Planning applications in Milltown

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.

Blackdown, Oldmilltown, Coolahocka, , Co. Kildare · 14 Jul 2026

a new 38kV electricity circuit between the existing Kildare ESB substation and the existing Newbridge ESB substation County Kildare. The circuit will be c. 8.5km in length and will consist of c. 7km of overhead line (OHL) and c. 1.5km of underground cable (UGC). The OHL structures (48 No.) will consist of single and double wood polesets, with a height above ground level ranging from c. 9.7m to c. 18m and will require below ground foundations and staywires at specific locations. The UGC will primarily run along public roads and will consist of electrical cables laid in underground ducts buried in a trench (with varying dimensions between c.0.6m and c. 0.9m width and a depth of c.1.2m). Permission is sought for all associated works including temporary works such as the creation of access ways and ancillary temporary and permanent works. Revised by Significant further information which consists of Natura Impact Statement (NIS)

Townlands of Crockanure Glede Southgreen Kidlare Bishopsland Cloghgarret Glebe , Crockanure Blackmillerhill Dunmurry West Curragh (Ed Kildare) Rathbride Friarstown , Newtown (Ed Pollarrdstown) Milltown Scarletstown Rosberry between · 26 Jul 2023