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Wind energy development proposed at Garryhinch Bog, Clonyhurk, Co. Offaly
12 December 2025 · Permission.ie Planning Wire · from the Offaly County Council planning register · published 1 September 2026
An applicant lodged plans with Offaly County Council on 12 December 2025 for a wind energy development at Garryhinch Bog, Clonyhurk.
Key facts
- Reference
- 2560639
- Planning authority
- Offaly County Council
- Location
- Garryhinch Bog, Clonyhurk, Co. Offaly
- Received
- 12 December 2025
- Application type
- RETENTION
- Site area
- 0.5 hectares
- Status
- INCOMPLETED APPLICATION
- Submissions until
- 24 January 2026 (closed)
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 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 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 on its lands at Garryhinch Bog, Clonyhurk, Co. Offaly for a further period of one year. The purpose of the mast is to assess the suitability of the company’s adjacent lands for wind farm development. Previous planning application reference numbers: PL2/16/399 and PL2/22/524
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Source: Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, "Wind energy development proposed at Garryhinch Bog, Clonyhurk, Co. Offaly", 12 December 2025. https://www.permission.ie/news/offaly-county-council/2560639
<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/offaly-county-council/2560639">Wind energy development proposed at Garryhinch Bog, Clonyhurk, Co. Offaly</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 12 December 2025.</p>
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