Minch Malt , Upper William Street , Athy
- 28 Mar 2024Received
- 21 May 2024Conditional
- 2 Jul 2024Final grant
- 1 Jul 2029Permission expires
- Status
- Granted with conditions
- Decision
- Conditional · 21 May 2024
- Council
- Kildare County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Site
- 8.14 ha
What’s proposed
1) Demolition of existing canteen building and 2 no. Barley storage silos (10.5 m diameter x 14 m high) and alterations to existing access gantries located on top of silos; 2) Construction of new malting plant comprising – 1 no. germination vessel (23 m diameter and 10.1 m high) and ancillary overhead grain elevators and conveyor gantries; 2 no. barley intake silos (each 8.4 m diameter and 22.835 m high); and alterations to the Malt Screen Building approved under reference 18/479 (ABP-302630-18) (775 sq. m. x 21 m high) containing barley screening equipment, grain elevators and all associated processing equipment connected to kilning facilities and malt silos by existing conveyor systems; 3) Construction of a single storey stores building (414.2 sq. m. and 8 m high); 4) Construction of a single storey modular staff facilities (offices, welfare facilities, canteen) building (208.5 sq. m. and 3.2 m high) and 14 no. associated car parking spaces for a temporary period of five years; 5) Expansion of existing on-site waste water treatment facilities including construction of 2 no. wastewater treatment buildings (355.6 sq. m. and 10.1 m high; and 436 sq. m. and 9.7 m high) to include internal wastewater processing tanks and screening equipment, 2 no. balance tanks (each 8.5 m diameter and 6.4 m high), extension to existing elevated dewatering press structure (5.8 m x 12.2 m long x 12.7 m high), and installation of associated equipment within the existing WWTP Stores and Electrical room and minor works to the Tank Room (protected structure) consisting of service connections through existing louvered openings to new wastewater treatment building, and 6) all other site development works including alterations and extensions to the existing site hardstands, external drainage, pedestrian ways etc and underground services required to facilitate the development. The application relates to development which comprises or is for the purposes of an activity requiring an Industrial Emissions Licence (Reference P1129-01). A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application
2460266 is a planning application to Kildare County Council for 1) Demolition of existing canteen building and 2 no. Barley storage silos (10.5 m, received on 28 Mar 2024; permission was granted with conditions on 21 May 2024.
Planning details
- Reference
- 2460266
- Local authority
- Kildare County Council
- Status
- Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
- Received
- 28 Mar 2024
- Observations close
- 2 May 2024 (closed 865 days ago)
- Decision due
- 22 May 2024 · decided 21 May 2024
- Decision
- Conditional on 21 May 2024
- Proposed development
- 1) Demolition of existing canteen building and 2 no. Barley storage silos (10.5 m diameter x 14 m high) and alterations to existing access gantries located on top of silos; 2) Construction of new malting plant comprising – 1 no. germination vessel (23 m diameter and 10.1 m high) and ancillary overhead grain elevators and conveyor gantries; 2 no. barley intake silos (each 8.4 m diameter and 22.835 m high); and alterations to the Malt Screen Building approved under reference 18/479 (ABP-302630-18) (775 sq. m. x 21 m high) containing barley screening equipment, grain elevators and all associated processing equipment connected to kilning facilities and malt silos by existing conveyor systems; 3) Construction of a single storey stores building (414.2 sq. m. and 8 m high); 4) Construction of a single storey modular staff facilities (offices, welfare facilities, canteen) building (208.5 sq. m. and 3.2 m high) and 14 no. associated car parking spaces for a temporary period of five years; 5) Expansion of existing on-site waste water treatment facilities including construction of 2 no. wastewater treatment buildings (355.6 sq. m. and 10.1 m high; and 436 sq. m. and 9.7 m high) to include internal wastewater processing tanks and screening equipment, 2 no. balance tanks (each 8.5 m diameter and 6.4 m high), extension to existing elevated dewatering press structure (5.8 m x 12.2 m long x 12.7 m high), and installation of associated equipment within the existing WWTP Stores and Electrical room and minor works to the Tank Room (protected structure) consisting of service connections through existing louvered openings to new wastewater treatment building, and 6) all other site development works including alterations and extensions to the existing site hardstands, external drainage, pedestrian ways etc and underground services required to facilitate the development. The application relates to development which comprises or is for the purposes of an activity requiring an Industrial Emissions Licence (Reference P1129-01). A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the applicationAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 8.14 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
- Applicant
- Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register
Full planning report for 52.99071, -6.99381
Zoning, appeals, sold prices, flood and heritage constraints — everything for this area in one PDF.
No account, no payment. Not a statutory planning search.
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.
- Natural Heritage Area (incl. proposed) · 1
- Radon risk area · 1
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 136006). 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/2460266/0.
Source: npad · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
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