Threecastles, Blessington, Co Wicklow
Amendments to an approved solar farm in Blessington, including extending its lifetime to 35 years and increasing output to 15MW.
211237 · Wicklow County Council · Lodged 14 October 2021
- Reference
- 211237
- Authority
- Wicklow County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 14 October 2021
Summary
AI-generatedThe application seeks to amend the design of an approved solar PV energy development. Key changes include extending the project lifetime from 30 to 35 years, increasing the MW output from 10.8 to 15MW, enlarging the substation and transformer containers, and altering the solar panel height and angle.
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Official record
Development description
Amend the design of the approved development (planning reference 17/908) which comprises consent for a solar pv energy development. Proposed amendments include (1) project lifetime proposed to be extended from 30 years to 35 years (2) substation to increase in size (3)change in height and angle of solar panels (4) transformer containers to increase in size (5) removal of the customer substation (6) deer fencing to increase in size (7) mw output to be increased from 10.8 to 15mw to align with existing grid connection offer (8) slight alteration to the access tracks and (9) number of cctv cameras to reduce
Key dates
Timeline
- Application received14 October 2021
- Decision due8 December 2021
- Decision issued7 December 2021
- Grant issued13 January 2022
- Permission expiry12 January 2027
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- Awaiting decision120 m away
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17908WicklowLodged 26 Jul 2017Energy
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- Awaiting decision350 m away
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16847WicklowLodged 28 Jul 2016Energy
- Awaiting decision400 m away
Solar PV panel array comprising photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames within a site area of 21.04 ha,…
Threecastles , Blessington , Co. Wicklow
17890WicklowLodged 20 Jul 2017Energy
- Awaiting decision420 m away
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16887WicklowLodged 10 Aug 2016Energy
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