Planning Permission Ireland
RefusedInfrastructureDecided 21 February 2018

The Barrow Navigation, (The Barrow River), Through the listed town lands

Development of a 115km multi-use shared leisure route (Blueway) along the River Barrow.

1718 · Carlow County Council · Lodged 27 January 2017

Reference
1718
Authority
Carlow County Council
Register status
Decided
Type
PERMISSION
Received
27 January 2017

Summary

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The proposal consists of developing a multi-use shared leisure route (Blueway) approximately 115 kilometres in length along the existing Barrow Navigation towpath. The project will include tailored surface finishes, directional and safety signage, and associated ancillary works across Kildare, Laois, and Carlow.

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Development description

Development on the barrow navigation (the river barrow) through the townlands of: newacre, newgarden, bestfield or dunganstown, strawhall, carlow, graigue, clogrenan, killeeshal, ballinabrannagh, ballygowan, part of tomard upper (ed rathornan), tomard upper (ed rathornan), part of tomard lower (ed clogrenan), rathornan, rathvinden, ballyknockan (idrone west by), leighlinbridge, rathellin, dunleckny, moneybeg, kilree, sliguff, kilgraney (idrone east by), clomoney (idrone east by), ballyellin and tomdarragh, ballyteigelea (idrone east by) , borris, ballynagrane, cournellan, ballykeenan (st. Mullin's lower by), harristown, tinnahinch, knockeen, carriglead, bahana, st. Mullin's the proposal consists of the development of a multi-use shared leisure route (blueway), approximately 115 kilometres (km) in length, on the existing navigation towpath, which is a national waymarked way. This will include tailored surface finishes, information, directional and safety signage, and all other associated ancillary works. The route traverses parts of counties kildare, laois and carlow. The route commences in lowtown, county kildare, passes through county laois and finishes in st. Mullins, county carlow. Approximately 52km of the route is in county carlow, 16km in county laois and 47 km in county kildare. The proposal will involve works to or within the curtilage of the following protected structures: an environmental impact statement and natura impact statement have been prepared in respect of the project and are submitted with the application.

Key dates

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  1. Application received27 January 2017
  2. Further information requested21 March 2017
  3. Further information received13 December 2017
  4. Decision due21 February 2018
  5. Decision issued21 February 2018
  6. Appeal submitted20 March 2018
  7. Appeal decided5 April 2019

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