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Planning near you · Kilkenny · Ref 2660652

Development at this site. The development will consist of, Continuance of use…

Kellymount Quarry, Kellymount and Shankill Townlands, Paulstown Co. Kilkenny

Awaiting decision

Decision due 8 Dec

Applicant
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Proposed use
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The story so far

Application timeline

Recorded milestones for this application. A permission is not evidence that building work has started.

  1. Application received
    Source: retained record

    Council record · legacy batch; original response hash unavailable · field: received_date

What changed

First retained observation; this does not establish that the application is new.

Legacy batch date (exact collection time unavailable): 28 October 2026. This describes our archive, not an application event date.

Why it matters locally

The proposal concerns Kellymount Quarry , Kellymount and Shankill Townlands , Paulstown Co. Kilkenny. Proposal excerpt: “for development at this site. The development will consist of 1. Continuance of use of the existing permitted quarry site and all existing ancillary site and welfare facilities, storage areas, and provision for crushing …”

Location & nearby applications

Kellymount Quarry , Kellymount and Shankill Townlands , Paulstown Co. Kilkenny

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Documents & sources

Kilkenny County Council · Reference 2660652

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Source records and verification details

Change record: Council record · legacy batch; original response hash unavailable

Proposal: Council record · legacy batch; original response hash unavailable

Latest source observation retained: 2026-10-28T19:57:12.999848+00:00. Source dataset date: 2026-10-27.

Full description from the council file
for development at this site. The development will consist of 1. Continuance of use of the existing permitted quarry site and all existing ancillary site and welfare facilities, storage areas, and provision for crushing and screening of unsuitable dimension stone rock, authorised by the previous grants of planning permission (parent permissions P. Ref. 05/1927 & P. Ref. 95/453 and all subsequent permissions); 2. Rock extraction within a proposed quarry void area of 9.8 hectares with a final extraction depth of c. 53m AOD as permitted by the existing permission P. Ref. 05/1927; 3. Relocation within the site of the existing facilities comprising of workshop (c. 153.6m2), bunded fuel storage area / refuelling area (c. 180m2), clean water storage tank (c. 62m2), cutting saw; and 24 no car parking spaces to facilitate rock extraction; 4. Provision of new hydrocarbon interceptor to service the relocated bunded fuel storage area / refuelling area; 5. Restoration thereafter to a combination of ecological habitat site and permanent waterbody; 6. All associated site works within an overall application area of c. 24.6 hectares. The proposed operational period is for 25 years plus 2 years to complete restoration (total duration sought 27 years). An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and Natura Impact Statement (NIS) have been prepared in respect of this Planning Application,
Application details
Reference
2660652
Site address
Kellymount Quarry, Kellymount and Shankill Townlands, Paulstown Co. Kilkenny
Homes in source field
0 (proposal, not completions)
Reported floor area (m²)
0
Application type
PERMISSION
Latest reported outcome
Awaiting decision
Date received
October 14, 2026
Decision due
December 08, 2026
Authority
Kilkenny County Council

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