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Tipperary County Council grants permission for 6-hectare solar farm at Cloghleigh, Golden, Co. Tipperary

23 April 2024 · Permission.ie Planning Wire · from the Tipperary County Council planning register · published 15 September 2026

Tipperary County Council granted permission on 23 April 2024 for a 6-hectare solar farm at Cloghleigh, Golden, an application first lodged on 11 October 2023.

Key facts

Reference: 23268
Planning authority: Tipperary County Council
Location: Cloghleigh, Golden, Co. Tipperary
Received: 11 October 2023
Application type: PERMISSION
Site area: 6 hectares
Status: APPLICATION FINALISED
Decision: CONDITIONAL
Decision date: 23 April 2024
Council file: View on the Tipperary County Council planning portal

In context

It is one of 20 solar farm applications Tipperary County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 351 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 23 April 2024. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.

The development description, as lodged

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

the construction of photovoltaic solar panels on ground mounted galvanised steel frames for our own farm use and all associated works

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Source: Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, "Tipperary County Council grants permission for 6-hectare solar farm at Cloghleigh, Golden, Co. Tipperary", 23 April 2024. https://www.permission.ie/news/tipperary-county-council/23268

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<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/tipperary-county-council/23268">Tipperary County Council grants permission for 6-hectare solar farm at Cloghleigh, Golden, Co. Tipperary</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 23 April 2024.</p>

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