Dairy farm expansion with new cubicle shed and expanded milking facilities
New application awaiting validation by council
Robert English is proposing to expand dairy farm buildings at Clonkeen near Athlone. The plans include extending a milking parlour with a new storage shed, building an 11-bay cubicle shed for cattle, and installing underground slurry storage tanks. He's also seeking to retain permission for roofing that's already been done on open cubicles beside an existing slatted shed.
Full description from the council file
the following agricultural developments (1) Agricultural storage shed extension onto the front of existing milking parlour, incorporating the covering of an existing open yard to the side of the milking parlour, resulting in the raising of and re-roofing of the existing milking parlour roof (2) construction of an 11 bay cubicle shed with 3 internal underground slurry storage tanks including the extension of 3no. existing underground slurry storage tanks and construction of a dedicated surface water collection soakaway for roof run-off, and all associated site works. Retention Permission to for the roofing and enclosing of the open cubicles adjoining both sides of a slatted shed
Details
Source: Westmeath County Council planning portal.
Full file, drawings, observations and decision documents are on
the council's own ePlan site —
view application 2660226 on the council portal →.
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