Thomastown , Johnstownbridge , Co. Kildare.
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221447 is a planning application for permission at Thomastown , Johnstownbridge , Co. Kildare., received by Kildare County Council on 6 Dec 2022 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: the importation of material to in-fill and re-contour the subject site at Thomastown, Johnstownbridge, Co. Kildare. Once the importation is complete the applicant will seed the land in line with Teagasc guidelines and return it to agricultural use. The Operational Phase will see the site being used as agricultural pastureland. The applicant proposes, subject to planning, to import clean greenfield soil and stone to remediate approximately 3.689ha of the total site. The 3.689ha is divided into two distinct areas - Area 1 is 2.718ha and Area 2 is 0.971ha. A fill plan has been drawn up for the importation of ca. 103,455 tonnes of soil to fill Area 1, and ca. 25,005 tonnes to fill Area 2, equating to a total of ca. 128,460 tonnes of soil and subsoil. Permission is being sought for a 5-year period (ca. 25,692 tonnes per annum) and will be subject to a waste facility permit. The application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR). The council refused permission on 8 Feb 2023. The five-week observation window closed on 19 Jan 2023. The register records an appeal (ABP-315924-23), decided: withdrawn. Within 500 m there are 4 other decided applications in the last five years.
Proposal
the importation of material to in-fill and re-contour the subject site at Thomastown, Johnstownbridge, Co. Kildare. Once the importation is complete the applicant will seed the land in line with Teagasc guidelines and return it to agricultural use. The Operational Phase will see the site being used as agricultural pastureland. The applicant proposes, subject to planning, to import clean greenfield soil and stone to remediate approximately 3.689ha of the total site. The 3.689ha is divided into two distinct areas - Area 1 is 2.718ha and Area 2 is 0.971ha. A fill plan has been drawn up for the importation of ca. 103,455 tonnes of soil to fill Area 1, and ca. 25,005 tonnes to fill Area 2, equating to a total of ca. 128,460 tonnes of soil and subsoil. Permission is being sought for a 5-year period (ca. 25,692 tonnes per annum) and will be subject to a waste facility permit. The application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR)
- Status
- DECISION MADE
- Decision
- Refused on 8 Feb 2023
- Site (from polygon)
- 7.30 ha
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 6 Dec 2022New applicationObservation window closed 19 Jan 2023
- 8 Feb 2023DecisionAppeal window closed 8 Mar 2023
- 28 Feb 2023Appeal lodged
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Appeal
The register records appeal ABP-315924-23 (status unknown) but we have not matched the ACP case yet.
Commencement
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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 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 128970). 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/221447/0.
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