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Codling Wind Park’s 73 turbines from Greystones
atest press release from Derek Mitchell, issued on Saturday, August 
9th 2025…
atest press release from Derek Mitchell, issued on Saturday, August 
9th 2025…The Codling Wind Park has applied for planning permission for the largest offshore wind farm in Ireland on the bank between Greystones and Wicklow Town.
Coimisiun Pleanála has asked for further information in a 70-page request sent to the developers, with a deadline for reply of May 2026.
The information covers habitat loss, coastal processes – including erosion, birds, marine mammals, fish, search and rescue, seascapes and visual appearance. Substantial surveys will be required to complete this.
It particularly asks for a better assessment of the cumulative impact with the other 4 wind farm proposals on the East Coast.
The Dublin Array proposal is very close to Codling and the Arklow Bank proposal is fairly close.
The cumulative visual impact will in places cover most of the sea vista with turbines taller than Bray Head, the tallest item on the East Coast.
In my view, a 10km gap must be left between these nearshore wind parks.
In my view, a 10km gap must be left between these nearshore wind parks.No Irish planning decisions have been made in recent years on nearshore wind parks but recent Welsh and English decisions have significantly reduced the cumulative span of proposals at Llandudno and Brighton for visual and other reasons.
You can find the 70-page Coimisiun Pleanála request for further information here, the Codling Wind Park planning application here, and Mitchell’s November 2024 Codling Wind Park An Bord Pleanála objection here.
Codling Wind Park’s 73 turbines from Kilcoole
Codling Wind Park’s 73 turbines from Bray
5 comments
The wind turbines will be a lovely addition to the skyline. Derek Mitchell has spent his entire life objecting to every change around the area. We are now lucky that he has left the political arena and yet he still moans. A total waste of space.
If the montages above are representative of how the turbines will look – then fantastic. They’re barely noticeable. And it’s certainly much better we get our energy from these rather than continue to burn the planet down – assuming everyone wants to continue using electricity. Enough with this nimby-ism.
I think they (Wind Turbines) are great, and hardly visible at all. We need clean power and this is the best option so far.
All airline traffic is being detoured to fly inland over the south east coast coming and going to the airport .
Gérard- do you mean therewith be more air traffic overhead @ Greystones?
Thanks, Catherine