Tipperary County Council grants permission for 10.1-hectare solar farm at Dew Valley Foods, Holycross Road Thurles, Co. Tipperary

In context

It is one of 20 solar farm applications Tipperary 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 24 October 2023. 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.

1) Extended Intake Freezer & Access Lobby, new Vacuum Pumphouse, new Smoke House, extended Tumbling Area including Overhead Mezzanine Area and relocated Stair Core, extended Spiral Freezer Room, extended Plantroom including Overhead Mezzanine Area and extended Waste Collection Loading Bay Area to that originally granted under Planning Application No. 17600374; 2) Extended 1st floor area over existing Loading Bays consisting of an external Smoking Area to that originally granted under Planning Application No. 18600753; 3) A 1st floor Solar Farm Switchroom extension over an existing Ground Floor Switchroom at the rear of the site; 4) Extended enclosure for Waste Collection at the rear of the site; 5) The redesign & relocation of the stand-alone two storey Administration Building onsite including a revised car parking layout at the front and rear of the same building to that originally granted under Planning Application No. 11510456; 6) and all other ancillary site works/services;