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RefusedCommercialDecided 15 August 2024

Rochford Mill Rochfort Demesne, Carrick, Dalystown

Creation of the Rochford Mill Heritage Centre, including the renovation, extension, and repurposing of historic mill buildings.

2360214 · Westmeath County Council · Lodged 10 July 2023

Reference
2360214
Authority
Westmeath County Council
Register status
Decided
Type
PERMISSION
Received
10 July 2023

Summary

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The project involves creating a heritage centre amenity by renovating and extending a two-storey kiln building to serve as a reception, bar, and restaurant. It also includes restoring and repurposing a three-storey mill building, a cottage, an outbuilding, and a two-storey miller's house into museum spaces, alongside restoring the mill race and wheel, and installing a new car park and wastewater treatment systems.

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Development description

  • Creation of rochford mill heritage centre amenity which shall include, the renovation, upgrade, re-use and extension of existing two storey kiln building to serve as main reception building with reception area, bar/lounge, kitchen facilities and service rooms, and kiln exhibit room and display area to ground floor, and service rooms and restaurant /dining areas to 1st floor. Permission is sought to renovate, restore and repurpose
  • Existing three storey mill building as a museum building with internal exibit areas over all floors including external restoration of the mill race and mill wheel
  • Existing cottage building as a museum building with internal exibit areas
  • Existing outbuilding as a museum building
  • Existing two storey millers house as a ground floor museum with internal exhibit areas and to provide rear access and storage space to first floor. Permission is also sought to upgrade and restore original courtyard, to install external walkways, bridges, access laneways and exhibit areas, to upgrade existing entrance to public road, to construct a carpark and set down facilities, to install tertiary packaged wastewater treatment systems with associated filters and infiltration beds, to install surface water interseptor with attenuation tank and infiltration bed, and surface water soakholes and to upgrade all existing site services , permission is also sought to install six number detached single storey short term accommodation pods and all associated site works. A natura impact statement has been submitted with this application

Key dates

Timeline

  1. Application received10 July 2023
  2. Further information requested1 September 2023
  3. Further information received7 June 2024
  4. Decision due15 August 2024
  5. Decision issued15 August 2024

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