RefusedRetentionDecided 8 September 2016

Hilltop Sporting Club, Tithewer, Newtownmountkennedy

Retention of outdoor shooting bays, clay pigeon stands, and an indoor range, plus permission to raise earthen berms.

1618 · Wicklow County Council · Lodged 12 January 2016

Reference: 1618
Authority: Wicklow County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: RETENTION
Received: 12 January 2016

Summary

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This application seeks retention for 17 outdoor pistol shooting bays, 5 clay pigeon stands, earthen berms, shotgun shooting shelters, and the conversion of a silage pit to an indoor pistol range. It also requests permission to increase the height of existing earthen berms to 6 metres, modify shooting shelters for noise reduction, and open a new vehicular entrance.

Retentionshooting rangeretentionnoise reduction

Floor area: 541 m²

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Development description

Retention of development comprising: - a total of 17 no. Outdoor pistol shooting bays, their use for that purpose, & the earthen berms which enclose them (total are: 1.98ha); a total of 5 no. Clay pigeon stands & the use of those stands & the adjacent sporting shooting area for clay pigeon shooting & the earthen berms which enclose them (total area: 0.6ha); the earthen berms which enclose the 'compact shotgun shooting area' (authorised by the grant of permission for pl. Reg. Ref. No. 02/7261); the 2 no. Shotgun shooting shelters (total area:273sqm) within the permitted shotgun shooting area; the change of use of a silage pit to an indoor pistol range (total area: 268sqm); a 50m rifle range, including a rifle range shelter (total area 0.10ha) & the continued use of the 'canteen' building as an agricultural storage shed and planning permission for development which comprises the extension & increase in height of the lower sections of the existing earthen berms to the same height c. 6m as the adjoinging earthen berms; modifications to the shooting shelters in the permitted shotgun shooting area to reduce the noise levels emanating therefrom; the opening of a new vehicular entrance onto the r765 c. 21m to the west of the existing entrance reducing it to 1.5m for the use of pedestrians/cyclists/horseriders only; the installation of a new biocycle effluent treatment system together with all associated site works

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Application received12 January 2016
Further information requested19 February 2016
Further information received17 August 2016
Decision due13 September 2016
Decision issued8 September 2016
Appeal submitted5 October 2016
Appeal decided12 September 2017

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