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Down & Rathlevanagh Townlands , Knockdrin , Mullingar

CONDITIONAL

Planning application 21460

Westmeath - Westmeath County Council

Proposed Development

permission (total c.0.4ha.) consisting of rock extraction (c.0.2ha) and sand and gravel extraction (c 0.2ha) outside of the existing permitted extraction areas under P. Reg. Ref 93/607 and Section 261A Substitute Consent (ABP Ref SU0026).

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Application Timeline

  1. Application received

    17 Aug 2021

  2. Further information requested

    7 Oct 2021

  3. Further information received

    22 Nov 2021

  4. Decision: CONDITIONAL

    16 Dec 2021

  5. Decision due

    19 Dec 2021

  6. Grant issued

    24 Jan 2022

Application Details

Location
Down & Rathlevanagh Townlands , Knockdrin , Mullingar
Applicant
N/A
Application Type
RETENTION
Planning Authority
Westmeath County Council
Floor Area
4 sq m
Residential Units
1

Timeline

Registration Date
17 August 2021
Status
APPLICATION FINALISED
Decision
CONDITIONAL
Decision Date
16 December 2021
Grant Date
24 January 2022
Permission Expires
23 January 2027

Location

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Planning Applications Nearby

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251m
206330N/A25 Nov 2020

The development will consist of permission for continued use of the previously permitted development under Planning reg ref 93/607 Section 261 Ref QY 25 Section 261A substitute consent ABP Ref SU0026 and Planning reg ref 16/6213 consisting of extraction of rock, including blasting operations and all associated mobile crushing and screening plant, extraction of sand and gravel and use of the existing flied field transfer conveyor, concrete batching plan, asphalt plant, aggregate processing plant to include washing (with associated silt storage lagoons) and related ancillary buildings and facilities including portacabin structures consisting of site offices, canteen and toilets, wheelwash, weighbridge, maintenance shed, bunded fuel storage tanks and hydrocarbon interceptor, effluent treatment systems and percolation areas and car parking area, continued extract of rock and extension to the existing rock quarry area to give an overall extraction footprint of c.13.5 hectares to a depth of c. 28m AOD, recommencement of sand and gravel extraction beyond the existing pit area to give an overall extraction footprint of c 10.6 hectares to a depth of c. 68m AOD, provision of a new internal quarry access ramp. All site screening and landscaping works with restoration to a combination of agricultural use and nature conservation areas and the proposed development application area is c. 43 hectares within an overall land interest area of c. 60.7 hectares and all for a period of 40 years. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) has been prepared in respect of this planning application.

Tyfarnham Down & Rathlevanagh Townlands , Knockdrin , Mullingar

260m
22204CONDITIONAL21 Apr 2022

Continuance of use of existing quarry and associated processing previously permitted under P.Ref. 93/607, Section 261A Substitute Consent (ABP Ref. SU0026) and P.Ref. 21/460. Extension to rock, and sand and gravel extraction areas, works proposed consist of the following; 1. Extraction of rock including blasting operations to a depth of c.28m above OD within an overall quarry extraction area of c.12.5 hectares, with associated mobile crushing and screening plant and the provision of a new internal quarry access ramp, and provision of perimeter screening berms; 2. Lateral extension of c.7.6 hectares to the current sand and gravel extraction area, with dry working above the water table and processing that includes crushing, washing, and screening, and provision of perimeter screening berms; 3.Site screening and landscaping works including restoration to a combination of agricultural use and nature conservation areas; 4. The development proposed seeks to utilise existing permitted ancillary buildings and facilities including fixed field transfer conveyor, silt storage lagoons, portacabin structures comprising of site offices, canteen, and toilets; wheelwash; weighbridge; maintenance shed; bunded fuel storage tanks and hydrocarbon interceptor; effluent treatment systems and percolation areas and carparking area; The proposed development application area is c.41.3 hectares within an overall land interest area of c.58.8 hectares, and all for a period of 40 years. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) has been prepared in respect of this Planning Application.

Tyfarnham , Down & Rathlevanagh Townlands , Knockdrin

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Recommencement of processing using the exiting crushing, screening and washing plants and associated ancillary infrastructure which was regularised by way of a grant of substitute consent (ABP ref. SU0026). Retention of the existing concrete batching plant (with a maximum overall height of 17m) and associated ancillary infrastructure. Retention of the existing asphalt plant (with a maximum overall height of 22.7m) and associated ancillary infrastructure, which replaced the asphalt plant previously granted permission under planning ref 99/967. Importation to site of up to 100,000 tonnes per annum of aggregate materials for use in the concrete batching and asphalt plants and all within a planning application area of 4.6 hectares.

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