Planning Permission Ireland
RefusedIndustrialDecided 5 August 2005

Townland of Aghfarrell, Ballinascorney Upper, Brittas, Co. Dublin

A waste recovery facility and quarry restoration project in Brittas.

SD04A/0376 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 13 July 2005

Reference
SD04A/0376
Authority
South Dublin County Council
Register status
Appealed
Type
Permission
Received
13 July 2005
Floor area
170 m²

Summary

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The proposal is for a construction and demolition waste recovery facility and the placement of recovered materials to restore a disused quarry. The development includes a portacabin office, weighbridge, wheel-wash, concrete crusher, and a wastewater treatment unit, accompanied by an Environmental Impact Statement.

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Official record

Development description

(i) provision and use of a facility for recovery and recycling of imported construction and demolition waste. (ii) placement of materials recovered from construction and demolition wastes in a disused quarry to restore the lands to blend into surrounding landscape and (iii) ancillary works. The development will include a new 2.4 metre high fence, selected stone entrance walls, new gate to the western elevation of the site, a facility notice sign, a portacabin office, canteen and toilet facility (170m2), proprietary foul water treatment unit and percolation area, weighbridge, wheel-wash and associated hardstanding parking/turning area and drainage works. A bunded hardstanding incorporating a concrete crusher and area for temporary storage of unprocessed and processed c&d wastes is included in the development. An environmental impact statement accompanies this application.

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

HA-DMHA
“To protect and enhance the outstanding natural character of the Dublin Mountains Area”

National zoning type: Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape

Objective set by the South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028 (2022–2028). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.

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Key dates

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  1. Application received13 July 2005
  2. Further information requested22 July 2004
  3. Further information received9 December 2004
  4. Decision due5 August 2005
  5. Decision issued5 August 2005
  6. Appeal submitted1 September 2005
  7. Appeal decided17 July 2006
  8. Permission expiry14 May 2006

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