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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)

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

For the web (with link)
<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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