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SHANDERRY & KILMALOGUE, PORTARLINGTON, CO. OFFALY

Construction of a solar PV farm with ground-mounted panels, inverter units, substations, and security fencing.

17255 · Offaly County Council · Lodged 11 July 2017

Reference: 17255
Authority: Offaly County Council
Register status: Invalid or incomplete
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 11 July 2017

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The development will consist of a solar photovoltaic farm with panels on ground-mounted frames. It includes four single-storey inverter units, an ESB terminal substation, a customer substation, storage containers, security fencing, and CCTV. Access will be maintained via existing entrances off the R420 and Kilmalogue Downs.

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Storey: 1

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Solar pv farm comprising of solar photovoltaic (pv) panels laid out in arrays on ground mounted frames and will include 4 no. Single storey inverter units, 1 no. Single storey esb terminal substation, customer substation, 2 no. Steel storage containers, security fencing, 10 no. Cctv, and all associated ancillary development works including beneficial landscape planting, temporary internal construction access track to the on-site esb terminal substation and permeable internal access tracks. Vehicular access to the development site will remain via the existing entrance off the r420. Esb operational access to the on-site terminal substation will be provided via the existing site entrance off the kilmalogue downs

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Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
34 Na Cluainte, Portarlington, Offaly	Apr 2025	€240,000	470 m
72 Na Cluainte, Tullamore Rd, Portarlington	Oct 2025	€237,000	494 m
21 Shandra Woods, Portarlington, Offaly	Mar 2026	€295,000	500 m

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Application received11 July 2017

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