Dromkeen Innishannon Co. Cork
- 21 Apr 2023Received
- 14 Feb 2024Conditional
- 22 Mar 2024Final grant
- Status
- Granted with conditions
- Decision
- Conditional · 14 Feb 2024
- Council
- Cork County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Site
- 27.05 ha
What’s proposed
The proposed development will comprise continuance of use of the existing sand & gravel pit and the existing ancillary facilities including the processing plant (screening, crushing and washing), the fuel storage tanks, the closed circuit water management system, vehicle parking area, ancillary buildings and the existing entrance - all permitted under planning ref. no. 08/5851 (ABP No. PL04/232776); continuance of use of existing concrete plant, block production, block storage yard and associated ancillary facilities/buildings - all permitted under planning ref. no. 15/04602; extension of existing sand and gravel pit over an extraction area of c. 5.5 hectares to a level of c. 8.5 metres Ordnance Datum; and restoration of the overall pit area to agricultural grazing and natural habitat uses; all within a planning application area of c. 26.9 hectares. Permission is sought for fifteen years plus two years for final restoration (total duration of seventeen years). The planning application will be accompanied by the Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR)
23/4780 is a planning application to Cork County Council for the proposed development will comprise continuance of use of the existing sand & gravel, received on 21 Apr 2023; permission was granted with conditions on 14 Feb 2024.
Planning details
- Reference
- 23/4780
- Local authority
- Cork County Council
- Status
- Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
- Received
- 21 Apr 2023
- Observations close
- 26 May 2023 (closed 1221 days ago)
- Decision due
- 14 Feb 2024 · decided 14 Feb 2024
- Decision
- Conditional on 14 Feb 2024
- Proposed development
- The proposed development will comprise continuance of use of the existing sand & gravel pit and the existing ancillary facilities including the processing plant (screening, crushing and washing), the fuel storage tanks, the closed circuit water management system, vehicle parking area, ancillary buildings and the existing entrance - all permitted under planning ref. no. 08/5851 (ABP No. PL04/232776); continuance of use of existing concrete plant, block production, block storage yard and associated ancillary facilities/buildings - all permitted under planning ref. no. 15/04602; extension of existing sand and gravel pit over an extraction area of c. 5.5 hectares to a level of c. 8.5 metres Ordnance Datum; and restoration of the overall pit area to agricultural grazing and natural habitat uses; all within a planning application area of c. 26.9 hectares. Permission is sought for fifteen years plus two years for final restoration (total duration of seventeen years). The planning application will be accompanied by the Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR)As published by the register.
- Site area
- 27.05 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
- Applicant
- Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register
Nearby 1 application within 500 m in the last 5 years
Homes nearby
Appeal
Not appealed.
Commencement
No commencement notice matched to this reference.
Zoning at the site
No zoning objective covers this site in the current plan.
Designations within 250 m
No OPW flood extent nearby.
- NIAH-recorded building · 2
- Recorded monument · 6
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 322704). Deadlines were computed by the store from the received / decided dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000 and are recorded as events, not recomputed here. Council register: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=23/4780.
Source: npad · fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
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