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Ballymoneen Property Impact Calculator

Calculate your property's potential devaluation from the Ballymonneen Solar Power Plant and BESS facility

This tool is a community awareness and fundraising resource, designed to illustrate potential risk scenarios and relative impacts associated with large-scale solar and battery energy developments.
It does not constitute a property valuation, planning assessment, environmental impact assessment, or professional advice.
All figures shown are indicative estimates, based on published studies, documented market responses, and proximity-based risk modelling. Actual impacts may vary depending on site-specific conditions, market behaviour, and future development decisions.
Distance measurements are calculated from property center points (GeoDirectory/Eircode coordinates), not property boundaries. Irish rural properties typically extend 50-200m from center point, meaning actual boundary distances to solar infrastructure may be significantly closer than shown.

The Ballymoneen developer claims: "Solar farms generally have no impact on property values... confirmed by planning authorities and An Bord Pleanála."

"Low-level noise... less than background noise from traffic or wind."

Post-2022 evidence shows otherwise:

Virginia Tech (PNAS 2025)
7.2% loss <0.5mi
Wisconsin (2025)
7.2% loss 0.5 miles
UK Botley West
£40k/home devaluation
Irish Times Meath (2025)
2 years, 2 viewings

💬 Meath Resident:

"2 years on market, 2 viewings."
"Auctioneer: 'They're not interested because it's on a solar farm.'"
"Generators audible in bed... security lights constant."
"It's not a home. It's a house."

Irish Times, Aug 2025

€500,000

📍 Ballymoneen Solar Power Plant:

🎥 Irish Evidence: The Reality of Living Near Solar Farms

County Meath resident testimony (Irish Times, August 2025): A homeowner describes the devastating impact of adjacent solar development - property on market for 2 years with only 2 viewings, constant generator noise, security lighting, and the loss of their home's character.

"I feel now that they've taken the home away from me. It's not a home. It's a house." - This is the human cost the developer's website doesn't mention.

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