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Sligo County Council grants permission for wind farm grid connection works at Cloonkeelaun, Co. Sligo

14 February 2024 · Permission.ie Planning Wire · from the Sligo County Council planning register · published 15 September 2026

Sligo County Council granted permission on 14 February 2024 for a wind farm grid connection works at Cloonkeelaun, an application first lodged on 19 December 2023.

Key facts

Reference: 2360359
Planning authority: Sligo County Council
Location: Cloonkeelaun townland, (adjacent to the existing Carrowleagh and Black Lough wind farms), County Sligo
Received: 19 December 2023
Application type: PERMISSION
Site area: 0.3 hectares
Status: APPLICATION FINALISED
Decision: CONDITIONAL
Decision date: 14 February 2024
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 63 nationally. Of the 84 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 14 February 2024. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.

The development description, as lodged

Verbatim from the Sligo County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.

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, "Sligo County Council grants permission for wind farm grid connection works at Cloonkeelaun, Co. Sligo", 14 February 2024. https://www.permission.ie/news/sligo-county-council/2360359

For the web (with link)

<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/sligo-county-council/2360359">Sligo County Council grants permission for wind farm grid connection works at Cloonkeelaun, Co. Sligo</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 14 February 2024.</p>

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