GrantedDecided 31 January 2024Laois County Council

Ballymanus, Vicarstown, Stradbally

Planning application 2360152
DecisionConditional grant
Decided31 January 2024
Application typePERMISSION
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Application description published by Laois County Council.
Develop as follows: (a) the demolition & removal of 74 no. existing mink farm related buildings including all associated foul & surface water facilities comprising of: -30 number Type A Mink House structures, each of which vary in length between 25.6m & 119.8m & which each measure 3.6m in width & 2.5m in height, providing a total floor space of 12,494 sqm. -24 number Type B Mink House structures, each of which vary in length between 34.8m & 68.9m & which each measure 3.6m in width & 2.5m in height providing a total floor space of 6831.5 sqm -6 number Type C Mink House structures, each of which vary in length between 106.6m & 113.8m & which each measure 4.25m in width & 2.8m in height providing a total floor space of 3415.8 sqm -7 number Type D Mink House structures, each of which vary in length between 108.2m & 120.5m & which each measure 8.3m in width & 3.2m in height providing a total floor space of 7746.2 sqm -4 number Type E Mink House structures, each of which are 120.4m long & which each measure 3.6m in width & 2.6m in height providing a total floor space of 2408 sqm -1 no. staff facilities building providing a floor area of 22.7 sqm -2 no. existing storage buildings providing a total floor area of 118.4 sqm All of these existing buildings contain a total floorspace of 33,036.6 sqm. The demolition element of this development includes the disposal of asbestos from the roof of the existing buildings (hazardous waste No. 17 06 05 of the European Waste Catalogue) (b) the removal of structures ancillary to the mink farm comprising of: - 1 no 40ft shipping container - 4 no. animal feed silos with an overall capacity of approx. 1008 m3 (c) the modification & re-purposing of 3 no. existing mink farm related buildings comprising of: -An existing 558.6 sqm mink processing facility which will have its roof raised by 3m & be re-purposed for the housing of cattle -An existing 278.3 sqm storage shed which will have its roof raised by 1.2m & be re-clad with fiber cement cladding & be re-purposed for the storage of farm machinery -An existing 1403.2 fridge building & attached loading bay which will have it’s existing asbestos cladding removed & be re-clad with fiber cement cladding (d) importation of inert topsoil to restore the original ground level of the site following removal of the aforementioned buildings & all associated site works. Ballymanus House, beside this site comprises entry 604 on the Record of Protected Structures

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