Appeal lodged against permission for 3.2-hectare solar farm at Clohoge and Graigue, Co. Tipperary

In context

It is one of 19 solar farm applications Tipperary County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 347 nationally. Of the 562 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 9 September 2026. 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.

(RED III) development will consist of; laying of underground 33kV medium voltage electrical cables, 6 no. joint bays, with associated ducting and ancillary development. The cables will be laid under public roads and private lands within the townlands of Clohoge and Graigue Co. Tipperary, with c. 860m within the L-4156 and c. 540m within the L-41561 public road and c. 1,092m located on private agricultural land within the townland of Graigue. The underground cable is intended to connect the permitted Killough Solar Farm, approved by Tipperary County Council (Pl. Ref. 2560003), and An Coimisiún Pleanála (Ref No. 323453-25), to a proposed 110kV Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) substation, which will be subject to a separate application for consent to An Coimisiún Pleanála. Temporary alternative access to residential properties on the L-41561 will be provided during the laying of the cable, provided by an existing access track on lands in the townland of Graigue which will connect to the future access track associated with the substation site, allowing direct access to the L-4156 from the L-41561 for the duration of the construction period. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the Application. Permission is sought for a period of 10 years.