Kilcolumb ,
- 21 Dec 2017Received
- 22 Jun 2018Conditional
- 30 Jul 2018Final grant
- 29 Jul 2023Permission expires
- Status
- Granted with conditions
- Decision
- Conditional · 22 Jun 2018
- Council
- Galway County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Site
- 10.60 ha
What’s proposed
for turf cutting and peat extraction comprising of peat extraction from a raised bog area of 5.6ha, for domestic peat fuel supply. The proposed development will include the following enabling and ancillary works: upgrade and widening of existing site entrance to public road and provision of double field gate; upgrade including local widening of 175m of existing access track and provision of a new passing bay and box culvert; new floating road of approx. 460m including passing bays and turning areas, alterations to the existing drainage system within the site, new drains, a fenced and gated silt pond with discharge to an adjacent stream, 11 no. spread grounds; carrying out of works to facebank and facebank drain including extensions where necessary ; temporary construction compound and all other ancillary site development works. The propsed development will take place on an overall site of 11.2ha. An Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be submitted with this application
171863 is a planning application to Galway County Council for for turf cutting and peat extraction comprising of peat extraction from a raised bog, received on 21 Dec 2017; permission was granted with conditions on 22 Jun 2018.
Planning details
- Reference
- 171863
- Local authority
- Galway County Council
- Status
- Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
- Received
- 21 Dec 2017
- Observations close
- 5 Feb 2018 (closed 3151 days ago)
- Decision due
- 24 Jun 2018 · decided 22 Jun 2018
- Decision
- Conditional on 22 Jun 2018
- Proposed development
- for turf cutting and peat extraction comprising of peat extraction from a raised bog area of 5.6ha, for domestic peat fuel supply. The proposed development will include the following enabling and ancillary works: upgrade and widening of existing site entrance to public road and provision of double field gate; upgrade including local widening of 175m of existing access track and provision of a new passing bay and box culvert; new floating road of approx. 460m including passing bays and turning areas, alterations to the existing drainage system within the site, new drains, a fenced and gated silt pond with discharge to an adjacent stream, 11 no. spread grounds; carrying out of works to facebank and facebank drain including extensions where necessary ; temporary construction compound and all other ancillary site development works. The propsed development will take place on an overall site of 11.2ha. An Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be submitted with this applicationAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 10.60 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
- Applicant
- Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register
Nearby nothing else within 500 m in the last 5 years
No other application within 500 m in the last 5 years.
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.
No other designation nearby.
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 350118). 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: http://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/171863/0.
Source: npad · fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| npad | CC-BY-4.0 | 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 | open |