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Curragha Water Treatment Plant, Knavinstown Curragha, County Meath.

Upgrades to Curragha Water Treatment Plant including a new building, contact tanks, and a backwash holding tank.

2660428 · Meath County Council · Lodged 17 April 2026

Reference: 2660428
Authority: Meath County Council
Register status: In progress
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 17 April 2026

Summary

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A 10-year planning permission is sought for a 30-year operational life upgrade at the water treatment plant. Works include demolishing an existing building to construct a larger one with chemical dosing and filtration rooms, installing new contact tanks, and a new backwash holding tank.

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Development description

The development will consists of
A 10-year planning permission for an operational life of 30 years
Construction of a new building (9.5m x 8.5m) replacing the existing building which would be demolished (6m x 4.2m). This new building will have 3 separate compartments: chemical dosing, mcc and filtration room. In the chemical dosing room, a 1200l chemical dosing tank will be installed in bund with within the room . 2no. Dosing pumps will be installed in a dosing cabinet, within the chemical dosing room. The filtration system will consist of 4 pressure filters to be installed, with its associated pipework, 2 pumps, 2 blowers and a compressor
2no. New pre oxidisation contact tanks (12.73m³ each) will be installed in the existing building, which is currently the filter building. The existing 2no, pressure filters in the building will be replaced by the new proposed contact tanks
A new backwash holding tank (15.9m³) will be installed onsite to replace the existing tank but will be on a different location within the site
The filtration process produce residual water (dirty wash water) in the process of backwashing. This water will undergo treatment (settlement and separation) before being discharged into the environment. 1 no. Equalisation precast tank (23m³), 1no. Settlement tanks (7m³) and 1 no. Sludge tank (4.75m³) will be installed within the site layout
Demolition of existing welfare and building (to be replaced by new filter building) and holding tank on site
Increasing boreholes output from 35m³/hr to 49m³/hr; and
Installation of new underground pipework from the boreholes onsite to the new filter building and to the residual treatment tanks. New pipework to be connected to the existing mains pipework
Construction of hammerhead road to allow for vehicle turning for delivery trucks, improvement of site entrance, all associated ancillary works and any required landscaping

Land-use zoning

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RA - Rural AreaRU

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

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
Curragha, Ashbourne, Meath	Dec 2025	€975,000	369 m
4 The Maples, Crickstown, Curragha	Jan 2025	€700,000	373 m

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Application received17 April 2026
Further information requested11 June 2026

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