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Meath County Council · NA201153

Boyerstown, Hanlonstown, Navan Co. Meath

  1. 27 Aug 2020Received
  2. 20 Oct 2020Conditional
  3. 2 Dec 2020Final grant
  4. 1 Dec 2028Permission expires
Status
Granted with conditions
Decision
Conditional · 20 Oct 2020
Council
Meath County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Site
78 m²
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What’s proposed

the proposal involves the development of two ventilation shafts that will provide ventilation to an underground exploration tunnel and enable further exploration. The development works will consist of: Raise-bore drilling two vertical 4.5-meter diameter shafts (to be known as Return Air Raise (RAR) 6 and RAR 7) reamed from a depth below ground of c. 1,000 meters to surface. The proposed shafts will connect to an underground fan station that will draw air from the extant exploration tunnel and exhaust it to surface. At surface level, the development site will occupy an area of approximately 90 m x 120 m bounded by a 2.5 m high boundary fence, service and access roads and all ancillary site works. Each shaft will be fitted with a deflection hood (5.7 m x 5.7 m x 8.8 m) that will direct airflow horizontally into a 6.5 m earthen berm. An Environmental Report for the development will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the planning application. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) for the development has been prepared and will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the planning application

NA201153 is a planning application to Meath County Council for the proposal involves the development of two ventilation shafts that will provide, received on 27 Aug 2020; permission was granted with conditions on 20 Oct 2020.

Planning details

Reference
NA201153
Local authority
Meath County Council
Status
Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received
27 Aug 2020
Observations close
1 Oct 2020 (closed 2191 days ago)
Decision due
21 Oct 2020 · decided 20 Oct 2020
Decision
Conditional on 20 Oct 2020
Proposed development
the proposal involves the development of two ventilation shafts that will provide ventilation to an underground exploration tunnel and enable further exploration. The development works will consist of: Raise-bore drilling two vertical 4.5-meter diameter shafts (to be known as Return Air Raise (RAR) 6 and RAR 7) reamed from a depth below ground of c. 1,000 meters to surface. The proposed shafts will connect to an underground fan station that will draw air from the extant exploration tunnel and exhaust it to surface. At surface level, the development site will occupy an area of approximately 90 m x 120 m bounded by a 2.5 m high boundary fence, service and access roads and all ancillary site works. Each shaft will be fitted with a deflection hood (5.7 m x 5.7 m x 8.8 m) that will direct airflow horizontally into a 6.5 m earthen berm. An Environmental Report for the development will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the planning application. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) for the development has been prepared and will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the planning application
As 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

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Appeal

Not appealed.

Commencement

No commencement notice matched to this reference.

    Zoning at the site

    P5 — Rural and agricultural

    RA - Rural Area: Rural Area

    Land zoned to stay rural. New houses are restricted to demonstrated local need under the rural-housing policy of the development 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 153498). 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/NA201153/0.

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