RefusedDecided 07 February 2024Carlow County Council

Bannagagole, Old Leighlin, Co. Carlow

Planning application 2360042
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DecisionRefused
Decided07 February 2024
Application typePERMISSION
Source documents8

Site

Setting
rural
Site area
9.34 ha
Floor area
Not recorded
Units
Not recorded

What is on file

1refusal reasons0conditions8nearby records

Proposed development

Application description published by Carlow County Council.
The demolition of existing disused buildings and the development of a dimension stone quarry with a projected lifetime of c. 14 years (12 – 13 years operational with an additional 1-year to allow for the implementation of a restoration plan) at this site of c. 9.34 hectares at Bannagagole, Old Leighlin, Co. Carlow. The proposed quarry void (c. 2.44 ha) will be extracted to a depth of 2 no. benches of c. 10m from top of bedrock, with a final floor level of c. 56.5m AOD with a proposed rate of rock extraction of c.30,000 cubic metres (84,000 tonnes) per annum. A proposed working area of c. 1.2 hectares to the south of the extraction zone will provide for the crushing / processing of unusable stone and temporary storage of dimensional stone and will include machinery storage shed (c. 115m²), staff welfare (c. 45.7 m²), wastewater holding tank, weighbridge & Office (c. 14m²) and staff car parking area. The proposed development will also include for earthen screening berms to a height of c. 3 m, a wheelwash facility; Installation of surface water attenuation and settlement ponds for the treatment of suspended solids in the floor of the quarry void; soil storage area with an average storage depth of c. 4 m and all other site development works above and below ground including the restoration of the final quarry void (extractive area). Access to the proposed development will be facilitated by a HGV site entrance from the L3036 at the eastern boundary of the proposed site. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been submitted

Application and appeal history

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319198-24Submitted 05 March 2024 / decided 31 March 2026
Status not recordedREFUSED
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Decision details

Core application dates and identifiers from the public planning record.
Application ref
2360042
Received
27 March 2023
Decided
07 February 2024
FI requested
Yes
Authority
Carlow County Council
Application type
PERMISSION
Outcome
refused
Source status
Reasons extracted from source documents

Planning analysis

Refusal reasons and planning conditions extracted from the public decision file.

Refusal reasons

Ecology

Risk of surface water and groundwater contamination from blasting not adequately assessed. Significant effects on the SAC cannot be excluded on the basis of objective information.

River Barrow and River Nore SAC
it cannot be excluded, on the basis of objective information that the proposed development will not have a significant effect on the River Barrow and River Nore SAC

Conditions

No conditions

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Source documents

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