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Wicklow County Council · 2560437

Clough Upper , Baltinglass , Co. Wicklow

  1. 12 Jun 2025Received
  2. 28 Jan 2026Refused
  3. 22 Jun 2031Permission expires
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Status
Appeal decided — granted
Decision
Refused · 28 Jan 2026
Council
Wicklow County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Site
1.41 ha

What’s proposed

change of use of the site from agriculture to light industrial use, including the existing sheds, to provide for a seed processing facility and ancillary plant and storage areas. The proposed development will also include: the demolition of two existing buildings on site (c. 1,038 sq m GFA and c. 834 sq m GFA, respectively) and the construction of two interconnecting replacement buildings (with a combined GFA of c. 1,473 sq m and a maximum ridge height of c. 13m), to accommodate a seed drying plant, with external conveyors and seed dyers (c. 15.5m in height) located to the south-west. The development will also consist of: the provision of an additional weigh bridge located to the south of the site; alterations to the existing vehicular site entrance located at the south-east boundary, including the provision of new entrance gates and boundary treatment; provision of a new gate on the eastern site boundary; staff car parking; waste management areas; surface water drainage; hard and soft landscaping and all associated infrastructural and site development works above and below ground. (The proposed change of use relates to all buildings on site except for the existing dwelling to the north-east, including its associated curtilage and vehicular entrance)

2560437 is a planning application to Wicklow County Council for change of use of the site from agriculture to light industrial use, including the, received on 12 Jun 2025; permission was refused on 28 Jan 2026.

Planning details

Reference
2560437
Local authority
Wicklow County Council
Status
Appeal decided — granted · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED
Received
12 Jun 2025
Observations close
17 Jul 2025 (closed 425 days ago)
Decision due
31 Jan 2026 · decided 28 Jan 2026
Decision
Refused on 28 Jan 2026
Proposed development
change of use of the site from agriculture to light industrial use, including the existing sheds, to provide for a seed processing facility and ancillary plant and storage areas. The proposed development will also include: the demolition of two existing buildings on site (c. 1,038 sq m GFA and c. 834 sq m GFA, respectively) and the construction of two interconnecting replacement buildings (with a combined GFA of c. 1,473 sq m and a maximum ridge height of c. 13m), to accommodate a seed drying plant, with external conveyors and seed dyers (c. 15.5m in height) located to the south-west. The development will also consist of: the provision of an additional weigh bridge located to the south of the site; alterations to the existing vehicular site entrance located at the south-east boundary, including the provision of new entrance gates and boundary treatment; provision of a new gate on the eastern site boundary; staff car parking; waste management areas; surface water drainage; hard and soft landscaping and all associated infrastructural and site development works above and below ground. (The proposed change of use relates to all buildings on site except for the existing dwelling to the north-east, including its associated curtilage and vehicular entrance)
As published by the register.
Site area
1.41 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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Appeal

The register records appeal PL-500848-WW-26 (status unknown) but we have not matched the ACP case yet.

Commencement

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    Zoning at the site

    No zoning objective covers this site in the current plan.

    Designations within 250 m

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      About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels

    Provenance

    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 165137). 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/2560437/0.

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