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REFUSED

Limerick - Limerick County Council

Proposed Development

extension of permission for planning ref 17/666: a single storey administration and machinery storage building (545sqm), a single storey secure storage building (90sqm), open steel framed storage sheds for equipment storage, vehicle wash area, top dressing & green waste recycling storage bunkers, open storage bunkers, overground bunded fuel storage tanks and associated site works including access road bicycle parking, landscaping, a 2.2m high timber perimeter fence and car parking to replace existing displaced parking on Campus. The site is located circa 558 metres from Plassey House (a protected structure) and circa 1234 metres from Plassey Mill and Headrace (a protected structure). The University of Limerick campus falls within an architectural conservation area

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Application Timeline

  1. Application received

    12 May 2023

  2. Decision: REFUSED

    21 Jun 2023

  3. Decision due

    6 Jul 2023

Application Details

Location
Newcastle and Castletroy townlands , University of Limerick Campus , Castletroy Co. Limerick.
Applicant
N/A
Application Type
EXTENSION OF DURATION
Planning Authority
Limerick County Council

Timeline

Registration Date
12 May 2023
Status
APPLICATION FINALISED
Decision
REFUSED
Decision Date
21 June 2023

Location

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17666CONDITIONAL11 Jul 2017

a single storey administration and machinery storage building (545sqm), a single storey secure storage building (90sqm), open steel framed storage sheds for equipment storage, vehicle wash area, top dressing & green waste recycling storage bunkers, open storage bunkers, overground bunded fuel storage tanks and associated site works including access road bicycle parking, landscaping, a 2.2m high timber perimeter fence and car parking to replace existing displaced parking on Campus. The site is located circa 558 metres from Plassey House (a protected structure) and circa 1234 metres from Plassey Mill and Headrace (a protected structure). The University of Limerick campus falls within an architectural conservation area

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191m
17665CONDITIONAL11 Jul 2017

the construction of a full sized natural grass GAA pitch, 2 full sized synthetic grass pitches, hurling practice area and adjoining 214m squared storage building. The storage building includes a substation room, switch room, plant room, sanitary facilities and storage spaces. Associated structures within the curtilage of the site include floodlighting for all pitches and the hurling practice wall area, a spectator terrace for the grass pitch and ball catch nets and boundary fences to all pitches. Site works include access road with ancillary parking to the south of the site and access road with bus set down/ parking to the north of the site, service roads/paths, perimeter walking/running path, ancillary lighting and associated landscaping all at the University of Limerick Campus, Castletroy, Co. Limerick. The site is located circa 800m from Plassey House (a protected structure) and circa 1500m from Plassey Mill and Headrace (a protected structure). The University of Limerick falls within an Architectural Conservation Area

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191260N/A18 Dec 2019

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2094CONDITIONAL11 Feb 2020

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