Ballysax , The Curragh , Co. Kildare.
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221366 is a planning application for permission at Ballysax , The Curragh , Co. Kildare., received by Kildare County Council on 16 Nov 2022 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: The development will consist of: (a) Permanent Permission for use of existing lands (3.47 Ha) for the storage of ELV’s (End of Life Vehicles). (b) Retention Permission for gravel hardcore of 0.667 Ha of lands for storage of ELV’s (End of Life Vehicles), 3 No. steel storage containers on site, retention of existing depolluting building as constructed which consists of 4 No. steel containers incorporated into the depolluting building, landscaped berms around perimeter of site as constructed. (c) Permission to increase the annual intake of vehicles from 2500 vehicles to 5000 vehicles. (d) Retention permission for the construction and completion of partially constructed extension to previously granted workshop building. (e) Permission for the construction of a detached electric battery storage building. (f) Permission for ancillary use on site for the reception, storage and recovery of scrap metal arising from ELV’s namely EWC codes: 17 04 01 (copper, bronze, brass), 17 04 02 (aluminium), 17 04 03 (lead), 17 04 05 (iron and steel), 17 04 07 (mixed metals), 17 04 11 (cables other than those mentioned in 17 04 10), 16 01 03 (end-of-life tyres), 16 01 04 A (end-of-life vehicles less than 3.5 tonnes), 16 01 04 B (end-of-life vehicles greater than 3.5 tonnes), 16 01 06 (end-of-life vehicles, containing neither liquids nor other hazardous components, 16 01 07 (oil filters), 16 01 07 (explosive components – for example air bags), 16 01 12 (brake pads other than those mentioned in 16 01 11), 16 01 13 (brake fluids), 16 01 15 (anti-freeze fluids other than those mentioned in 16 01 14), 16 01 15 (tanks for liquified gas, 16 01 17 (Ferrous Metal), 16 01 18 (Non-Ferrous Metal), 16 01 19 (Plastic), 16 01 20 EOW (Glass including EOW Glass), 16 01 21 (hazardous components other than those mentioned in 16 01 07 to 16 01 11 and 16 01 13 and 16 01 14 (including A/C Fluid R134a, R1234yf, R12 and R456A,16 01 22 (Components not otherwise specified), 16 02 11 (Non-household waste fridges and freezers and other devices containing HCFC, HFC, 16 02 16 (Components removed from discarded equipment other than those mentioned in 16 02 15), 16 06 01 (Lead Batteries), 16 06 02 (NiCd Batteries), 16 06 03 (Mercury Containing Batteries), 16 06 05 (Other batteries and accumulators), 16 08 01 (spent catalysts containing gold, silver, rhenium, rhodium, palladium, iridium or platinum - except 16 08 07), 16 08 03 (spent catalysts containing transition metals or transition metal compounds not o. No decision has been recorded yet. The five-week observation window closed on 21 Dec 2022. Within 500 m there are 13 other decided applications in the last five years.
Proposal
The development will consist of: (a) Permanent Permission for use of existing lands (3.47 Ha) for the storage of ELV’s (End of Life Vehicles). (b) Retention Permission for gravel hardcore of 0.667 Ha of lands for storage of ELV’s (End of Life Vehicles), 3 No. steel storage containers on site, retention of existing depolluting building as constructed which consists of 4 No. steel containers incorporated into the depolluting building, landscaped berms around perimeter of site as constructed. (c) Permission to increase the annual intake of vehicles from 2500 vehicles to 5000 vehicles. (d) Retention permission for the construction and completion of partially constructed extension to previously granted workshop building. (e) Permission for the construction of a detached electric battery storage building. (f) Permission for ancillary use on site for the reception, storage and recovery of scrap metal arising from ELV’s namely EWC codes: 17 04 01 (copper, bronze, brass), 17 04 02 (aluminium), 17 04 03 (lead), 17 04 05 (iron and steel), 17 04 07 (mixed metals), 17 04 11 (cables other than those mentioned in 17 04 10), 16 01 03 (end-of-life tyres), 16 01 04 A (end-of-life vehicles less than 3.5 tonnes), 16 01 04 B (end-of-life vehicles greater than 3.5 tonnes), 16 01 06 (end-of-life vehicles, containing neither liquids nor other hazardous components, 16 01 07 (oil filters), 16 01 07 (explosive components – for example air bags), 16 01 12 (brake pads other than those mentioned in 16 01 11), 16 01 13 (brake fluids), 16 01 15 (anti-freeze fluids other than those mentioned in 16 01 14), 16 01 15 (tanks for liquified gas, 16 01 17 (Ferrous Metal), 16 01 18 (Non-Ferrous Metal), 16 01 19 (Plastic), 16 01 20 EOW (Glass including EOW Glass), 16 01 21 (hazardous components other than those mentioned in 16 01 07 to 16 01 11 and 16 01 13 and 16 01 14 (including A/C Fluid R134a, R1234yf, R12 and R456A,16 01 22 (Components not otherwise specified), 16 02 11 (Non-household waste fridges and freezers and other devices containing HCFC, HFC, 16 02 16 (Components removed from discarded equipment other than those mentioned in 16 02 15), 16 06 01 (Lead Batteries), 16 06 02 (NiCd Batteries), 16 06 03 (Mercury Containing Batteries), 16 06 05 (Other batteries and accumulators), 16 08 01 (spent catalysts containing gold, silver, rhenium, rhodium, palladium, iridium or platinum - except 16 08 07), 16 08 03 (spent catalysts containing transition metals or transition metal compounds not o
- Status
- INCOMPLETED APPLICATION
- Decision
- N/a
- Site (from polygon)
- 3.53 ha
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 16 Nov 2022Decision
- 16 Nov 2022New applicationObservation window closed 21 Dec 2022

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Appeal
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Zoning at the site
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Designations within 250 m
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Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 130719). 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/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/221366/0.
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