Infrastructure · Co. Galway

Ballymoneen & Grange East, Cregmore, Co Galway

Granted 24 Feb 2026

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Key facts

  • Planning application 25363 at Ballymoneen & Grange East, Cregmore, Co Galway: Of pl ref 20/961 for permission for development.
  • The applicant is Ballymoneen Solar Ltd.
  • It was received by Galway County Council on 22 Dec 2025.
  • Status: Granted 24 Feb 2026.
  • Permission was granted on 24 Feb 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.

Source: the Galway County Council planning register, checked 2 Jun 2026. Open the council's file

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What and where

Of pl ref 20/961 for permission for development

of pl ref 20/961 for permission for development at this site at Ballymoneen and Grange East, Co Galway. The development will consist of a planning permission for a period of 5 years to construct and complete a Solar PV Energy and Battery Storage development with a total site area of circa 140.9 Hectares to include a single storey electrical substation building, electrical transformer and inverter station modules, solar PV panels ground mounted on support structures, battery containers and associated infrastructure, internal access tracks, security fencing, electrical cabling/ ducting, CCTV and other ancillary infrastructure, drainage, additional landscaping and habitat enhancement as required and associated site development works including works related to the access to the site. The solar farm would be operational for 35 years. Gross floor space of proposed development: 1886.39 m²

Description as published by the council. Its text starts part-way through a sentence.

Location
Cregmore, Co. Galway Map
Planning reference
25363
Applicant
Ballymoneen Solar Ltd

Numbers and dates

Floor area
1,886 m²
Project type
Infrastructure
Received
22 Dec 2025
Granted
24 Feb 2026

Timeline

  1. Application received
  2. Granted

Site history

This site's history

  1. Earlier permission 20961 for this site: granted 22 Jan 2021.

    for permission for development at this site at Ballymoneen and Grange East, Co Galway. The development will consist of a planning… Named in this application's description

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Outlook

What happens next

Permission was granted on 24 Feb 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.

Work packages named so far

  • Roads and site development worksNamed in the application description
  • Services and drainageNamed in the application description

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

Documents and evidence

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  • Council planning fileThe application file 25363 on eplanning.ie: drawings, reports and the decision.Open the council's file

How we know this

From the Galway County Council planning register, checked 2 Jun 2026. We link to the council's own file so you can check the official record before you act.

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