2560563: Amendments to part of the design of an approved solar farm development (Clare County Council Planning Reg. Ref. P23/60249). The proposed amendments comprise the erection of eight new pole sets and two new masts and replacement of two existing pole sets with two new masts; Placement of overhead lines (comprising 688m) to enable connection to the national grid; Placement of underground cables (comprising 91m) to enable connection from the overhead lines to the approved substation; Alterations to the design, layout and scale of the approved substation; Removal of solar panels (comprising 668sqm) adjacent to the substation; Removal of underground cable route (comprising 1,457m) and associated works for the cable route from the substation to the national grid at Ardnacrusha; and all other associated works
Land to the west/north-west of Ardnacrusha, within the townlands of Castlebank, and Glenlon South.
DecisionConditional grant
Decided16 December 2025
Application typePERMISSION
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Source documents
Original council portal records and source PDFs where available.- Application fileApplication file on www.eplanning.ieSource portal
- Notification Of DecisionSource: clarecoco.eplanning.ie / A640d9ab-f8f1-4755-b179-3599dbaa2a72.pdf / Document 858119Source PDF
- Chief Executives OrderSource: clarecoco.eplanning.ie / A3a45558-2fb9-498e-b7c1-551d872e7732.pdf / Document 846410Source PDF
- Chief Executives OrderSource: clarecoco.eplanning.ie / 33b0479d-0d94-42f8-8287-5e8f9c6678e8.pdf / Document 858117Source PDF
- Final GrantSource: clarecoco.eplanning.ie / D56d2704-4171-432d-8c60-db5be0889372.pdf / Document 865282Source PDF
- Planners Report / file 1 of 2Source: clarecoco.eplanning.ie / 090a96e4-bdc5-47df-9f23-8cdec76eab82.pdf / Document 858116Source PDF
- Planners Report / file 2 of 2Source: clarecoco.eplanning.ie / Dd83c9a9-5eb6-495f-85cb-65de164b1cee.pdf / Document 858116Source PDF
- Planners ReportSource: clarecoco.eplanning.ie / 87fce571-d740-4271-abc6-7b785b6fb6c1.pdf / Document 865123Source PDF
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