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171863

CONDITIONAL

Galway - Galway County Council

Proposed Development

for turf cutting and peat extraction comprising of peat extraction from a raised bog area of 5.6ha, for domestic peat fuel supply. The proposed development will include the following enabling and ancillary works: upgrade and widening of existing site entrance to public road and provision of double field gate; upgrade including local widening of 175m of existing access track and provision of a new passing bay and box culvert; new floating road of approx. 460m including passing bays and turning areas, alterations to the existing drainage system within the site, new drains, a fenced and gated silt pond with discharge to an adjacent stream, 11 no. spread grounds; carrying out of works to facebank and facebank drain including extensions where necessary ; temporary construction compound and all other ancillary site development works. The propsed development will take place on an overall site of 11.2ha. An Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be submitted with this application.

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Application Timeline

  1. Application received

    21 Dec 2017

  2. Further information requested

    22 Feb 2018

  3. Further information received

    30 Apr 2018

  4. Decision: CONDITIONAL

    22 Jun 2018

  5. Decision due

    24 Jun 2018

  6. Grant issued

    30 Jul 2018

Application Details

Location
Kilcolumb ,
Applicant
N/A
Application Type
PERMISSION
Planning Authority
Galway County Council
Site Area
10.6 ha

Timeline

Registration Date
21 December 2017
Status
APPLICATION FINALISED
Decision
CONDITIONAL
Decision Date
22 June 2018
Grant Date
30 July 2018
Permission Expires
29 July 2023

Location

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