Offaly County Council grants permission for 3-hectare solar farm at Ballyduff (Townland), Tullamore, Co. Offaly

In context

It is one of 28 solar farm applications Offaly County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 335 nationally. Of the 573 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 19 September 2025. 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.

changes to an existing vehicular entrance off the R420 to facilitate the construction of the Solar PV Farm permitted under Planning Ref. 17/11 and changes to the same previously permitted Solar Farm consisting of the reconfiguration of an internal access track resulting in a decrease in the footprint of the solar array. Permission is also sought for the completion of works at the vehicular entrance off the R420 to facilitate the operational and decommissioning phases of the permitted Solar PV Farm on lands