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Meath County Council · 2660428 · PERMISSION

Curragha Water Treatment Plant , Knavinstown Curragha , County Meath.

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Council received 17 Apr 2026We first saw it 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (148 days after receipt — sources refresh weekly)
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2660428 is a planning application for permission at Curragha Water Treatment Plant , Knavinstown Curragha , County Meath., received by Meath County Council on 17 Apr 2026 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: the development will consists of: • A 10-year planning permission for an operational life of 30 years. • Construction of a new building (9.5m x 8.5m) replacing the existing building which would be demolished (6m x 4.2m). This new building will have 3 separate compartments: chemical dosing, MCC and filtration room. In the Chemical dosing room, a 1200l chemical dosing tank will be installed in bund with within the room .2No. dosing pumps will be installed in a dosing cabinet, within the chemical dosing room. The filtration system will consist of 4 pressure filters to be installed, with its associated pipework, 2 pumps, 2 blowers and a compressor; • 2No. new pre oxidisation contact tanks (12.73m³ each) will be installed in the existing building, which is currently the filter building. The existing 2No, pressure filters in the building will be replaced by the new proposed contact tanks; • A new backwash holding tank (15.9m³) will be installed onsite to replace the existing tank but will be on a different location within the site; • The filtration process produce residual water (dirty wash water) in the process of backwashing. This water will undergo treatment (settlement and separation) before being discharged into the environment. 1 No. Equalisation precast tank (23m³), 1No. Settlement tanks (7m³) and 1 No. Sludge tank (4.75m³) will be installed within the site layout; • Demolition of existing welfare and building (To be replaced by new filter building) and holding tank on site; • Increasing boreholes output from 35m³/hr to 49m³/hr; and • Installation of new underground pipework from the boreholes onsite to the new filter building and to the residual treatment tanks. New pipework to be connected to the existing mains pipework. • Construction of hammerhead road to allow for vehicle turning for delivery trucks, improvement of site entrance, all associated ancillary works and any required landscaping. No decision has been recorded yet. The five-week observation window closed on 22 May 2026. Within 500 m there are 7 other decided applications in the last five years.

Observations close 22 May 2026 closed 113 days ago
5 weeks from receipt (17 Apr 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · €20 to the council

Proposal

the development will consists of: • A 10-year planning permission for an operational life of 30 years. • Construction of a new building (9.5m x 8.5m) replacing the existing building which would be demolished (6m x 4.2m). This new building will have 3 separate compartments: chemical dosing, MCC and filtration room. In the Chemical dosing room, a 1200l chemical dosing tank will be installed in bund with within the room .2No. dosing pumps will be installed in a dosing cabinet, within the chemical dosing room. The filtration system will consist of 4 pressure filters to be installed, with its associated pipework, 2 pumps, 2 blowers and a compressor; • 2No. new pre oxidisation contact tanks (12.73m³ each) will be installed in the existing building, which is currently the filter building. The existing 2No, pressure filters in the building will be replaced by the new proposed contact tanks; • A new backwash holding tank (15.9m³) will be installed onsite to replace the existing tank but will be on a different location within the site; • The filtration process produce residual water (dirty wash water) in the process of backwashing. This water will undergo treatment (settlement and separation) before being discharged into the environment. 1 No. Equalisation precast tank (23m³), 1No. Settlement tanks (7m³) and 1 No. Sludge tank (4.75m³) will be installed within the site layout; • Demolition of existing welfare and building (To be replaced by new filter building) and holding tank on site; • Increasing boreholes output from 35m³/hr to 49m³/hr; and • Installation of new underground pipework from the boreholes onsite to the new filter building and to the residual treatment tanks. New pipework to be connected to the existing mains pipework. • Construction of hammerhead road to allow for vehicle turning for delivery trucks, improvement of site entrance, all associated ancillary works and any required landscaping

Status
FURTHER INFORMATION
Decision
N/a
Site (from polygon)
964 m²
Location precision
site (coords_polygon)

Timeline

  • 17 Apr 2026
    Decision
  • 17 Apr 2026
    New application
    Observation window closed 22 May 2026
  • 11 Jun 2026
    Further information requested

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    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 146369). 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/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660428/0.

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