18995: For the restoration of 3.76 hectares of an extant sand and gravel quarry to agricultural grassland. The development is necessary to comply with condition no. 4 of substitute consent 03.SU.0127 and will include importation of inert material and all associated development works
Faheymore North, O'Briensbridge, Co. Clare
DecisionConditional grant
Decided06 February 2019
Application typePERMISSION
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Source documents
Original council portal records and source PDFs where available.- Application fileApplication file on www.eplanning.ieSource portal
- Chief Executives OrderSource: clarecoco.eplanning.ie / 9bd99d29-129a-4910-a717-d06b018c038c.PDF / Document 436023Source PDF
- Final Grant / file 1 of 2Source: clarecoco.eplanning.ie / 5bf08649-c365-435e-8a01-1e9018f71656.PDF / Document 439341Source PDF
- Final Grant / file 2 of 2Source: clarecoco.eplanning.ie / 652f0972-cfc5-4d85-9ad9-3d1337da64da.PDF / Document 439341Source PDF
- Planners ReportSource: clarecoco.eplanning.ie / C7617f02-7ea6-440d-bcde-2d30b6bac594.PDF / Document 436032Source PDF
- Planners ReportSource: clarecoco.eplanning.ie / 4d8217f8-ecfd-4de4-86e1-c1e0949c227a.PDF / Document 436033Source PDF
Nearby precedent
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