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20781

CONDITIONAL

Clare - Clare County Council

Proposed Development

to develop a motorway service area and rest area adjacent to Junction 12 of the M18 motorway, which will include service station building with convenience shop, food court, staff facilities, canopy, fuel facilities, parking and circulation space, children's play area, picnic area and access provision. The development also includes infrastructural works public lighting, signage, landscaping, internal fencing, electrical substation, sixteen electric car charging points, roof mounted solar panels, storm water runoff, petrol interceptors and attenuation system, on-site wastewater treatment plant including access road, pumping station and connection to public foul sewer, drainage improvement works, underground fuel storage tanks, rain water harvesting system, connection to public water supply, underground storage tanks for fire-fighting purposes, underground rain water harvesting tanks, works to improve visibility at access point, upgrade to adjacent roundabout and ancillary works. The connection to the public sewerage system will be by means of a rising main to an existing public sewer. The rising main sewer will cross under the M18 motorway by directional drilling and thereafter underground via existing road margins/public road and under River Fergus and railway line through the townlands of Kilbreckan, Killow, Skehanagh, Clareabbey and Ballybeg. The inert soil from the directional drilling will be used in landscaping works on the site of the service station building. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application

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Application Timeline

  1. Application received

    23 Oct 2020

  2. Decision: CONDITIONAL

    16 Dec 2020

  3. Decision due

    17 Dec 2020

  4. Appeal submitted

    20 Jan 2021

  5. Appeal decided: MODIFIED

    21 Oct 2022

  6. Grant issued

    1 Nov 2022

Application Details

Location
Kilbreckan , Doora , Ennis
Applicant
N/A
Application Type
PERMISSION
Planning Authority
Clare County Council

Timeline

Registration Date
23 October 2020
Status
APPLICATION FINALISED
Decision
CONDITIONAL
Decision Date
16 December 2020
Grant Date
1 November 2022
Permission Expires
31 October 2027

An Coimisiún Pleanála Appeal

Appeal Reference
ABP-309207-21
Decision
MODIFIED
Submitted
20 January 2021
Decided
21 October 2022

Location

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