GrantedDecided 19 December 2025Wicklow County Council

In the townlands of Kilcandra, Kilnamanagh Beg Ballynagran, and Ballinaclogh Glenealy Co. Wicklow

Planning application 2560764
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DecisionConditional grant
Decided19 December 2025
Application typePERMISSION
Source documents4

Site

Setting
Unknown
Site area
203.5 ha
Floor area
Not recorded
Units
Not recorded

What is on file

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Proposed development

Application description published by Wicklow County Council.
RED III Category 3 Development - Construction of a solar PV energy development with an operational life of 40 years on three land parcels totalling approximately 203.5 hectares comprising the installation of approximately 806,630 sq. m. of photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames and associated ancillary development including: 23 no. transformers stations, 2 no. Ring Main Unit buildings, string-inverters attached to panel frames, CCTV security cameras mounted on 4 metre high poles, deer-proof perimeter security fencing (2 metres high) raised 150mm to allow for the movement of small mammals, 3 no. site entrances utilising existing entrances including upgrade to entrance on L1111 to facilitate construction and operational phase access, internal access tracks between the solar arrays and the site entrances, 2 no. clear span bridges over existing watercourses, 1 no. primary temporary construction compound and 2 no. satellite temporary construction compounds, all associated ancillary development works including landscaping; and the installation of a total of ca. 6.1 kilometres of 33Kv double circuit underground cable, of which ca. 2.4 kilometres will be beneath public (L1111, L1113, L5113, L51132 and L5112) and private roads in an excavated trench including underground ducting and joint bays and all associated site development and reinstatement works to connect the proposed Ring Main Units on two of the land parcels of the solar PV energy development and extending to the site of a proposed 110kv substation to be the subject of a separate planning permission under the Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Act 2006.

Application and appeal history

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PL-500687-WW-26Submitted 26 January 2026 / decided 29 May 2026
Status not recordedCONDITIONAL
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Decision details

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Application ref
2560764
Received
25 September 2025
Decided
19 December 2025
FI requested
No
Authority
Wicklow County Council
Application type
PERMISSION
Outcome
Conditional grant
Source status
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Planning analysis

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Inside the decision file

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Chief Executives Order2 pages indexed
WICKLOW COUNTY COUNCIL PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT ACTS 2000 (as amended) CHIEF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO: CE/PERD/2025/1403 y ! nl Reference Number: 25/60764 O Name of Applicant: Partridge Solar Limited es Address: c/o Ian McGrandles os IMG Planning Limited 75 Fitzwilliam Lane rp Dublin 2 D02AK77 Pu n RECOMMENDATION: Split...
Notification Of Decision9 pages indexed
Áras An Chontae / County Buildings Cill Mhantáin / Wicklow Guthán / Tel: (0404) 20148 Faics / Fax: (0404) 69462 Rphost / Email: plandev@wicklowcoco.ie Pleanáil, Forbairt Eacnamaíochta agus Tuaithe Suíomh / Website: www.wicklow.ie Planning, Economic and Rural Development PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT ACTS 2000 (as amended)...
Planners Report38 pages indexed
Planning Report Register Reference PRR 25/60764. Date : 15/12/2025 Site Visits : 29th October , 25th November 2025, 27th November 2025, 8th December 2025 Public Notices : Erected. y! nl Completeness Check – confirmation issued on the 5th November 2025. O Planning History : es Appeal Reference PL 27.248424 ( PRR...
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