A 10 Year Planning Permission for a solar farm
In the townlands of Ballybannon Ballybar Lower Ballybar Upper Ballycarney, Ballyloo Cloghna Linkardstown and Park, in County Carlow.
57 ha · Granted · permission to Dec 2035
Planning application 2560137 to Carlow County Council: A 10 Year Planning Permission for a solar farm with a total area of circa 57 hectares, at the townlands of Ballybannon Ballybar Lower Ballybar Upper. Granted by the council on 31 October 2025. The register gives the permission's end as 2 December 2035.
Timeline
- Application lodged
- Further information requested
- Further information received
- Council granted
- Permission ends (date on the register)
The end date is the one the council register states. An extension or a commencement changes it.
Key facts
Proposed development
A 10 Year Planning Permission for a solar farm with a total area of circa 57 hectares. The solar farm will consist of solar panels on ground mounted frames, 8 no. single storey electrical inverter/transformer stations, 2 no. single storey spare parts containers, 1 no. Ring Main Unit, 3 no. weather stations, underground electrical ducting and cabling within the development site, private lands and within the L4038, L8185, R448, L3051, L3052 and L3050 public roads to connect solar farm field parcels, security fencing, CCTV, access tracks, 5 no. watercourse/drain deck crossings and 2 no. horizontal directional drill crossings (under M9 motorway and the Dublin - Waterford railway), temporary construction compounds, landscaping and all associated ancillary development and drainage works. Construction and operational access will be via 2 no. existing entrances from the R448 and L1010. Sections of the proposed underground electrical cabling will traverse the solar farms proposed under Carlow County Council References 24/60043 and 24/60205, but will not alter infrastructure proposed under these applications. The operational lifespan of the solar farm will be 40 years and planning permission is requested for this duration. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application.
Planning status
Permission was granted on 31 Oct 2025. The four-week appeal period has passed with no appeal recorded, so the permission is final. Works can start once a commencement notice is lodged; the register gives its end as 2 Dec 2035.
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