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Irish Independent
12 hours ago
- Business
- Irish Independent
Major Wicklow store applies for change of use to upgrade and relocate
Quinns is a privately-owned agricultural merchants headquartered in Baltinglass employing more than 120 full time employees. They have applied to Wicklow County Council for a change of use of the site at Clough Upper, Baltinglass, 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 and the construction of two interconnecting replacement buildings, with a maximum ridge height of c. 13m, to accommodate a seed drying plant, with external conveyors and seed dyers, 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, and alterations to the existing vehicular site entrance located at the south-east boundary, including the provision of new entrance gates and boundary treatment. A new gate will be provided on the eastern site boundary. The application also includes plans for 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. The site is bounded to the east by the N81 National Road. The adjoining lands to the north, south and west are currently used for agriculture. There are a number of one-off residential dwelling in the surrounding area. Quinns appointed O'Callaghan Moran & Associates (OCM) to prepare a Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP) to accompany the planning application. The CEMP describes the measures that will be implemented in the construction stage to effectively mitigate adverse environmental effects. A planning decision on the application is due by August 6 of this year.
Pembrokeshire Herald
25-05-2025
- Business
- Pembrokeshire Herald
Pembrokeshire village affordable housing scheme amendments sought
AMENDMENTS to approved plans for a scheme for 67 affordable homes in a Pembrokeshire village have been lodged with council planning officers. In an application given officer delegated powers of approval at the February meeting of Pembrokeshire County Council's planning committee, Ateb Group Limited sought permission for a '100 per cent affordable' residential development of 57 houses and 10 bungalows, and associated works, at land off The Kilns, Llangwm, the site already having permission for 54 homes. An officer report, recommending approval, said a social housing grant has been secured for the first phase of the proposed development, for 25 dwellings, with the mix of the second phase indicative at this stage. Llangwm Community Council had raised issues including sewerage system capacity, a lack of facilities in the village and at nearby Cleddau Reach School for the size of the development, and potential traffic congestion. 18 letters of concern, including from Cleddau Reach VC school were also received, raising issues including traffic and parking, a loss of privacy, the scale and design of the development, the scheme representing a 'fundamental change in the character of the village,' being 'in excess of the need for affordable housing in Llangwm and nearby villages,' and 'likely anti-social behaviour associated with the development,'. Concerns also raised on the impact the development would have on water quality from the increased foul water draining demands of the scheme. Delegated approval to the council's head of planning was granted, subject to the completion of a Section 106 agreement which includes financial contributions to mitigate the impact of development on local schools Cleddau Reach VC and Haverfordwest High VC, with an agreement reached in April including an agreed £10,000 contribution towards bus stop provision. Since then, fresh calls – in the form of four separate applications – have been made to vary some of the conditions in the initial approval, including a condition to submit a Construction & Environment Management Plan (CEMP), which the applicants now say has been prepared, a call to discharge an access details condition, a landscape condition, and a drainage condition. The four applications will be considered by county planners at a later date. Pictured above: An artist impression of the proposals at The Kilns, Llangwm. Picture: Evans Banks Planning Limited. (Image: Evans Banks Planning Limited)
Western Telegraph
25-05-2025
- General
- Western Telegraph
Pembrokeshire village affordable housing scheme amendments sought
In an application given officer delegated powers of approval at the February meeting of Pembrokeshire County Council's planning committee, Ateb Group Limited sought permission for a '100 per cent affordable' residential development of 57 houses and 10 bungalows, and associated works, at land off The Kilns, Llangwm, the site already having permission for 54 homes. An officer report, recommending approval, said a social housing grant has been secured for the first phase of the proposed development, for 25 dwellings, with the mix of the second phase indicative at this stage. Llangwm Community Council had raised issues including sewerage system capacity, a lack of facilities in the village and at nearby Cleddau Reach School for the size of the development, and potential traffic congestion. 18 letters of concern, including from Cleddau Reach VC school were also received, raising issues including traffic and parking, a loss of privacy, the scale and design of the development, the scheme representing a 'fundamental change in the character of the village,' being 'in excess of the need for affordable housing in Llangwm and nearby villages,' and 'likely anti-social behaviour associated with the development,'. Concerns also raised on the impact the development would have on water quality from the increased foul water draining demands of the scheme. Delegated approval to the council's head of planning was granted, subject to the completion of a Section 106 agreement which includes financial contributions to mitigate the impact of development on local schools Cleddau Reach VC and Haverfordwest High VC, with an agreement reached in April including an agreed £10,000 contribution towards bus stop provision. Since then, fresh calls – in the form of four separate applications - have been made to vary some of the conditions in the initial approval, including a condition to submit a Construction & Environment Management Plan (CEMP), which the applicants now say has been prepared, a call to discharge an access details condition, a landscape condition, and a drainage condition. The four applications will be considered by county planners at a later date.
Irish Independent
13-05-2025
- Business
- Irish Independent
An Bord Pleanála chiefs uphold plans for multi-million euro Cavan apartment complex despite local residents' asbestos and flood risk concerns
Locally based firm, Radar Investments Ltd were given the green light last October to press ahead with a 66-strong apartment development on the outskirts of the county town. The proposed five storey block on a two acre site at Friars Walk, Farnham Road, Cavan had been designed to incorporate 32 two bedroom apartments with the remaining 34 being divided between one and three bedroom equivalents. In a planning statement, consultants on behalf of Radar Investments pointed to how Cavan's rising population growth and the development's centrality to its town core were key factors behind the plans. 'The proposal is to support this development of Cavan town as a self-sustaining growth town and deliver a residential scheme centred around sustainable movement, high quality public realms and improved pedestrian and cycling access to the town centre,' the statement read. In addition to the development's projected capacity levels, designs for a communal and public open space including a formal play area were included. Cavan County Council approved the plans subject to 39 conditions in a decision that later sparked a third party appeal being made to independent planning authority bosses. The grounds of that appeal had encompassed over a dozen areas of concern, most notably those associated with how asbestos rubble would likely be disposed of as well as the 'serious issue' of Japanese knotweed affecting Brookfield House, a protected structure. 'Japanese Knotweed on site is serious issue for Brookvale (and) the presence of asbestos rubble on site is alarming,' an inspector's report outlined. Issues connected to the design of the development and the 'high risk of flooding in the area' were other bones of contention referenced in the appeal. However, in its ruling, An Bord Pleanála opted to uphold Cavan County Council's original decisions with 16 conditions attached. Among those stipulations included requirements for Radar Investments bosses to submit a 'detailed' Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP) before any building works take place. An Bord Pleanála chiefs likewise inserted the requirement for a 'legally constituted management company' to be set up to manage and maintain the proposed development once development works have been completed.
Yahoo
07-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
United Utilities gets permission work to prevent ‘catastrophic pollution event'
UNITED Utilities (UU) has been granted retrospective planning permission by Cumberland Council for work on the riverbank of the River Petteril in Carlisle to prevent a potential 'catastrophic pollution event'. The application is for the river at Adelaide Street and Melbourne Park and it is for riverbank reinstatement works and associated planting within. According to the decision notice planning permission has been granted subject to planning conditions and the decision was made on Thursday (March 6). The application was for riverbank reinstatement works and associated planting within the river. A planning report concludes: 'The development has addressed the critical vulnerability of a section of sewer mains pipe that had become exposed as a result of extreme weather events and river erosion. 'The proposals have not increased flood risk and have not had an adverse impact on biodiversity or trees, with compensatory tree planting taking place. 'The mitigation measures set out in the CEMP helped to ensure that the proposal did not have an unacceptable impact of users of the park or the surrounding residential area during construction works. 'In all aspects, the proposal is considered to be compliant with the relevant polices in the adopted local plan.' According to the application the site covers an area of 1.65 hectares and it was described as a full retrospective planning application. And, according to a supporting statement, the applicant is one of the largest water and wastewater companies in England with responsibility for operating and maintaining the water and wastewater network across north-west England. It states: 'The site is located where the River Petteril passes through Melbourne Park, approximately one kilometre east of the centre of Carlisle within the administrative area of Cumberland Council.' The report adds that the site encompasses one parcel of land that extends to approximately 1.652 hectares in area centring around an approximately 230m long section of the River Petteril at the southern end of Melbourne Park. It states: 'It also includes strips of land on both sides of this section of the river with an approximate width of 10m to 30m on the east bank and 10m to 15m on the west bank. 'Prior to the development commencing, both banks comprised mostly woodland, grassland and bramble scrub in addition to lines of trees and other vegetation.' According to the report the gradual erosion of the west bank of the River Petteril over the past 20 years has resulted in a bank retreat of between 2m and 5m with the river channel preferentially migrating westwards. It states: 'Consequently, approximately 140m of UU-owned sewer mains pipe within the west bank has gradually become exposed over time. 'Without further intervention, the channel would have continued to erode and migrate westwards and the sewer pipe would have become increasingly vulnerable to breach from impact, weathering and structural stress. 'If this pipe were to breach this would lead to a catastrophic pollution event of the river in the immediate area and further downstream. 'The potential ecological impacts would be more significant due to the site's hydrological connectivity with the River Eden and tributaries SAC and the Upper Solway Flats and Marshes SSSI further downstream.' According to the report the development was required to make repairs to the sewer mains pipe and reinstate its protective ground cover to remove the risk of damage. It adds: 'The critical nature of these works, as outlined above, has demanded that work is started in advance of obtaining planning permission and so this application is made retrospectively.'
