2360712
CONDITIONALLimerick - Limerick County Council
Proposed Development
the redevelopment of an existing sports pitch to include 1 no. full size, grass rugby playing pitch, a smaller ‘training/warm up’ grassed area, an immediately adjacent changing rooms building, an additional surface water drainage system connecting to the existing campus system, a foul sewer connection from the changing rooms building to the adjacent existing campus system, a potable water connection, short lengths of ball catching nets, installation of a replacement ESB pylon to facilitate the undergrounding of overhead power lines, ground levels reconfiguration for sports field redevelopment and flood water compensation reasons, low level embankment screen populated with native hedge and woodland planting, bio-filtration, vegetated ponds and associated civil works, on UL campus grounds located in the townland of Castletroy, Co. Limerick, just to the east of Kilmurry Student Village and immediately north of the Troy Studio lands on the National Technology Park campus. The proposed development is located adjacent to a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) and part of the lands are contained within an Architectural Conservation Area (ACA). A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application
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Application received
28 Sept 2023
Decision due
22 Nov 2023
Decision: CONDITIONAL
22 Nov 2023
Grant issued
2 Jan 2024
Application Details
- Location
- East of Kilmurray Student Village north of Troy Studio Lands , National Technology Park Campus , University of Limerick Castletroy Limerick.
- Applicant
- N/A
- Application Type
- PERMISSION
- Planning Authority
- Limerick County Council
- Site Area
- 4.856 ha
Timeline
- Registration Date
- 28 September 2023
- Status
- APPLICATION FINALISED
- Decision
- CONDITIONAL
- Decision Date
- 22 November 2023
- Grant Date
- 2 January 2024
- Permission Expires
- 1 January 2029
Location
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