American Fruits and Flavors Ireland DAC, Townparks Industrial Estate, Athy
Retention of a trade effluent wastewater treatment system and associated industrial buildings.
2561064 · Kildare County Council · Lodged 17 September 2025
- Reference
- 2561064
- Authority
- Kildare County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- RETENTION
- Received
- 17 September 2025
Summary
AI-generatedRetention permission is sought for a trade effluent wastewater treatment system and ancillary components. The works include a sludge removal building, a control building, a Dissolved Air Flotation building, an aeration tank, clarifiers, balance tanks, and underground attenuation tanks.
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Official record
Development description
- In summary terms, the installation of a trade effluent waste water treatment system and ancillary components and underground, surface water attenuation tank which replaces the attenuation pond granted at the north of the site under pa ref: 22/1443 and an enlarged attenuation/infiltration tank as the south for the site. In detail, the treatment system and ancillary equipment and other works consisted of the construction of
- A sludge removal building (circa 8.73m in height and area 124.3sqm) and sludge tank (height circa 8m)
- A control building (height circa 4.38m and area 112sqms) and associated and ancillary equipment
- A dissolved air flotation (daf) building (height circa 5.33m and area 93.8sqm)
- Aeration tank and 2 no. Clarifiers (the aeration tank has a height of circa 5.5m and the two clarifiers have heights of circa 5.5m)
- Balance tank and high strength balance tank (respective heights are circa 8.14m and circa 7.12m); concrete aprons on the north and north west of the treatment system. The concrete apron to the north west includes ancillary electrical equipment; a surface water, underground, attenuation tank located of the north of the treatment plant and an amendment to the surface water drainage system at the south of the site to include an enlarged, underground, infiltration/attenuation tank and a reduction in the number of swales. Installed palisade fencing (2.4m in height), along the west and northern boundaries of the site and to the east of the treatment plant as shown on the submitted drawings. This application includes all other ancillary equipment, components, containers and pumps required for the operation of the treatment system and surface water drainage. The development includes permission for additional landscaping around the perimeter of the treatment system on the north and north west boundaries
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To provide for industry, manufacturing, distribution and warehousing.”
National zoning type: Mixed/general commercial/industrial/enterprise uses
Objective set by the Athy Local Area Plan 2021 - 2027 (2021–2027). 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 planBuilt & sold
What happened next
Beyond the decision: whether this development was built, and what property here has sold for.
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 55 Michael Dooleys Terrace, Athy, Co. Kildarenot full market price | Apr 2026 | €130,000 | 387 m |
| 37 Michael Dooley Terrace, Woodstock St, Athy | Jan 2026 | €197,000 | 467 m |
Nearby properties, not this site — a guide to local values.
Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) and the Residential Property Price Register, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Records are matched to this application by location and may not be exhaustive; always confirm against the official source before relying on them.
Key dates
Timeline
- Application received17 September 2025
- Further information requested5 November 2025
- Further information received16 March 2026
- Decision due12 April 2026
- Decision issued9 April 2026
- Grant issued22 June 2026
- Permission expiry21 June 2031
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