF THREE YEARS. THE PURPOSE OF THE MAST IS TO ASSESS THE SUITABILITY OF THE COMPANY' S ADJACENT LANDS FOR WINDFARM DEVELOPMENT. PREVIOUS PLANNING APPLICATION REFERENCE NUMBERS: PL16/341
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Source: Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, "Offaly County Council grants permission for wind energy development at LEMANAGHAN BOG, KILNAGOOLNY, Co. Offaly", 12 August 2024. https://www.permission.ie/news/offaly-county-council/2475
<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/offaly-county-council/2475">Offaly County Council grants permission for wind energy development at LEMANAGHAN BOG, KILNAGOOLNY, Co. Offaly</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 12 August 2024.</p>
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