Planning Permission Ireland
GrantedCommercialDecided 27 January 2021

McGrath Memorial Park, Dunleckney, Bagenalstown

Upgrades to McGrath Memorial Park including a new vehicle entrance, ticket booth, toilet block, 329-seat covered stand, and 93-space car park.

20158 · Carlow County Council · Lodged 28 May 2020

Reference
20158
Authority
Carlow County Council
Register status
Decided
Type
PERMISSION
Received
28 May 2020

Summary

AI-generated

The development at the sports park will feature a new 10.35-meter wide vehicle entrance with single-storey turnstiles and a ticket booth. It also includes a new single-storey toilet block, a covered spectator stand for 329 people, a 93-space surface car park, and a new pedestrian entrance. An existing tractor shed will be demolished.

Commercialsportsstadiumparking
Storey
1

Generated from the description above by an AI model and may contain mistakes. The council’s description is the authoritative record.

Official record

Development description

  • Proposed new 10,350m wide vehicle entrance and single storey turnstiles, ticket booth and associated works
  • Proposed new single storey ladies & gents toilets block and all associated works
  • Proposed new 329 spectator covered stand and associated works
  • Proposed surface carparking (93 spaces) and all associated works
  • Proposed new 1.8m wide pedestrian entrance and close existing pedestrian entrance close to the club house
  • Demolish existing tractor shed/store

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Open Space and AmenityOS
To protect, provide for and enhance open space, amenity facilities, and recreational uses

National zoning type: Open space, park

Objective set by the Carlow_County_Development_Plan_2022_2028_Variation_Number_2_Muine_Bheag_Royal_Oak_District_Town_Plan_2026 (2022–2028). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.

Read the zoning objectives in the development plan

Key dates

Timeline

  1. Application received28 May 2020
  2. Further information requested21 July 2020
  3. Further information received23 December 2020
  4. Decision due28 January 2021
  5. Decision issued27 January 2021
  6. Grant issued1 March 2021
  7. Permission expiry28 February 2026

In the area

Applications near this site

Other planning applications within about 500 m — what else is being proposed or built nearby.

Related developments

Similar applications

Ranked by what these developments actually propose, not by matching words — so you can see how comparable applications were decided.

Community

Discussion

What local people think about this application.

Nobody watching yet

Community sentiment

No votes yet

Nobody has voted on this application yet.

Community sentiment — a straw poll of people who visited this page, not a statutory submission. To make a valid observation you must submit it to the planning authority.

Sign in to have your say on this application.

No comments yet. Be the first to say what you think about this application.

Sign in to join the discussion on this application.

Comments are moderated and are the opinions of the people who wrote them. They form no part of the statutory planning process — to make a valid observation you must submit it to the planning authority.