COUNCIL planners have ruled that two applications to build a solar farm across 210 hectares in Limerick are incomplete.
Energy firm Harmony Solar East is planning the project on lands to the west and south of Hospital and the north-west of Knocklong.
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It’s proposed to be split into eight different parcels of land, and should it get permission, it’s envisioned the solar farm will be operational for a total of 40 years.
The physical infrastructure would see 843,000 square metres of solar panels on ground mounted steel frames.
However, the firm has now been told the application it has submitted twice to council was on both occasions deemed incomplete.
It’s unclear why this is in this instance, but incomplete applications are normally so because of pieces of information missing from the developer.
Harmony Solar East’s initial application was deemed incomplete on August 10 last, with its second application meeting the same fate on September 22.
Its second application had already attracted three submissions from people opposed to the plans across nine townlands in rural Limerick.
Harmony Solar East has said its proposed development contributes to both national and regional renewable energy targets, including the delivery of solar capacity in line with both the Climate Action Plan and National Planning Framework.
The company stressed the solar farm would not not adversely impact any protected site.
The decision on whether to lodge a third application now rests with Harmony Solar East.
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