Staleen , Donore , Co. Meath
- 16 Aug 2017Received
- 6 Oct 2017Conditional
- 10 Nov 2017Final grant
- 9 Nov 2022Permission expires
- Status
- Granted with conditions
- Decision
- Conditional · 6 Oct 2017
- Council
- Meath County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Site
- 78 m²
What’s proposed
project works will include permanent renovation works to existing masonry lock chamber at Staleen Lower and the provision of new timber and steel Lock Gates at each end of the lock. The works will include enabling works to facilitate access to and a working platform for machinery at the lock, the construction of temporary timber stop-board dams and the pumping of standing water and dredging of accumulated silt from the bed of the lock. This silt will be stored and dried out on site, in a lined bunded storage area, adjacent to the north side of the lock. The works will also include the repair and re-pointing of the 100 metre long masonry wash wall to the west of the lock. Altogether the permanent renovation works at the lock and wash wall will extend over a length of about 150 metres. The temporary and enabling works will extend further westwards to the Site Compound. The projects includes for the provision of a temporary Site Compound on the south side of the canal that will have access via a private road to the L1601 Donore-Slane road to facilitate site traffic. Machine and construction access from the Site Compound to the Staleen Lock will be via a temporary earthen causeway, constructed across the Canal at a point about 260 metres to the east of Fullam's Bridge, and then eastwards across privately owned lands. An Appropriate Assessment Environmental Screening and Natura Impact Statement (NIS) report was prepared for the project by Dr. Patrick Moran of Forest Environmental Research and Services, FERS Ltd, in compliance with Appropriate Assessment of Plans and Projects in Ireland - Guidance for Planning Authorities (DoEHLG 2011). A Habitat Map, Plant Species List, Bat Survey and Archaeological Assessment have also been prepared. These are all included in the Planning Application documentation
LB170951 is a planning application to Meath County Council for project works will include permanent renovation works to existing masonry lock chamber, received on 16 Aug 2017; permission was granted with conditions on 6 Oct 2017.
Planning details
- Reference
- LB170951
- Local authority
- Meath County Council
- Status
- Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
- Received
- 16 Aug 2017
- Observations close
- 20 Sept 2017 (closed 3288 days ago)
- Decision due
- 10 Oct 2017 · decided 6 Oct 2017
- Decision
- Conditional on 6 Oct 2017
- Proposed development
- project works will include permanent renovation works to existing masonry lock chamber at Staleen Lower and the provision of new timber and steel Lock Gates at each end of the lock. The works will include enabling works to facilitate access to and a working platform for machinery at the lock, the construction of temporary timber stop-board dams and the pumping of standing water and dredging of accumulated silt from the bed of the lock. This silt will be stored and dried out on site, in a lined bunded storage area, adjacent to the north side of the lock. The works will also include the repair and re-pointing of the 100 metre long masonry wash wall to the west of the lock. Altogether the permanent renovation works at the lock and wash wall will extend over a length of about 150 metres. The temporary and enabling works will extend further westwards to the Site Compound. The projects includes for the provision of a temporary Site Compound on the south side of the canal that will have access via a private road to the L1601 Donore-Slane road to facilitate site traffic. Machine and construction access from the Site Compound to the Staleen Lock will be via a temporary earthen causeway, constructed across the Canal at a point about 260 metres to the east of Fullam's Bridge, and then eastwards across privately owned lands. An Appropriate Assessment Environmental Screening and Natura Impact Statement (NIS) report was prepared for the project by Dr. Patrick Moran of Forest Environmental Research and Services, FERS Ltd, in compliance with Appropriate Assessment of Plans and Projects in Ireland - Guidance for Planning Authorities (DoEHLG 2011). A Habitat Map, Plant Species List, Bat Survey and Archaeological Assessment have also been prepared. These are all included in the Planning Application documentationAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 78 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
- Applicant
- Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register
Nearby nothing else within 500 m in the last 5 years
No other application within 500 m in the last 5 years.
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 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 149873). 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/LB170951/0.
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