Entrust obtained planning permission in 2020 for a 75 acre solar farm near Roscrea in County Tipperary without a request for further information and within 8 weeks, in record time for such a large scale infrastructural project in Ireland. Entrust worked extensively at the pre-application stage with the Planning Authority, Public Bodies and the Local Community to ensure there were no unforeseen issues during the application process.

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).