Blackdown, Oldmilltown, Coolahocka
Proposed development
RED III will consist of an application for a 10-year planning permission for the construction of, and a 40-year operation and subsequent decommissioning of, a development consisting of a 20 hectare solar farm (red line boundary). The solar farm comprises of 1no. land parcel. The proposed solar farm will consist of a series of ground mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) panels, mounted on steel support structures and in some areas on concrete shoes to protect possible underground archaeological features, together with 5no. electrical transformation enclosures, underground cabling, 1no. temporary construction compound, the use of existing farm access tracks, existing site entrances, realignment of 1no. existing site entrance including realignment of the existing access track, inverters, CCTV poles and cameras, deer type security/boundary fencing, landscaping and biodiversity measures and all associated ancillary development works, for the purpose of generating renewable energy electricity and transmitting it in the townlands of Blackdown, Oldmilltown and Coolahocka, Co. Kildare.
- Applicant
- Not published
- Authority
- Kildare County Council
- Decision due
- Not available
Timeline
Application received
14 Jul 2026
Decision due
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Planning history within 750 m
construction of a 2 storey extension to rear (total floor area of extension = 18.5sqm) of existing 1.5 storey detached dormer type bungalow dwelling (total floor area of existing dwelling = 236 sqm) together with minor elevational amendments and all associated site works
Construction of a 2 storey extension to rear (total floor area of extension = 18.5sqm) of existing 1.5 storey detached dormer type bungalow dwelling (total floor area of existing dwelling = 236 sqm) together with minor elevational amendments and all associated site works.
a circa 82sq.m shed for domestic use ancillary to the existing dwelling and all associated site works
for the construction of 5 No new 200 sq m detached dormer bungalows on plots 1,2,3,4 and 5 and for an extension to the percolation area to the existing group waste water treatment plant on site
for A) constructing 6 no. dwellings with 5 no. single storey detached garages on individual sites. Site no’s 1,2 & 3 will contain 3 no. split level single storey dwellings (Type C); Site no. 4 will contain a part single storey, part 2 storey dwelling (Type D); Site no. 5 will contain a part single storey, part storey and a half dwelling (Type E); Site no. 6 will contain a single storey dwelling (Type F); Each site (save for site no. 6) will contain a single storey detached domestic garage. B) Each dwelling will be serviced with sewer connection to existing communal wastewater treatment system (Licence Ref. No. WP 218-05), C) Access to each dwelling will be provided by extending the existing road from Blackdown Estate, and associated siteworks
for the construction of 5 No new 200 sq m detached dormer bungalows on plots 1,2,3,4 and 5