Entrust obtained planning permission in 2021 for a 330 acre utility scale solar farm in Roscrea, County Tipperary within 8 weeks, without a Request for Further Information, which we were advised was due to our comprehensive pre-application engagement with the local community, Planning Authority and a number of public bodies and also due our excellent quality planning application submission which included a large number of environmental reports including a cumulative 3D model of the solar farm together with an adjoining motorway, two previously consented solar farms and a wind farm built in-house. This is the shortest time to achieve planning permission for such a large infrastructure project in Ireland for a number of years.

We provided a complete planning application solution from the initial feasibility study through to submission. We work as the planning application project manager and provide a number of environmental specialisms in-house as well as working with different expert consultants in their specialisms. Our services include; Feasibility, Pre-Planning Consultation, Planning Statement & Policy Analysis, EIA Screening, GIS Constraints Analysis, Public Consultation & Statement of Community Consultation, Archaeology & Cultural Heritage, Hydrology & Flood Risk Assessment (FRA), Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (LVIA) together with Photomontages, ZTV with and without vegetation & Wirelines, creating 3D models of solar farms as well as their surrounding landscapes for public consultation and pre-application consultation with the Planning Authority, Landscaping Scheme, Construction Environment Management Plan (CEMP), Appropriate Assessments (AA), Natura Impact Statements (NIS), Biodiversity Management Plans (BMP), Glint and Glare, Noise and Transport Management Plan (TMP).