TOWNLANDS OF GORMAGH AND CULLEEN, TULLAMORE, CO. OFFALY
A solar farm with battery storage and a substation is proposed on an 83.55-hectare site near Tullamore.
22387 · Offaly County Council · Lodged 3 August 2022
- Reference
- 22387
- Authority
- Offaly County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 3 August 2022
- Residential units
- 1
- Floor area
- 29.76 m²
Summary
AI-generatedThe development will feature ground-mounted solar panels, a single-storey 38kV substation, and 45 battery storage containers. The applicant is seeking a 10-year construction permission, with the solar farm to remain for 40 years and permanent permission for the substation.
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- 1
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Official record
Development description
A 10 year permission (to construct development) for a solar farm comprising the installation of photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames in rows on an area of c. 83.55ha. The development will also comprise a single storey on site 38kv substation within a compound, 2 no single storage containers, 45 no. Battery storage containers within a compound, 40 no. Inverter stations, ducting & underground cabling, perimeter fencing, mounted cctv cameras, provision of internal access tracks and all associated site development and landscaping works. The application seeks permission for the solar farm to remain for 40 years and for permanent permission for the substation
Key dates
Timeline
- Application received3 August 2022
- Further information requested27 September 2022
- Further information received21 June 2023
- Decision due16 August 2023
- Decision issued16 August 2023
- Appeal submitted8 September 2023
- Appeal decided6 November 2024
- Permission expiry5 November 2034
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