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Irish Independent
23-06-2025
- 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.
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.
