INCH LEVEL (PART OF SPEENOGUE) & SPEENOGUE, BURT, LIFFORD PO
Demolition of farm buildings and construction of a large modern farm complex with robotic milking parlours.
1851419 · Donegal County Council · Lodged 13 September 2018
- Reference
- 1851419
- Authority
- Donegal County Council
- Register status
- Withdrawn
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 13 September 2018
Summary
AI-generatedThe proposal involves the demolition of existing farm buildings and the construction of a new farm complex. This will include two slatted cattle sheds with robotic milking parlour spaces, an office building, silage pits, slurry storage tanks, and road widening works. A Natura Impact Statement has been submitted.
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
Demolition of all existing farm buildings, removal of overground tanks & silo's and construction of a farm complex consisting of (a) 1 no. Slatted cattle shed containing office area and robotic milking parlour space, (b) 1 no. Slatted shed divided into machinery/ feed storage and cattle pens with robotic milking parlour space, (c) stand alone office building/milk storage unit, (d) associated silo's and cattle crushes, (e) 6 no. Silage pits, (f) underground surface water retention tanks, (g) 2 no. Overground slurry storage tanks, (h) sewage treatment system to serve offices, (i) over ground dairy wash containment tank, (j) the widening of the existing county road (l-7921-1) from the farmyard back to the national primary road, (k) provision of a new slip lane off the n13, (l) esb sub-station and all associated site development works and (m) retention of a new concrete silage base and associated site development works. A natura impact statement (nis) will be submiited with this application at inch level (part of speenogue) & speenogue burt lifford po
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Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inch Level Speenogue, Burt, Donegal | Nov 2025 | €270,000 | 133 m |
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Key dates
Timeline
- Application received13 September 2018
- Application withdrawn7 November 2018
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