Planning application 2460545
1)Continued use and extension to existing permitted sand and gravel pit registered under Section 261 of the Planning &…
Mounthall and Cummer townlands , Camross , Co. Laois
Current status
Under appeal
Application details
- Planning reference
- 2460545
- Council
- Laois County Council
- Proposal description
- 1)Continued use and extension to existing permitted sand and gravel pit registered under Section 261 of the Planning & Development Act 2000, as amended (site ref. QY05/10) within an overall application area of c. 12.2 hectares; 2)Extraction of sand and gravel (dry working) over an area of c. 8 hectares with processing and washing of material on site (closed loop water recycling system with associated silt storage lagoons 1,952.25m2), and all ancillary works and structures; 3)site facilities consisting of mobile processing plant, portacabin site office (6.25m²), portacabin welfare facility (18.9m²), serviced portaloo toilet, bunded fuel storage and refuelling pad with hydrocarbon interceptor, weighbridge, wheelwash, water supply borehole, perimeter berms, vegetation planting and fencing; 4) Access to the site will be via the existing sand & gravel pit entrance; 5) Restoration of the site to agricultural lands; and 6)The proposed extraction operational period is for 10 years plus 1 year to complete restoration (total duration sought 11 years). An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and Natura Impact Assessment (NIS) have been submitted with this application
- Location / address
- Mounthall and Cummer townlands , Camross , Co. Laois
- Application type
- PERMISSION
- Received / registered
- 19 Sept 2024
- Council decision
- CONDITIONAL
- Council decision date
- 22 Aug 2025
- Appeal lodged
- 12 Sept 2025
Planning timeline
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Application received
Further information requested
Further information received
Decision: CONDITIONAL
Appeal lodged with An Coimisiún Pleanála
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Location context
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