Planning application · Meath County Council

the proposed development will consist of an application for a 10-year planning permission…

the townlands of Ballymacoll Little Boolies Nuttstown , Ballintry Belgree Rowan and Kinoristown , Co. Meath

2460742 · MeathIn Assessment
Reference
2460742
Planning authority
Meath County Council
Received
13 Sept 2024
Decided
10 Apr 2025
Status
In Assessment
Site area
215 ha
Further information requested
7 Nov 2024
Further information received
29 Jan 2025

Proposed development

the proposed development will consist of an application for a 10-year planning permission for the construction of, and a 40 year operation and subsequent decommissioning of, a development consisting of a 215 hectare solar farm (red line boundary). The solar farm comprises of two separate land parcels divided by local roads. The proposed solar farm will consist of a series of ground mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) panels, mounted on steel support structures and in some areas on concrete shoes to protect possible underground archaeological features, together with 28 electrical transformation enclosures, underground cabling, 2 no. temporary construction compounds, the use of existing farm access tracks and existing site entrances, inverters, CCTV poles and cameras, deer type security/boundary fencing with some areas of boundary development on concrete shoes to further protect possible underground archaeological features, landscaping and biodiversity measures and all associated ancillary development works, for the purpose of generating renewable energy electricity and transmitting it in the townlands of Ballymacoll Little, Boolies, Nuttstown, Ballintry, Belgree, Rowan and Kinoristown, Co. Meath. A Natura Impact Statement will also be submitted to the Planning Authority with this application. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

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The council recorded a decision on 10 Apr 2025. The official file has the outcome; a third-party appeal is possible within four weeks of the decision.

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