Balleese Wood , Rathdrum , Co. Wicklow

What’s proposed

continuation of use of quarrying activity including extraction and processing of rock by drilling, blasting, crushing, screening and washing over a 35 hectare area; Erection of a fixed crushing, screening and washing plant; Landscaping of the quarry during the operational phase and restoration of the quarry on completion of the extraction; All associated ancillary facilities/works; The applicant is seeking a 25 year permission as part of the application. The application is accompanied by and Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR)

18972 is a planning application to Wicklow County Council for continuation of use of quarrying activity including extraction and processing of rock by, received on 30 Aug 2018; permission was granted with conditions on 23 Aug 2019.

Planning details

Reference: 18972
Local authority: Wicklow County Council
Status: Appeal decided — granted · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 30 Aug 2018
Observations close: 4 Oct 2018 (closed 2915 days ago)
Decision due: 28 Aug 2019 · decided 23 Aug 2019
Decision: Conditional on 23 Aug 2019
Proposed development: continuation of use of quarrying activity including extraction and processing of rock by drilling, blasting, crushing, screening and washing over a 35 hectare area; Erection of a fixed crushing, screening and washing plant; Landscaping of the quarry during the operational phase and restoration of the quarry on completion of the extraction; All associated ancillary facilities/works; The applicant is seeking a 25 year permission as part of the application. The application is accompanied by and Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR)
As published by the register.
Site area: 38.04 ha 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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No other application within 500 m in the last 5 years.

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Appeal

The register records appeal ABP-305461-19 (status unknown) but we have not matched the ACP case yet.

Commencement

No commencement notice matched to this reference.

Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 158498). 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/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/18972/0.

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Balleese Wood , Rathdrum , Co. Wicklow

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