Redhill , Abbeyleix , Co. Laois
- 26 Mar 2024Received
- 30 Apr 2024Observations closed
- Status
- Withdrawn or invalid
- Decision
- Not yet
- Council
- Laois County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Site
- 4.74 ha
What’s proposed
development of the excavation of sands and gravel at Redhill, Abbeyliex, Co. Laois. The proposed works will consist of: • Quarry activities for the extraction of sand and gravel within a total area of c. 4.4ha with an excavation area of c. 3.1ha site at Redhill, Co. Laois over a ten year period, • On site equipment would include a dry screener, a loading shovel, a dumper as required, an excavator as required and a concrete wheelwash at entrance. • Installation of a new site entrance and removal of hedgerow to the south and north onto the public road L6719 to achieve 90m sightlines, • Installation of temporary compound and access road with hard stand, wheel wash, concrete refuelling slab, interceptor, soakaway, weighbridge, portacabin, portaloo toilets and internal security gates installed (as shown on submitted Drawing 23578-203) • Installation of passing bays as shown on submitted Drawing 23578-211. Installation of passing bays will involve removal of small sections of existing hedging, re-routing of drains, fencing, new hedge planting, road construction & resurfacing. • A fenced off buffer zone of 10m between the existing hedgerow and proposed excavation area has been allowed for to protect the hedgerows locally important ecological value, • A restoration plan has been included in the application which will reinstate the site to agricultural use at the end of the project
2460165 is a planning application to Laois County Council for development of the excavation of sands and gravel at Redhill, Abbeyliex, Co. Laois. The, received on 26 Mar 2024; the file is recorded as incompleted application.
Planning details
- Reference
- 2460165
- Local authority
- Laois County Council
- Status
- Withdrawn or invalid · register status “INCOMPLETED APPLICATION”
- Received
- 26 Mar 2024
- Observations close
- 30 Apr 2024 (closed 871 days ago)
- Decision due
- No due date published
- Decision
- Not decided
- Proposed development
- development of the excavation of sands and gravel at Redhill, Abbeyliex, Co. Laois. The proposed works will consist of: • Quarry activities for the extraction of sand and gravel within a total area of c. 4.4ha with an excavation area of c. 3.1ha site at Redhill, Co. Laois over a ten year period, • On site equipment would include a dry screener, a loading shovel, a dumper as required, an excavator as required and a concrete wheelwash at entrance. • Installation of a new site entrance and removal of hedgerow to the south and north onto the public road L6719 to achieve 90m sightlines, • Installation of temporary compound and access road with hard stand, wheel wash, concrete refuelling slab, interceptor, soakaway, weighbridge, portacabin, portaloo toilets and internal security gates installed (as shown on submitted Drawing 23578-203) • Installation of passing bays as shown on submitted Drawing 23578-211. Installation of passing bays will involve removal of small sections of existing hedging, re-routing of drains, fencing, new hedge planting, road construction & resurfacing. • A fenced off buffer zone of 10m between the existing hedgerow and proposed excavation area has been allowed for to protect the hedgerows locally important ecological value, • A restoration plan has been included in the application which will reinstate the site to agricultural use at the end of the projectAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 4.74 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 52.92705, -7.31133
Zoning, appeals, sold prices, flood and heritage — the whole 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.
No other designation nearby.
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 397683). 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/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460165/0.
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