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Infrastructure · Co. Carlow

O'Brien Road, Co. Carlow

Refused 13 Jul 2026

Archived record

This application has left our current planning lists, so this page is no longer updated. We last saw it in the council's register on 12 Aug 2026. The details below are as they were then. The council's register has the current status.

What and where

Portal frame industrial building

the construction of a portal frame industrial building, associated parking, internal access road, new splayed entrance from R441 and all associated site development works

Location
O'brien Road, Co. Carlow Map
Planning reference
2560158
Applicant
Burnside Eurocyl Ltd

Key facts

Project type
Infrastructure
Received
9 Jun 2025
Refused
13 Jul 2026

Timeline

  1. Application received
  2. Further information requested
  3. Refused

Outlook

What happens next

The application was refused on 13 Jul 2026. Work is not expected unless the decision is overturned on appeal or a new application is granted.

Work packages named so far

  • Roads and site development worksNamed in the application description

An outlook from the planning record, not a tender or a confirmed start date.

Documents and evidence

Check the record

  • Council planning fileThe application file 2560158 on eplanning.ie: drawings, reports and the decision.Open the council's file

Reviewed build intelligence

What the documents establish

Government document review

Carlow refused this portal-frame industrial proposal on 13 July 2026 because of the priority-junction access arrangement rather than a roundabout. Commission cases 501869 and 501875 concern the same council reference. The technical details remain submitted proposals, not approved or installed specifications.

4 official documents inspected · Checked 2026-09-05 · Official file index

Single-skin cladding alternatives for a proposed warehouse

Proposed in application · June 2025 planning drawing for Carlow 2560158; council refusal is under appeal

What the evidence says
Drawing J859-PL02-001 labels a proposed floor area of 2,061 square metres. Its wall specification names single-skin Kingspan or Tegral cladding, or similar, on 180 mm galvanised metal purlins, in Merlin Grey. Aluminium gutters and downpipes are to match the cladding.

Why it may matter — interpretation
Interpretation: identifies the proposed envelope package while preserving the alternative-brand wording.

What is not established
No selected cladding profile, thickness, insulation build-up, supplier contract or completed warehouse is established. The steel-frame design is expressly preliminary.

Inspect the evidence

O’Brien Road industrial warehouse: plan, elevations and section · p.1
Kingspan / Tegral · Issued June 2025 (month only) · J859-PL02-001; planning drawing only; received 9 June 2025 · Checked 2026-09-05

Kingspan / Tegral

150 mm reinforced slab proposed

Proposed in application · Preliminary June 2025 warehouse floor specification

What the evidence says
The same drawing proposes a 150 mm 30N20 power-floated concrete floor with A142 mesh, over a radon barrier, 50 mm sand blinding and compacted hardcore in layers no thicker than 225 mm. It calls for joints at six-metre centres in both directions.

Why it may matter — interpretation
Interpretation: provides a concrete slab and sub-base package from an exact planning drawing.

What is not established
No final engineer design, concrete volume, ground assessment, construction order or installed slab was verified.

Inspect the evidence

O’Brien Road industrial warehouse: plan, elevations and section · p.1
A142 mesh · Issued June 2025 (month only) · J859-PL02-001; planning drawing only; received 9 June 2025 · Checked 2026-09-05

A142 mesh

May lighting schedule models 22 VeeLite fittings at 3000 K

Proposed in application · Revision A lighting calculation drawing 26-05-04-01A, submitted with further information

What the evidence says
The 7 May 2026 VeeLite schedule lists 4 Metro streetlights at 134 W, 10 at 68 W and 2 at 36 W, plus 4 Aktra LED floodlights at 120 W and 2 at 40 W. All five rows specify 3000 K and the schedule totals 22 fittings.

Why it may matter — interpretation
Interpretation: identifies a defined exterior-lighting proposal for the access, parking and warehouse areas.

What is not established
These are modelled luminaires, not installed equipment. No approved lighting revision or purchase order is established. Product brochures list broader options, which are not added to the site schedule.

Inspect the evidence

O’Brien Road industrial unit: VeeLite lighting calculation layout · p.1
Total Quantity: 22 · Issued 2026-05-07 · Drawing 26-05-04-01A, Revision A; received 8 May 2026 · Checked 2026-09-05

Total Quantity: 22

Door count needs reconciliation

Drawing and note differ · Internal text-versus-drawing discrepancy on June 2025 sheet J859-PL02-001

What the evidence says
The drawing specification calls for three electrically operated roller shutters, 6 m wide by 5 m high, supplied with three-phase power. The plan and front elevation show four large shutter openings. The candidate therefore leaves the final door quantity unresolved.

Why it may matter — interpretation
Interpretation: flags a concrete discrepancy that matters to door supply and electrical design.

What is not established
A reconciled current door schedule, final opening dimensions and installed motors are not established.

Inspect the evidence

O’Brien Road industrial warehouse: plan, elevations and section · p.1
3no. · Issued June 2025 (month only) · J859-PL02-001; planning drawing only; received 9 June 2025 · Checked 2026-09-05

3no.

Further information corrects R441 to R448

Reference corrected in further information · Further-information response for exact Carlow 2560158

What the evidence says
The 7 May 2026 response explicitly calls the original R441 road reference a typographical error and identifies R448 as the proposed access road. This correction is retained separately from the later council refusal of the proposed access arrangement.

Why it may matter — interpretation
Interpretation: prevents the original description from sending a reader to the wrong access-road reference.

What is not established
The council refused the proposal on 13 July 2026 because of the priority-junction arrangement rather than a roundabout; that refusal is under appeal. No final accepted access design is established.

Inspect the evidence

Carlow 25/60158: response to further information · p.3
typographical error · Issued 2026-05-07 · Response to the 15 August 2025 request; received 8 May 2026 · Checked 2026-09-05

typographical error
Remaining document questions
  • Which later official decision, approved detail or revision changes these source-specific findings?
  • Has a phase-specific official record established the selected equipment or installed specification?

Selected pages of 4 government-published PDFs were visually inspected. Four PDFs support the five candidate facts; selected first pages of two official-file product brochures were also reviewed. A flood report was opened only to identify its scope and is not counted as a technical review. The full council and appeal files remain only partly reviewed. Proposals do not establish procurement or installed work.

How we know this

From the Carlow County Council planning register, as last seen on 12 Aug 2026. The council's own file is the official record. Facts from the planning documents were read from the documents in that file.

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