10 no. year permission is sought for the continued use of the existing sand and gravel pit (permitted under Wicklow County Council Reg. Ref. 04/1447; An Bord Pleanála Ref. PL27.211640 and further extended under Wicklow County Council Reg. Ref. 14/2005) which has a permitted extractive area of c. 8.93 hectares (c. 4.9 hectares of which has not been developed to date) and the continued provision of washing/rinsing plant, dry screener, settlement lagoons, bunded fuel storage tank, wheel wash, areas of stockpiling and access road, and all other site development works, including landscaping and restoration works of the final pit void (extractive area). Extraction in the new area of c. 4.9 hectares is sought to a maximum depth of 166m OD and will be extracted at a rate of up to 100,000 tonnes per annum. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the applicationDecision record indexed