RefusedDecided 23 October 2025Kerry County Council

Townlands of Coom and, Knockatee, County Kerry.

Planning application 2560771
DecisionRefused
Decided23 October 2025
Application typePERMISSION
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Application description published by Kerry County Council.
WE, TAURBEG LIMITED, INTEND TO APPLY FOR PERMISSION FOR DEVELOPMENT AT THIS SITE IN THE TOWNLANDS OF COOM AND KNOCKATEE, COUNTY KERRY. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF: i. PERMANENT REMOVAL OF COMMERCIAL FORESTRY (DEFORESTATION) OVER AN AREA OF APPROX. 105.5 HA AND THE RESTORATION OF OPEN PEATLAND AND CREATION OF SCRUB HABITAT WITHIN THE FELLED AREA. ii. RESTORATION OF FARMLAND HABITAT TO GOOD QUALITY HEN HARRIER FORAGING HABITAT THROUGH DIVERSIFYING THE RANGE AND EXTENT OF HABITATS OVER AN AREA OF APPROX. 17.7 HA; iii. ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS INCLUDING FENCING. THE DEVELOPMENT IS COVERED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE RENEWABLE ENERGY DIRECTIVE III (DIRECTIVE 2023/2413) [ ] YES [?] NO AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT (EIAR) AND NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) HAVE BEEN PREPARED IN RELATION TO THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AND ACCOMPANY THIS PLANNING APPLICATION. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT COMPRISES OFFSETTING MEASURES ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROPOSED CONTINUED OPERATION OF THE TAURBEG WIND FARM AT GLASHEENANARGID, TAURBEG AND TAURMORE, COUNTY CORK. THE ENCLOSED EIAR ASSESSES BOTH THE DEFORESTATION, HABITAT RESTORATION AND ANCILLARY WORKS PROPOSED AS PART OF THIS PLANNING APPLICATION AND ALSO THE CONTINUED OPERATION OF THE EXISTING TAURBEG WIND FARM AND ASSOCIATED DEVELOPMENT FOR A FURTHER PERIOD OF 10 YEARS IN THE TOWNLANDS OF GLASHEENANARGID, TAURBEG AND TAURMORE, COUNTY CORK. THE TAURBEG WIND FARM IS LOCATED IN A SEPARATE PLANNING JURISDICTION (CORK COUNTY COUNCIL) AND WILL BE THE SUBJECT OF A SEPARATE PLANNING APPLICATION TO THAT PLANNING AUTHORITY.

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PL-500322-KY-25Submitted 19 November 2025 / decided Not recorded
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