Shelton Abbey, Arklow, Co. Wicklow
Planning application 2586
DecisionConditional grant
Decided20 June 2025
Application typeRETENTION
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Extracts from the council's own decision documents for this application — 16 pages of searchable text on file.Chief Executives Order1 page indexed
WICKLOW COUNTY COUNCIL PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT ACTS 2000 (as amended) CHIEF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO: CE/PERD/2025/645 Reference Number: 25/86 Name of Applicant: Darragh & Rachel Burke ~ Address: c/o OTE Solutions Dublin Road Arklow Co. Wicklow Nature of Application: RETENTION for increased ridge height and first floor...
Final Grant2 pages indexed
Comhairle Contae ChiLL MANTA CiMiesan Wen Guthan / Tel (0404) 20148 Qi CKLOUW County Council Faics / Fax (0404) 69462 Rphost / Email plandev@wickiowceco.1 Pieanail, Forbairt Eacnamaiochta agus Tuaithe Suiomh / Website. www wicklow te Planning, Economic and Rural Development PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT ACT 2000 (as amended)...
Notification Of Decision3 pages indexed
Combairle Coptae CDILL MDADTAIN cifsiinsn ation H 2 Guthan : Tel (040-4) 20148 CTickLow County Council Faics ‘Fax (0404) 69462 Rphost / Email plandev@wicklowcoco | Pleanail, Forbairt Eacnamaiochta agus Tuaithe Suiomh ‘ Website www wicklow te Planning, Economic and Rural Development PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT ACTS 2000 (as...
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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 / 52482fe5-73a4-47b5-91fa-4ba52d2ae41c.pdf / Document 634084Source PDF
- Chief Executives OrderSource: wicklowcoco.eplanning.ie / 7f5b461b-c91e-482a-9794-8e4214fbcf31.pdf / Document 634083Source PDF
- Final GrantSource: wicklowcoco.eplanning.ie / 693c5311-4749-4b42-bdd2-ad7e3c85af3a.pdf / Document 642189Source PDF
- Planners ReportSource: wicklowcoco.eplanning.ie / A60d648b-9d1d-423e-9048-29ef6ce2e5e2.pdf / Document 634086Source PDF
- Planners ReportSource: wicklowcoco.eplanning.ie / 2eb5940d-e8d7-4e41-a746-848906a5dc38.pdf / Document 634087Source PDF
- F I Request LetterSource: wicklowcoco.eplanning.ie / 7fe6c281-362d-4d2e-89e5-55619e25b39f.pdf / Document 629939Source PDF
Nearby precedent
Similar nearby applications linked to this planning decision.- 22920Proposed dwelling, waste water treatment system to EPA standards, garage, entrance and associated works / 0.2 km away / 15 February 2023Granted
- 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 / 0.4 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 / 0.5 km away / 13 May 2022Granted
- 24489Existing commercial parking depot & permission to extend the existing commercial storage facility along with all associated site development works / 0.5 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 / 0.5 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 / 0.5 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 / 0.7 km away / 24 April 2026Granted
- 2560806The proposed development seeks permission to amend the development permitted under WCC Reg. Ref.: 23/72 and will consist of the following: • Reconfiguration of the internal layout of the 3-no. permitted ICT facility buildings to include ICT equipment rooms, mechanical rooms, switch rooms, electrical equipment rooms, office accommodation, storage and staff facilities at ground and first floor levels; • Amendments to the southern façade on all ICT facility buildings to include alterations to fenestration, extension of permitted louvered façade treatment, and associated alterations; • An increase of c.113 sq.m to the permitted external generator compound of each ICT facility building at ground floor to accommodate additional plant and equipment; • Amendments to plant and equipment layout at roof level and the provision of 1 no. additional roof-mounted emergency landlord generator on each ICT facility building; • Amendments to the permitted water services compound to provide for 1 no. sprinkler tank, 1 no. hydrant tank, 2 no. hydrant water tanks, 2 no. water storage tanks, 6 no. single storey pump rooms (with a gross floor area (GFA) of c. 52 sq.m each) and 1 no. single storey pump room of with a GFA of c. 46 sq.m; • Revisions to permitted site access arrangements including the omission of a permitted security hut and the provision of a revised sally port entrance system with a single storey gatehouse (c. 43 sq.m) and associated revised internal road network; • Relocation of permitted car parking spaces and the provision of 26 no. additional car parking spaces (149 no. spaces in total), Electric Vehicle (EV) car parking and ducting; • The proposed development also includes alterations to the permitted landscaping and planting, fuel filling areas, boundary treatments, security fencing, lighting, SuDS and drainage, and all associated and ancillary site development works. The operation of the development will require an EPA Industrial Emissions Directive (IE) Licence. / 0.7 km away / 27 November 2025Granted