Mounthall and Cummer townlands , Camross , Co. Laois
CONDITIONALPlanning application 2460545
Laois - Laois County Council
Proposed Development
1)Continued use and extension to existing permitted sand and gravel pit registered under Section 261 of the Planning & Development Act 2000, as amended (site ref. QY05/10) within an overall application area of c. 12.2 hectares; 2)Extraction of sand and gravel (dry working) over an area of c. 8 hectares with processing and washing of material on site (closed loop water recycling system with associated silt storage lagoons 1,952.25m2), and all ancillary works and structures; 3)site facilities consisting of mobile processing plant, portacabin site office (6.25m²), portacabin welfare facility (18.9m²), serviced portaloo toilet, bunded fuel storage and refuelling pad with hydrocarbon interceptor, weighbridge, wheelwash, water supply borehole, perimeter berms, vegetation planting and fencing; 4) Access to the site will be via the existing sand & gravel pit entrance; 5) Restoration of the site to agricultural lands; and 6)The proposed extraction operational period is for 10 years plus 1 year to complete restoration (total duration sought 11 years). An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and Natura Impact Assessment (NIS) have been submitted with this application
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Application received
19 Sept 2024
Further information requested
13 Nov 2024
Further information received
1 May 2025
Decision: CONDITIONAL
22 Aug 2025
Decision due
24 Aug 2025
Appeal submitted
12 Sept 2025
Application Details
- Location
- Mounthall and Cummer townlands , Camross , Co. Laois
- Applicant
- N/A
- Application Type
- PERMISSION
- Planning Authority
- Laois County Council
- Site Area
- 12.2 ha
Timeline
- Registration Date
- 19 September 2024
- Status
- APPEALED
- Decision
- CONDITIONAL
- Decision Date
- 22 August 2025
An Coimisiún Pleanála Appeal
- Appeal Reference
- ACP-323637-25
- Submitted
- 12 September 2025
Location
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1) Continued use and extension to existing permitted sand and gravel pit registered under Section 261 of the Planning & Development Act 2000, as amended (site ref. QY05/10) within an overall application area of c. 12.2 hectares; 2) Extraction of sand and gravel (dry working) over an area of c. 8 hectares with processing and washing of material on site (closed loop water recycling system with associated silt storage lagoons 1,952.25m2), and all ancillary works and structures; 3) Site facilities consisting of mobile processing plant, portacabin site office (6.25m²), portacabin welfare facility (18.9m²), serviced portaloo toilet, bunded fuel storage and refuelling pad with hydrocarbon interceptor, weighbridge, wheelwash, water supply borehole, perimeter berms, vegetation planting and fencing; 4) Access to the site will be via the existing sand & gravel pit entrance; 5) Restoration of the site to agricultural lands; and 6) The proposed extraction operational period is for 10 years plus 1 year to complete restoration (total duration sought 11 years).
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