Application description published by Kildare County Council.
The development will consist of turf cutting and peat extraction for domestic peat fuel supply from a raised bog area of 4.6ha. The proposed development will include the following enabling and ancillary works: leveling of part of raised bog to create 9 no. spread grounds; construction of 5 no. floating road entrances from private roadway into spread grounds area including 1 no. turning area; creation of new facebank and facebank drain; provision of new drainage channels around spread grounds to connect to existing central drain; backfilling, cleaning and deepening of existing drains where necessary; construction of piped culverts at drain crossings; provision of a new silt pond of 225m3 with new post and wire fencing and gate, provision of a new outlet pipe to discharge from silt pond to boundary drain; and provision of temporary construction compound of approx. 900m3. The proposed development will also use a machinery access route from L1019 along access track via / adjacent to Blackwood Feeder to northwest of site. The proposed development will take place on an overall site of 11,.43ha. The planning application includes a Natura Impact Statement
Application and appeal history
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303503-19Submitted 21 January 2019 / decided 03 September 2019
Status not recordedREFUSED
Appeal submittedAppeal reference 303503-19
21 January 2019
Appeal decisionREFUSED
03 September 2019
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Decision details
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Application ref
181280
Received
22 October 2018
Decided
14 December 2018
FI requested
No
Authority
Kildare County Council
Application type
PERMISSION
Outcome
Refused
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