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Wicklow County Council grants permission for 2.6-hectare solar farm at Arklow, Co. Wicklow
20 March 2024 · Permission.ie Planning Wire · from the Wicklow County Council planning register · published 15 September 2026
Wicklow County Council granted permission on 20 March 2024 for a 2.6-hectare solar farm at Arklow, an application first lodged on 14 July 2023.
Key facts
- Reference
- 2360151
- Planning authority
- Wicklow County Council
- Location
- Townlands of Killinskyduff Templerainy Johnstown South and Johnstown North, Arklow, County Wicklow
- Received
- 14 July 2023
- Application type
- PERMISSION
- Site area
- 2.6 hectares
- Status
- APPLICATION FINALISED
- Decision
- CONDITIONAL
- Decision date
- 20 March 2024
In context
It is one of 11 solar farm applications Wicklow 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 20 March 2024. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.
The development description, as lodged
Verbatim from the Wicklow County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.
a 38KV grid connection cable and associated infrastructure to connect the approved Johnstown North solar farm (consented under planning ref. 171497) to the existing Arklow 220kV Substation comprising the laying of a 3,190m Underground Cabling (UGC) and associated infrastructure, located at Dublin Road, Arklow, Co. Wicklow
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Source: Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, "Wicklow County Council grants permission for 2.6-hectare solar farm at Arklow, Co. Wicklow", 20 March 2024. https://www.permission.ie/news/wicklow-county-council/2360151
<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/wicklow-county-council/2360151">Wicklow County Council grants permission for 2.6-hectare solar farm at Arklow, Co. Wicklow</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 20 March 2024.</p>
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