Energy · Co. Cavan

RED III, Co. Cavan

Granted 22 Jul 2026

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This application has left our current planning lists, so this page is no longer updated. We last saw it in the council's register on 21 Aug 2026. The details below are as they were then. The council's register has the current status.

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What and where

RED III

- RED III - for a solar energy development comprising ground mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) panels, mounted on steel support structures, underground cabling, temporary construction compound, erection of 3 Transformer stations (11)kV, laying of a permeable gravel access tracks, widening of existing field entrances, erection of CCTV poles and cameras, erection of entrance gates and perimeter fencing, landscaping and biodiversity measures all associated ancillary development works, for the purpose of generation renewable energy electricity. Planning Permission is sought for a 40-year operation of the solar farm following which the site will be decommissioned, all development removed and the Site restored to agricultural lands. SIGNIFICANT FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED

Location: Co. Cavan Map
Council: Cavan County Council
Planning reference: 2660003
Applicant: Mannok Cement Ltd
Agent: Sean Campbell

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Key facts

Project type: Energy
Received: 14 Jan 2026
Granted: 22 Jul 2026

Timeline

14 Jan 2026Application received
16 Mar 2026Further information requested
22 Jul 2026Granted

Outlook

What happens next

Permission was granted on 22 Jul 2026 and no site start has been filed yet. The next step is a commencement notice, filed before building work begins; the start date and who will build it are not known yet.

An outlook from the planning record, not a tender or a confirmed start date.

Documents and evidence

Check the record

Council planning fileThe application file 2660003 on eplanning.ie: drawings, reports and the decision.Open the council's file

Reviewed build intelligence

What the documents establish

Government document review

Cavan conditionally decided to grant permission on 22 July 2026. Commission case 501871, lodged 13 August 2026, remains pending. The retained cohort also contains case 501825, whose invalid status does not terminate the separate active appeal. The proposal term and council condition differ.

2 official documents inspected · Checked 2026-09-05 · Official file index

The assessment describes Phase 2 as 21.9 MWp, without battery storage

Proposed in application · Cavan 2660003, solar PV Phase 2; no count or capacity added from another phase

What the evidence says
The further-information fire assessment identifies Mannok solar PV Phase 2 as 21.9 MWp and states that it includes no energy storage. The council decision describes three 11 kV transformer stations. The assessment table calls its figure installed capacity, but this is a planning-stage design statement and does not establish commissioning.

Why it may matter — interpretation
Interpretation for solar and electrical work: separates this generation proposal from battery-storage schemes and identifies the source-stated design scale.

What is not established
No selected module or inverter model, commissioned capacity, grid agreement or built installation is established.

Inspect the evidence

Phase 2 fire-risk and firefighting water assessment · p.4
21.9 MWp · Issued April 2026 (month only) · Version 1.0 DRAFT dated 31 March; assessment 30 March; page footers show 1 and 15 April 2026; received 16 June 2026 · Checked 2026-09-05

21.9 MWp

Council notification and conditions · p.1
3 Transformer stations · Issued 2026-07-22 · Decision under appeal; proposal description and conditioned term retained separately · Checked 2026-09-05

3 Transformer stations

The council condition changes the proposed 40-year term to 35 years

Council decision under appeal · Council decision on Cavan 2660003; operational term under appeal

What the evidence says
The proposal description requests 40 years of operation. The council notification dated 22 July 2026 instead conditions a 35-year term from commissioning, with removal and restoration requirements. Active Commission appeal 501871 is pending; earlier case 501825 is separately marked invalid. Neither an issued final grant nor commissioning is established.

Why it may matter — interpretation
Interpretation: the condition controls the council-stage term, so the older 40-year headline should not be presented as the approved duration.

What is not established
No final appeal determination, construction start, actual commissioning date or fulfilled restoration condition is established.

Inspect the evidence

Council notification and conditions · p.1
40-year operation · Issued 2026-07-22 · Decision under appeal; proposal description and conditioned term retained separately · Checked 2026-09-05

40-year operation

Council notification and conditions · p.3
35 years · Issued 2026-07-22 · Decision under appeal; proposal description and conditioned term retained separately · Checked 2026-09-05

35 years

The fire strategy relies on existing hydrants rather than a dedicated on-site tank

Proposed in application · Further-information fire assessment for Phase 2, received 16 June 2026

What the evidence says
The assessment proposes no dedicated on-site firefighting water storage. It relies on the adjoining cement facility hydrant network and identifies a quarry sump as a backup. The report states a tested hydrant flow of at least 1,500 litres per minute at 2 bar, and proposes inverter protection and SCADA alarms. These are report statements, not independent certification of present availability or safety.

Why it may matter — interpretation
Interpretation for fire and water infrastructure: identifies reliance on existing infrastructure and the need to verify the final agreed response arrangements.

What is not established
Current flow, final fire-service approval, procurement and any later water-storage revision are not established. The page describes approximate distances differently in its table and narrative; no reconciled distance is published.

Inspect the evidence

Phase 2 fire-risk and firefighting water assessment · p.7
No dedicated on-site fire-fighting water storage · Issued April 2026 (month only) · Version 1.0 DRAFT dated 31 March; assessment 30 March; page footers show 1 and 15 April 2026; received 16 June 2026 · Checked 2026-09-05

No dedicated on-site fire-fighting water storage

Remaining document questions

Which later official decision, approved detail or revision changes these source-specific findings?
Has a phase-specific official record established the selected equipment or installed specification?

Selected pages of 2 government-published PDFs were visually inspected. The council index has 281 parsed document rows. 4 PDFs were accessed; selected visually reviewed pages of 2 support these findings. The remaining catalogue has not been fully inspected. Proposals do not establish procurement or installed work.

How we know this

From the Cavan County Council planning register, as last seen on 21 Aug 2026. The council's own file is the official record. Facts from the planning documents were read from the documents in that file.

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RED III

Key facts

Timeline

What happens next

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What the documents establish

The assessment describes Phase 2 as 21.9 MWp, without battery storage

The council condition changes the proposed 40-year term to 35 years

The fire strategy relies on existing hydrants rather than a dedicated on-site tank

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