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Mortarstown Upper, Kilkenny Road, Carlow

Phase 2 of a sports campus including a new pavilion, maintenance building, running track, and cricket area.

18122 · Carlow County Council · Lodged 10 April 2018

Reference: 18122
Authority: Carlow County Council
Register status: Invalid or incomplete
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 10 April 2018

Summary

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This application is for Phase 2 of a sports campus development. It includes a 1,241 sq.m pavilion building, a 300 sq.m maintenance building, an 8-lane running track, a cricket area, a boundary wall, walking track lighting, and 110 additional car parking spaces.

Infrastructuresportscampusrunning track

Floor area: 1,569 m²

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Development description

Planning permission phase 2 of the new sports campus. The planning application relates to a second phase of a previously permitted sports pitches development (permitted under pl. Ref 15/324):- this planning application therefore relates to
New pavilion building (1,241 sq. M), maintenance building (300 sq. M) with yard enclosure, esb substation/switch room (28 sq. M)
400m 8 lane synthetic running tract, long jump and track enclosure, 30m long synthetic cricket area
New boundary wall along the western boundary where the site fronts the public road
The drilling of well(s) on site with ancillary irrigation tank for irrigation of the pitches
Lighting to walking track permitted under pl. Ref. 15/324
Minor revisions and adjustments to site layout and parking layout to include 6 no. Additional car parking spaces to permitted carpark permitted under pl. Ref. 15/324 and the addition of 104 no. Carpark spaces to service the now proposed pavilion building and all ancillary services/associated landscaping works

Land-use zoning

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Community / EducationCI

“To protect and provide for community and educational facilities”

National zoning type: Mixed/general community services/facilities uses

Objective set by the Carlow - Graiguecullen Joint Urban Local Area Plan 2024 - 2030 (2024–2030). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.

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Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
Mortarstown Upper, Kilkenny Road, Carlow	Jun 2026	€280,000	246 m

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Application received10 April 2018

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