A 10-year planning permission and a 40-year operational life
Hiskinstown Ballygillin Ballynacor Stonestown Corbetstown Higginstown Sionhill, Hodgestown Dardistown Graffanstown Reynella Balrath East Chanonstown and Clonlost, Co. Westmeath
157 ha · Granted · permission to Aug 2031
Planning application 2560268 to Westmeath County Council: A 10-year planning permission and a 40-year operational life for a solar energy development, at Hiskinstown Ballygillin Ballynacor Stonestown Corbetstown Higginstown. Granted by the council on 13 July 2026. The register gives the permission's end as 18 August 2031.
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 and a 40-year operational life for a solar energy development with a total site area of 157 hectares comprising (i) photovoltaic solar panels on steel mounting frames; (ii) electrical transformer stations; (iii) underground electrical and communications cabling within the proposed development site, private lands and within the carriageway of the L1501, L1505, L5610, L5611 and L5614 public roads; (iv) containerised battery energy storage facility; (v) the upgrade of 4 no. existing site entrances and development of 1 no. new site entrance; (vi) on-site access tracks; (vii) 4 no. temporary construction compounds; (viii) security fencing and gates; (ix) pole-mounted security cameras; and (x) all associated and ancillary site development, landscaping and reinstatement works. This planning application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Screening Report and a Natura Impact Statement.
Planning status
Permission was granted on 13 Jul 2026. 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 18 Aug 2031.
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