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A 10 Year Planning Permission for a solar farm with a total area of circa 189 hectares…

In the townlands of Atateemore or Blackneys Ballyhobuck Ballyrahan Carriganurra Charlestown, Davidstown Drumdowney Lower Drumdowney Upper Gorteens Grogan Kilmurry Nicholastown, Rathpatrick Scartnamoe Tinvaucoosh and Treanaree in County Kilkenny

Final grant

Applicant
Not supplied in our sources
Proposed use
See council description
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The story so far

Application timeline

Recorded milestones for this application. A permission is not evidence that building work has started.

  1. Application received
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    Council record · legacy batch; original response hash unavailable · field: received_date

  2. Further information requested
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    Council record · legacy batch; original response hash unavailable · field: _fi_request_date

  3. Further information received
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    Council record · legacy batch; original response hash unavailable · field: _fi_received_date

  4. Council decisionGranted with conditions
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    Council record · legacy batch; original response hash unavailable · field: decision_date

  5. Appeal submitted
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    Council record · legacy batch; original response hash unavailable · field: _appeal_submitted_date

  6. Grant recorded
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    Council record · legacy batch; original response hash unavailable · field: _grant_date

What changed

First retained observation; this does not establish that the application is new.

Legacy batch date (exact collection time unavailable): 28 October 2026. This describes our archive, not an application event date.

Why it matters locally

The proposal concerns In the townlands of Atateemore or Blackneys Ballyhobuck Ballyrahan Carriganurra Charlestown , Davidstown Drumdowney Lower Drumdowney Upper Gorteens Grogan Kilmurry Nicholastown , Rathpatrick Scartnamoe Tinvaucoosh and Treanaree in County Kilkenny. Proposal excerpt: “a 10 Year Planning Permission for a solar farm with a total area of circa 189 hectares in the townlands of Atateemore or Blackneys, Ballyhobuck, Ballyrahan, Carriganurra, Charlestown, Davidstown, Drumdowney Lower, Drumdo…” The appeal outcome is recorded separately from the council decision; the council decision alone gives an incomplete history.

Location & nearby applications

In the townlands of Atateemore or Blackneys Ballyhobuck Ballyrahan Carriganurra Charlestown , Davidstown Drumdowney Lower Drumdowney Upper Gorteens Grogan Kilmurry Nicholastown , Rathpatrick Scartnamoe Tinvaucoosh and Treanaree in County Kilkenny

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No other mapped applications within 5 km were found in the records available for this page.

Documents & sources

Kilkenny County Council · Reference 2560391

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Individual document links are not available in this retained record. Use the council file for the available drawings, reports and decisions.

Source records and verification details

Change record: Council record · legacy batch; original response hash unavailable

Proposal: Council record · legacy batch; original response hash unavailable

Latest source observation retained: 2026-10-28T19:57:12.999848+00:00. Source dataset date: 2026-10-27.

Full description from the council file
a 10 Year Planning Permission for a solar farm with a total area of circa 189 hectares in the townlands of Atateemore or Blackneys, Ballyhobuck, Ballyrahan, Carriganurra, Charlestown, Davidstown, Drumdowney Lower, Drumdowney Upper, Gorteens, Grogan, Kilmurry, Nicholastown, Rathpatrick, Scartnamoe, Tinvaucoosh and Treanaree in County Kilkenny. The solar farm will consist of solar panels on ground mounted frames, 27 no. single storey electrical inverter/transformer stations, 5 no. single storey spare parts containers, 3 no. Ring Main Units, 5 no. weather stations, underground electrical ducting and cabling within the development site, private lands and within the L3429, L7523, L7563, L7469, L3407, L3414, L34144, L7466, L3406, L7483, L3415, N25 and N29 public roads to connect solar farm field parcels, security fencing, CCTV, access tracks, 7 no. watercourse/drain deck crossings and 4 no. horizontal directional drill crossings (under the N25 and N29 public roads and the Luffany River), temporary construction compounds, landscaping and all associated ancillary development and drainage works. Construction and operational access will be via 7 no. existing entrances from the L3429, L7469, L7466, L4783 and L34142 which will be subject to entrance upgrade works. Separate construction phase access options are proposed for Parcel 4 via Port of Waterford and the L4783. The operational lifespan of the solar farm will be 40 years and planning permission is requested for this duration. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application
Application details
Reference
2560391
Site address
In the townlands of Atateemore or Blackneys Ballyhobuck Ballyrahan Carriganurra Charlestown, Davidstown Drumdowney Lower Drumdowney Upper Gorteens Grogan Kilmurry Nicholastown, Rathpatrick Scartnamoe Tinvaucoosh and Treanaree in County Kilkenny
Homes in source field
0 (proposal, not completions)
Reported floor area (m²)
0
Application type
PERMISSION
Latest reported outcome
Final grant
Date received
June 27, 2025
Decision due
February 14, 2026
Council decision date
February 13, 2026
Authority
Kilkenny County Council

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