Rathmuck, Co. Kildare
Retention of a farm shop, café, animal enclosures, crazy golf, and children's train facilities.
17258 · Kildare County Council · Lodged 9 March 2017
- Reference
- 17258
- Authority
- Kildare County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- RETENTION
- Received
- 9 March 2017
Summary
AI-generatedRetention is sought for a 379.9 sqm shop and café building, animal enclosures, a replica cottage, and a children's train terminus. It also includes a 423.6 sqm crazy golf and party building, parking areas, and a cold storage facility.
- Floor area
- 1,139 m²
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Official record
Development description
(1) a single storey building which contains a total floor space of 379.9sqm and which is being used as a shop (131.4sqm) and a café (218.6sqm), along with ancillary toilet and corridor areas; (2) animal enclosures (2 no. Partitioned areas) along with a tar and chip walkway for viewing purposes; (3) a small scale single storey replica model of an irish historical country cottage; (4) a terminus building for a children's novelty-type electrically-powered train which travels on the above tar and chip route; (5) a single storey building (423.6sqm) which contains an amusement-type crazy golf facility, along with a 222sqm room which is used for children's parties; (6) two areas of hard standing, covering a combined area of 3,402sqm for parking purposes (the second of which is mainly used as an overspill facility); (7) a single storey building including external loading dock which accommodates a plant room (49.8sqm) an area of the storage of cold produce (used in connection with the adjacent farm), before being dispatched elsewhere (303.5sqm) and for the cold storage of items to be sold in the above shop and café (86.3sqm); (8) a septic tank and percolation area and two secondary sewage treatment systems, along with their respective polishing filters; (9) all ancillary site works including, but not limited to, the retention of fences within the property and the provision of soak pits for storm water drainage purposes. Revised by significant further information which consists of a change to the red line boundary which delineates the application site and retention of driveway which leads from existing agricultural access to a car park which serves the above development and for the use of this agricultural access for inbound traffic
Key dates
Timeline
- Application received9 March 2017
- Further information requested3 May 2017
- Further information received1 November 2017
- Decision due28 November 2017
- Decision issued28 November 2017
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