Carrigdownane Upper Rockmills Co.Cork

What’s proposed

A 10 year planning permission to continue to operate, and to extend the existing limestone quarry at Carrigdownane Upper, Rockmills, Co.Cork. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) will accompany the application. The planning application and the EIAR may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy at the office of the planning authority

23/4944 is a planning application to Cork County Council for a 10 year planning permission to continue to operate, and to extend the existing, received on 11 May 2023; permission was granted with conditions on 8 May 2024.

Planning details

Reference: 23/4944
Local authority: Cork County Council
Status: Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 11 May 2023
Observations close: 15 Jun 2023 (closed 1198 days ago)
Decision due: 8 May 2024 · decided 8 May 2024
Decision: Conditional on 8 May 2024
Proposed development: A 10 year planning permission to continue to operate, and to extend the existing limestone quarry at Carrigdownane Upper, Rockmills, Co.Cork. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) will accompany the application. The planning application and the EIAR may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy at the office of the planning authority
As published by the register.
Site area: 9.45 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant: Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register

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Appeal

Not appealed.

Commencement

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Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 323689). 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=23/4944.

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