Shelton Abbey Townland, Arklow, Co. Wicklow
Planning application 22920
DecisionConditional grant
Decided15 February 2023
Application typePERMISSION
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Final Grant4 pages indexed
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Notification Of Decision3 pages indexed
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Source documents
Original council portal records and source PDFs where available.- Application fileApplication file on www.eplanning.ieSource portal
- Notification Of DecisionSource: wicklowcoco.eplanning.ie / 015d5c7d-79f8-4f9f-92af-5cbca05535c3.pdf / Document 474981Source PDF
- Chief Executives OrderSource: wicklowcoco.eplanning.ie / D28c39d8-7bef-47fd-9351-d85cac5ad0b6.pdf / Document 474980Source PDF
- Final GrantSource: wicklowcoco.eplanning.ie / E33fbf2d-8028-4a5c-8359-a6e959c7fc59.pdf / Document 480402Source PDF
- Planners ReportSource: wicklowcoco.eplanning.ie / 1ee64aa3-0e53-4f11-a4e0-3ed9004884d4.pdf / Document 474983Source PDF
- Planners ReportSource: wicklowcoco.eplanning.ie / F3acb36c-370f-4dff-bc9a-49859b87d2d0.pdf / Document 474984Source PDF
- Planners ReportSource: wicklowcoco.eplanning.ie / 66860ba4-8485-4b7e-b94e-c35ea0b5b776.pdf / Document 474985Source PDF
- F I Request LetterSource: wicklowcoco.eplanning.ie / 296983d4-5ab3-4e97-b67a-675126b327c9.pdf / Document 460232Source PDF
Nearby precedent
Similar nearby applications linked to this planning decision.- 2586Increased ridge height and first floor habitable floor area along with minor alterations and revisions to the elevations and internal layout of the existing dwelling originally approved under P.R.R. 07/1500 along with retention permission for the domestic garage & site development works including the retaining wall & concrete yard / 0.2 km away / 20 June 2025Granted
- 19332Extend the appropriate period of a permission - 13/8823 - single storey industrial unit with ancillary office accommodation at ground and mezzanine floor level (floor area 1611sqm), wastewater treatment plant and associated site works and drainage / 0.3 km away / 16 May 2019Granted
- 211080Full ten-year planning permission for development on this site located at Avoca River Park, Arklow, Co. Wicklow. The proposed development is to be located within the townlands of Shelton Abbey and Marsh. The site is bound to the west by the site of a permitted data storage facility development (permitted under Reg. Ref.: 201285), to the north by the access road to Avoca River Park, to the south by undeveloped lands and to the east by undeveloped lands beyond which is the M11 motorway. The proposed development consists of the following: •All site clearance and enabling works required to facilitate the development. •Construction of 2 no. energy centre buildings (Energy Centre 1 and Energy Centre 2) each with a height to parapet level of c. 13.85 metres. •Energy Centre 1 will comprise a gross floor area (GFA) of 5,965 sq.m. within a single storey building and will accommodate 12 no. generators. 4 no. flues 33 metres in height will be accommodated along with south-western elevation of the building. •Energy Centre 2 will comprise a GFA of 9,180 sq.m. within a single storey building and will accommodate 18 no. generators. 6 no. flues 33 metres in height will be accommodated along the south-western elevation of the building. •Construction of a battery compound to provide electricity storage and backup power, located to the northeast of Energy Centre 2, to comprise 27 no. battery arrays within a compound area of c. 0.7 hectares. A single storey MV switch-room building (c. 181 sq.m. GFA) will be provided to the west of the battery compound. •Provision of a transformer compound (to the northwest of Energy Centre 1), along with a welfare building (c.38 sq.m. GFA).•Provision of fuel storage tanks (2 no.) within a bunded compound to the north of Energy Centre 2.•Construction of a new access from the existing estate access road to the north of the site, internal road network and circulation areas, footpaths, provision of 6 no. car parking spaces and 4 no. cycle parking spaces. •Landscaping and planting, boundary treatments, lighting, security fencing and all associated ancillary and site works including underground foul and storm water drainage network (including on-site wastewater treatment system) and utility cables / 0.4 km away / 13 May 2022Granted
- 24489Existing commercial parking depot & permission to extend the existing commercial storage facility along with all associated site development works / 0.4 km away / 28 March 2025Granted
- 18772Change of use of part of an existing commercial mushroom farm to a steel container self storage facility along with all associated site development works to include security fencing to all boundaries and upgrading of the existing site entrance / 0.4 km away / 24 August 2018Granted
- 23843Proposed development. The proposed development includes an amendment to the development permitted under Reg. Ref. 21/1080, The proposed development will consist of the following to facilitate the above. Demolition of the existing structures on the western part of the site that comprises 4 no. industrial commercial buildings, an associated hut / outbuilding, a gas enclosure, and a tank with bund wall. The removal of the remains of a previously demolished building, areas of hard standing, and existing surface treatments. The relocation of the Energy Centre 1 to the western part of the site, which will supersede the previously permitted 110kV GIS substation compound at that location under ABP Ref: VA27.309252. The proposed development will provide for a revised energy centre design, to include the provision of 8 no. gas turbines (with associated flues of 25.15m in height), 4 no. black start emergency generators and associated transformers, 2 no. single storey fuel oil pump rooms with a gross floor area (GFA) of 90.17sq.m, a single storey air compressor building with a GFA of 88.9sq.m, 4 no. fuel tanks, 2 no. MCC control rooms with a GFA of 44.17sq.m, 3 no. fire water tanks, a single storey welfare, storage, and pump room building with a combined GFA of 160.97 sq.m, a two storey MV /LV building with a GFA of 655.54sq.m, 8 no. 11kV/ 33kV step-up transformers in the north of the site, water treatment equipment, and a security hut, all within a fenced compound. The proposed development includes landscaping and planting, boundary treatments, lighting, security fencing, car parking, and all site works including underground foul and storm water drainage network (including on-site wastewater treatment system), and utility cables, along with all associated and ancillary works. An EPA- Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) licence will be applied for to facilitate the operation of the proposed development / 0.4 km away / 28 March 2024Granted
- 2560594• 1 no. ICT facility building with a gross floor area (GFA) of c. 36,655 sq.m and a total parapet height of c.19.5m. • 2 no. ICT facilities each with a GFA of c. 4,428 sq.m and a total parapet height of c. 10.5m. • Each of the ICT facilities will accommodate ICT equipment rooms, external mechanical equipment areas, electrical equipment rooms, network rooms, ancillary office space, storage and loading bays; • The construction of a solar farm development consisting of photovoltaic (PV) panel arrays covering an area of approximately c. 2.7 ha in the east of the site, on ground mounted steel frames, underground cabling and ducting, a new gated internal track for maintenance and all associated site services works; • Relocation of the customer transformer compound permitted under WCC Reg. Ref.: 21/1080 as amended by WCC Reg. Ref.: 23/843; • The provision of process water and domestic water split tanks, process water and domestic water plantrooms, rainwater harvesting tanks, chlorine dosing kiosk, sprinkler pump rooms, sprinkler tanks, fire hydrant pump room and hydrant tank; • The provision of an internal road network and circulation areas, footpaths, 104 no. car parking spaces and 100 no. cycle parking spaces; • The construction site access arrangements and amendments to the internal road network permitted under WCC Reg. Ref.: 21/1080 as amended by WCC Reg. Ref.: 23/843; • Landscaping and planting, boundary treatments, site lighting, security fencing, all associated site works including underground foul and storm water drainage network, Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SuDS) measures, and utility cables, and all ancillary works. The operation of the proposed development will require an EPA Industrial Emissions Directive (IE) Licence. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) has been prepared / 0.6 km away / 24 April 2026Granted
- 22874Extended living area to previously granted extension (Ref. No. 20/383) and associated works / 0.7 km away / 30 September 2022Granted