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Wind farm grid connection works proposed at Cloonkeelaun, Co. Sligo
8 December 2023 · Permission.ie Planning Wire · from the Sligo County Council planning register · published 15 September 2026
An applicant lodged plans with Sligo County Council on 8 December 2023 for a wind farm grid connection works at Cloonkeelaun.
Key facts
- Reference
- 2360345
- Planning authority
- Sligo County Council
- Location
- Cloonkeelaun townland, (adjacent to the existing Carrowleagh and Black Lough wind farms), County Sligo
- Received
- 8 December 2023
- Application type
- PERMISSION
- Site area
- 0.3 hectares
- Status
- INCOMPLETED APPLICATION
- Submissions until
- 20 January 2024 (closed)
- Council file
- View on the Sligo County Council planning portal
In context
It is the only wind energy application Sligo County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 60 nationally. Of the 84 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 Sligo County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.
The development will consist of (i) the construction of a 30m-high free-standing lattice meteorological mast with underground cabling to the existing Black Lough Wind Farm control building; and (ii) all associated ancillary works.
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Source: Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, "Wind farm grid connection works proposed at Cloonkeelaun, Co. Sligo", 8 December 2023. https://www.permission.ie/news/sligo-county-council/2360345
<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/sligo-county-council/2360345">Wind farm grid connection works proposed at Cloonkeelaun, Co. Sligo</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 8 December 2023.</p>
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