Energy · Co. Tipperary
Farranrory Upper Farranrory Lower Coolnashinnagh and Gortnasmuttaun, Co. Tipperary
Granted 24 Feb 2021
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Key facts
- Planning application 20972 at Farranrory Upper Farranrory Lower Coolnashinnagh and Gortnasmuttaun, Co. Tipperary: Renewable energy development with a 40-year operational life.
- It was received by Tipperary County Council on 1 Sep 2020.
- Status: Granted 24 Feb 2021.
- Work started on site on 31 Mar 2025, according to the commencement notice. It does not say which contractors or suppliers are appointed.
Source: the Tipperary County Council planning register, as last seen on 2 Jun 2026. Open the council's file
Council register
The council's register shows: Granted on 24 Feb 2021.
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Application details as we last saw them in the national register on 2 Jun 2026.
What and where
Renewable energy development with a 40-year operational life
a ten year planning permission for a renewable energy development with a 40-year operational life (from the date of commissioning of the renewable energy development). The entirety of the development constitutes the provision of a 9-turbine wind farm and all associated works on lands in both Counties Tipperary and Kilkenny. This development comprises part of an overall development for which planning permission is also sought for a 38kV substation in the townland of Killeen, Co. Kilkenny. A separate planning application will be made for an underground grid connection to Tipperary County Council and to Kilkenny County Council. The proposed development will constitute the provision of the following: • Construction of up to 9 turbines each with a maximum overall ground to blade tip height of up to 150 metres and associated foundations and hardstand areas; • Construction of new site entrances and upgrade of existing site entrances; • Internal wind farm underground power and communications cabling; • Upgrade of existing access tracks and provision of new site access roads; • Removal of existing Meteorological Masts and construction of 1 new Meteorological Mast for monitoring wind speeds with a maximum height of up to 85 metres; • Site drainage network • Construction of a new temporary site compound for use during construction; • Two Borrow Pits • Construction of a new on-site 38kV substation The planning application will be accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and Natura Impact Statement
Description as published by the council. Its text starts part-way through a sentence.
- Location
- Co. Tipperary Map
- Council
- Tipperary County Council
- Planning reference
- 20972
Numbers and dates
- Project type
- Energy
- Received
- 1 Sep 2020
- Granted
- 24 Feb 2021
- Site start
- 31 Mar 2025
Timeline
- Application received
- Granted
- Site start
Outlook
What happens next
Work packages named so far
Documents and evidence
Check the record
- Council planning fileThe application file 20972 on eplanning.ie: drawings, reports and the decision.Open the council's file
How we know this
From the Tipperary County Council planning register, as last seen on 2 Jun 2026. The council's own file is the official record.
Site starts
Commencement notices for this permission
- 31 Mar 2025Work started · Erection of a single storey, concrete block frame, 38 kV substation control building...View the site start
A commencement notice tells the council that building work is about to start. A completion certificate is filed when it is finished.
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