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Kildare - Kildare County Council

Proposed Development

the use of a part existing quarry site as a Materials Recovery Facility at Graney West, Co.Kildare. The subject site will be ca. 7.33 hectares in size. The principal development activity will involve the use of subsoil and overburden, sourced from construction, renovation and demolition sites to backfill and restore an existing void onsite created by past extraction of materials. The footprint of proposed area to backfill is 1.84 hecatres in size. The proposed quantity of such material to be accepted and infilled would be less than ca. 17,500 tonnes per annum and overall is expected to be ca. 100,000 tonnes throughout the operational phase of the proposed activity. The waste activity will be for the purposes of recovering said materials through land deposition and to achieve the improvement and development of land and site restoration. In addition to the principal waste activity described above, it is proposed to carry out the following waste recovery activities: Intake of top-soil, screening at proposed screening plant and resale of such material. Intake of gravel and sands, washing at existing washing plant and resale of such materials. Intake of concrete, concrete crushing using concrete crushing equipment, mixing with sand and gravel before being fed to the washing plant to form aggregate and resale of such material and; Intake of garden waste, shredding and composting of this waste for agricultural land spreading. In all, less than 25,000 tonnes of waste materials will be accepted on-site for recovery per annum. A waste facility permit will ne obtained for site activities as they will fall under the scope if the waste management (facility permit & registration) regulations as amended

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Application Details

Location
Graney West , Co.Kildare
Applicant
N/A
Application Type
PERMISSION
Planning Authority
Kildare County Council

Timeline

Registration Date
16 January 2018
Status
INCOMPLETED APPLICATION
Decision
N/A

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54m
18196N/A26 Feb 2018

a waste recovery facility. The subject site will be ca.7.33 hectares in size. The principal development activity will be the deposition of waste soil and stone at the quarry for the purposes of back filling. This will involve the use of subsoil and overburden, sourced from construction, renovation and demolition sites, to backfill and restore an existing void onsite created by past extraction of materials. The footprint of proposed area to backfill is 1.84 hectares in size. The proposed quantity of such material to be accepted and infilled would be less than 17,500 tonnes per annum and overall is expected to be approximately 100,000 tonnes throughout the operational phase of the proposed activity. The principal waste activity will be for the purposes of recovering said materials through land deposition, and to achieve the improvement and development of land and site restoration. In addition to the principal waste activity described above, it is proposed to carry out the following secondary waste recovery activities: Intake of topsoil, screening at proposed screening plant and resale of such material, Intake of gravel and sands, washing at existing washing plant and resale of such materials, Intake of concrete, concrete crushing using concrete crushing equipment, mixing with sand and gravel before being fed to the washing plant to form aggregate and resale of such material and intake of garden waste, shredding and composting of this waste within a silage pit draining to an underground effluent storage tank, for use for agricultural land spreading. In all less that 25,000 tonnes of waste materials will be accepted on-site for recovery per annum. A Waste Facility Permit will be obtained for site activities as they will fall under the scope of the Waste Management (Facility Permit and Registration) Regulations as amended.

Graney West , Castledermot , Co. Kildare

201m
20639CONDITIONAL22 Jun 2020

Material Recovery Facility at a worked out quarry site. The principal activity will involve the use of imported, uncontaminated soil and stone, sourced from construction sites, to backfill and restore the worked out quarry. Sancom Ltd intend on accepting a maximum of approximately 1.8 million tonnes of soil and stone material on-site for backfilling over the course of 10 to 25 years, depending on market demand for disposal services…It is proposed to carry out construction and demolition waste recovery activities on-site to include top-soil screening, sand and gravel washing, concrete crushing, associated aggregate production and garden waste composting. A maximum of 387,000 tonnes of construction and demolition related waste material will be accepted on-site per annum. The total area of the application site is 19.2 hectares inclusive of site access roads. The fill area is 13.65 hectares in size. The Construction and Demolition Material Recovery Area is 4.4 hectares in size. A waste Licence will be obtained for the proposed waste recovery activities under the Waste Management Act, as amended. An Environmental Impact Assessment report has been furnished alongside the Planning Application. As part of the Proposed Development it is proposed to construct a new site access road running south of the site to the L4015 Castledermot to Baltinglass Road and a new site entrance onto this road designed to appropriate standards. It is also proposed to install/develop the following on-site: a weighbridge, a wheel wash, a stockpile and sorting area, the appropriate material recovery plant and equipment, a waste inspection and quarantine area, surface water treatment infrastructure and external lighting. Existing plant, equipment, site infrastructure and settlement ponds situated on-site will be utilized for proposed site activities. A Bunded Fuel Storage area currently present on-site will be upgraded. Revised by Significant Further information which consists of the applicant Sancom Ltd. now propose accepting a maximum of 99,500 tonnes of waste material at the proposed facility per annum a 25 year project lifetime (72,000 tonnes for backfilling and 27,500 tonnes o C&D Waste for processing), rather than the 387,000 tonnes of waste material per annum over an anticipated 10 year project lifetime originally proposed. See Newspaper Notice for full details of proposed works at

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191257CONDITIONAL11 Nov 2019

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191071N/A27 Sept 2019

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181284CONDITIONAL22 Oct 2018

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1.5km
201424N/A25 Nov 2020

the restoration of former pit through the importation and deposition of inert soil and stones on an area of 2.90 hectares, spreading of existing site won soils on an area of 0.17 hectares, both to result in return to agricultural use of the pit formerly authorised under 05/586 (PL 09.251775), and for the retention of use of part of the pit floor (0.35 hectares) as open storage of aggregate stockpiles (no processing) following expiry of permission 05/586 (PL 09.251775) to date; the importation of additional material will use the existing site access point, all works to be within an area of 3.07 hectares, all associated civil works which includes grading of pit floor and existing banks as part of the restoration works, and the re-commissioning and use of the existing wheelbath. A term of 5 years is sought for the development

Graney East , Castledermot , Co. Kildare.

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201586CONDITIONAL21 Dec 2020

sought for use of part of the pit floor (0.35 hectares) as open storage of aggregate stockpiles (no processing) following expiry of permission 05/586 (PL 09.251775) to date. Planning permission is sought for the restoration of former pit through the importation and deposition of inert soil and stones on an area of 2.90 hectares, spreading of existing site won soils on an area of 0.17 hectares, both to result in return to agricultural use of the pit formerly authorised under 05/586 (PL 09.251775). The importation of additional material will use the existing site access point, all works to be within an area of 3.07 hectares, all associated civil works which includes grading of pit floor and existing banks as part of the restoration works, and the re-commissioning and use of the existing wheelbath. A term of 5 years is sought for the development

Graney East , Castledermot , Co. Kildare.

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