6.3-hectare solar farm proposed at Knockanpierce, Nenagh South, Co. Tipperary

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

a solar PV panel array consisting of up to 10,000 no. solar PV panels (c.27,010m2) on ground mounted steel frames on a c.6.33 hectare site, external transformer, power inverter units, underground cable ducts, perimeter security fence, CCTV masts, solar lighting and all associated works