Planning Permission Ireland
Awaiting decisionAgricultural

Screeboge, Moynalty, Co. Meath

Importation of over 116,000 tonnes of soil and stone to infill and remediate land in Moynalty.

2463 · Meath County Council · Lodged 19 February 2024

Reference
2463
Authority
Meath County Council
Register status
Withdrawn
Type
PERMISSION
Received
19 February 2024

Summary

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The applicant proposes to import inert soil and stone material over a 5-year period to remediate approximately 1.15 hectares of land. Once complete, the land will be seeded and returned to agricultural use. A Natura Impact Statement has been prepared.

Agriculturalsoil importationland reclamationagricultural

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Development description

The development will consist of the importation of inert soil and stone material to in-fill and re­-contour the subject site at screeboge, moynalty, co. Meath. Once the importation is complete, the applicant will seed the land in line with teagasc guidelines and return it to agricultural use. The applicant proposes, subject to planning, to import inert soil and stone material to remediate approximately 1.15 ha of the total site. The 1.15 hectares (ha) is divided into four distinct phases: phase 1 is 0.16ha, phase 2 is 0.25ha, phase 3 is 0.34ha and phase 4 is 0.40ha. A plan has been drawn up for the infilling of approximately 6,827.805 tonnes to fill phase 1, 1,5843 tonnes to fill phase 2, 57,868.5 tonnes to fill phase 3, and 42,702 tonnes to fill phase 4, equating to 123,241.31 tonnes. 7079.4 tonnes of material is currently on site and it is intended to use this material during the infilling process. A total of 116,161.5 tonnes of imported inert soil and stone material is required on site. Planning permission is being sought for a period of 5-year period. This equates to the importation of 23,232.3 tonnes of inert soil and stone material per year. A natura impact statement will be submitted to the planning authority with the application. Permission is being sought for a 5-year period and will be subject to a waste facility permit

Land-use zoning

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RA - Rural AreaRU
“Rural Area”

National zoning type: Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural'

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  1. Application received19 February 2024
  2. Further information requested12 April 2024
  3. Application withdrawn8 November 2024

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