Wicklow County Council grants permission for 6-turbine wind farm with 131m turbines at Ballycumber North and Ballycumber, Co. Wicklow

In context

It is one of 2 wind energy applications Wicklow County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 62 nationally. Of the 85 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 74% 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 13 August 2026. 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.

RED III Category 1 - extension of the operational life of the Ballycumber wind farm located in the townlands of Ballycumber North and Ballycumber South, County Wicklow. the development of which the operational life will be extended, consists of • 6 wind turbines with an overall tip height of 131m • anemometry mast • site access tracks • hard standing areas • electrical control building and compound • underground cabling.• ancillary works including drainage, the planning application is for an extension to the operational life of the Ballycumber Wind Farm for a further 15 years from 25 years as granted under An Coimisiún Pleanála reference PL27.241827 Wicklow County Council Pl. Ref. 13/8043 (which replaced the previous permission for a wind farm on the site granted under PL 27.236261, Wicklow County Council Pl. Ref. 09/704), to 40 year