South Dublin County Council grants permission for 5.9-hectare solar farm at Adamstown, Lucan, Co. Dublin

In context

It is one of 13 solar farm applications South Dublin County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 349 nationally. Of the 572 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 22 November 2023. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.

The development description, as lodged

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

346 dwellings in a mixture of detached, semi-detached, terraced houses, duplexes and apartments; 133 houses consisting of 13 two storey 3 bedroom detached houses, 83 two storey 3 bedroom terraced houses, 3 three storey 4 bedroom detached houses, 8 three storey 4 bedroom semi-detached houses and 26 three storey 4 bedroom terraced houses; 96 duplexes consisting of 4 storey buildings with 48 three bedroom units and 48 two bedroom units; 117 apartments located in a total of 4 buildings ranging in height from three 4 - 5 storey's and one 3 - 5 storey's and consist of 16 three bedroom apartments, 41 no two bedroom apartments and 60 one bedroom apartments; dwellings are provided with solar panels on the roof as required; provision of a childcare facility of approx. 841sq.m; provision of c 0.47 Ha of public open space; vehicular access to serve the proposed development is provided off Adamstown Way and Adamstown Park, with additional access possible through the existing/permitted roads at St. Helen's Phase 1 (Ref. SDZ17A/0002) and also off Adamstown Boulevard and a re-aligned Tandy's Lane (the subject of a concurrent application under Ref. SDZ18A/0009); all ancillary and associated site development and landscape works in the townlands of Finnstown and Adamstown on lands generally bound to the east by lands with permission for 135 residential units (Ref. SDZ17A/0002) and loop Road 1/Adamstown Park (Ref. SDZ17A/0007), to the west by the alignment of the Adamstown Boulevard and Airlie House, to the north by a planned realignment of Tandy's Lane and to the south by Adamstown Way; part of the subject site is within the curtilage of Airlie House (Protected Structure). However, no works are proposed to the Protected Structure