Planning Permission Ireland
GrantedEnergyDecided 20 August 2024

Townlands of Kerane Fawnlough and Ballynaclough, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary

A solar farm development spanning 88.5 hectares with a 38kV substation near Nenagh.

2460074 · Tipperary County Council · Lodged 7 February 2024

Reference
2460074
Authority
Tipperary County Council
Register status
Decided
Type
PERMISSION
Received
7 February 2024

Summary

AI-generated

The project seeks a 10-year planning permission for a solar PV energy development operational for 40 years. It includes ground-mounted solar panels, inverter substations, a 38kV substation, and associated infrastructure. The site contains a protected structure, though no direct works to it are required.

Energysolarsubstationrenewables

Generated from the description above by an AI model and may contain mistakes. The council’s description is the authoritative record.

Official record

Development description

A 10-year planning permission to construct and complete a solar pv energy development with a total site area of c. 88.5 hectares comprising of solar pv ground mounted on support structures, inverter substations, 38kv substation, watercourse crossings, temporary construction compounds, internal access tracks (new, upgrading existing and existing), security fencing, electrical cabling and ducting, cctv and other ancillary infrastructure. The development also comprises a protected structure ‘s694 – stone piers and cast iron gates with carriage stone’. This structure is at the entrance to the former debsborough house and no works are required to the structure. Realignment of 35m of wall, re-location of a telegraph pole and vegetation trimming are required to achieve the northern visibility splay. The solar farm would be operational for 40 years

Key dates

Timeline

  1. Application received7 February 2024
  2. Further information requested2 April 2024
  3. Further information received20 June 2024
  4. Decision due20 August 2024
  5. Decision issued20 August 2024
  6. Grant issued23 September 2024
  7. Permission expiry22 September 2029

In the area

Applications near this site

Other planning applications within about 500 m — what else is being proposed or built nearby.

Related developments

Similar applications

Ranked by what these developments actually propose, not by matching words — so you can see how comparable applications were decided.

Community

Discussion

What local people think about this application.

Nobody watching yet

Community sentiment

No votes yet

Nobody has voted on this application yet.

Community sentiment — a straw poll of people who visited this page, not a statutory submission. To make a valid observation you must submit it to the planning authority.

Sign in to have your say on this application.

No comments yet. Be the first to say what you think about this application.

Sign in to join the discussion on this application.

Comments are moderated and are the opinions of the people who wrote them. They form no part of the statutory planning process — to make a valid observation you must submit it to the planning authority.