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Kildare County Council · 221456 · PERMISSION

Ballysax , The Curragh , Co. Kildare

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Council received 8 Dec 2022We first saw it 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (1374 days after receipt — sources refresh weekly)
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221456 is a planning application for permission at Ballysax , The Curragh , Co. Kildare, received by Kildare County Council on 8 Dec 2022 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: 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 16 (tanks for liquified gas), 16 01 17 (Ferrous metal), 16 01 18 (Non-Ferrous Metal, 16 01 19 (Plastic), 16 01 20, 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 & 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 otherwise specified) and all associated si. The council granted permission on 13 Mar 2023, with conditions. The five-week observation window closed on 23 Jan 2023. Within 500 m there are 13 other decided applications in the last five years.

Appeal window closes 11 Apr 2023 closed 1250 days ago
4 weeks from the council's decision (13 Mar 2023) · s.37 Planning and Development Act 2000 · €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer)

Proposal

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 16 (tanks for liquified gas), 16 01 17 (Ferrous metal), 16 01 18 (Non-Ferrous Metal, 16 01 19 (Plastic), 16 01 20, 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 & 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 otherwise specified) and all associated si

Status
DECISION MADE
Decision
Conditional on 13 Mar 2023
Site (from polygon)
3.53 ha
Location precision
site (coords_polygon)

Timeline

  • 8 Dec 2022
    New application
    Observation window closed 23 Jan 2023
  • 25 Jan 2023
    Further information requested
  • 15 Feb 2023
    Further information received
  • 13 Mar 2023
    Decision
    Appeal window closed 11 Apr 2023

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    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 128980). 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/221456/0.

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