Rochford Mill Rochfort Demesne , Carrick , Dalystown
- 10 Jul 2023Received
- 15 Aug 2024Refused
- Status
- Refused
- Decision
- Refused · 15 Aug 2024
- Council
- Westmeath County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Site
- 2.00 ha
What’s proposed
creation of Rochford Mill Heritage Centre amenity which shall include, the renovation, upgrade, re-use and extension of existing two storey kiln building to serve as main reception building with reception area, bar/lounge, kitchen facilities and service rooms, and kiln exhibit room and display area to ground floor, and service rooms and restaurant /dining areas to 1st floor. Permission is sought to renovate, restore and repurpose: • existing three storey mill building as a museum building with internal exibit areas over all floors including external restoration of the mill race and mill wheel. • existing cottage building as a museum building with internal exibit areas. • existing outbuilding as a museum building. • existing two storey millers house as a ground floor museum with internal exhibit areas and to provide rear access and storage space to first floor. Permission is also sought to upgrade and restore original courtyard, to install external walkways, bridges, access laneways and exhibit areas, to upgrade existing entrance to public road, to construct a carpark and set down facilities, to install tertiary packaged wastewater treatment systems with associated filters and infiltration beds, to install surface water interseptor with attenuation tank and infiltration bed, and surface water soakholes and to upgrade all existing site services , permission is also sought to install six number detached single storey short term accommodation pods and all associated site works. A Natura Impact Statement has been submitted with this application
2360214 is a planning application to Westmeath County Council for creation of Rochford Mill Heritage Centre amenity which shall include, the renovation, received on 10 Jul 2023; permission was refused on 15 Aug 2024.
Planning details
- Reference
- 2360214
- Local authority
- Westmeath County Council
- Status
- Refused · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
- Received
- 10 Jul 2023
- Observations close
- 14 Aug 2023 (closed 1132 days ago)
- Decision due
- 15 Aug 2024 · decided 15 Aug 2024
- Decision
- Refused on 15 Aug 2024
- Proposed development
- creation of Rochford Mill Heritage Centre amenity which shall include, the renovation, upgrade, re-use and extension of existing two storey kiln building to serve as main reception building with reception area, bar/lounge, kitchen facilities and service rooms, and kiln exhibit room and display area to ground floor, and service rooms and restaurant /dining areas to 1st floor. Permission is sought to renovate, restore and repurpose: • existing three storey mill building as a museum building with internal exibit areas over all floors including external restoration of the mill race and mill wheel. • existing cottage building as a museum building with internal exibit areas. • existing outbuilding as a museum building. • existing two storey millers house as a ground floor museum with internal exhibit areas and to provide rear access and storage space to first floor. Permission is also sought to upgrade and restore original courtyard, to install external walkways, bridges, access laneways and exhibit areas, to upgrade existing entrance to public road, to construct a carpark and set down facilities, to install tertiary packaged wastewater treatment systems with associated filters and infiltration beds, to install surface water interseptor with attenuation tank and infiltration bed, and surface water soakholes and to upgrade all existing site services , permission is also sought to install six number detached single storey short term accommodation pods and all associated site works. A Natura Impact Statement has been submitted with this applicationAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 2.00 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
- Applicant
- Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register
Nearby 3 applications 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 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 492220). 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/WestmeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360214/0.
Source: npad · fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
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