Agricultural · Co. Cork
Meeshal Tullig Beg Dripsey Co. Cork
Granted 13 Apr 2026
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Key facts
- Planning application 25/5479 at Meeshal Tullig Beg Dripsey Co. Cork: • Retention of previously excavated pit floors and faces within…
- It was received by Cork County Council on 24 Jul 2025.
- Status: Granted 13 Apr 2026.
- Permission to retain the work was granted on 13 Apr 2026. The work is already built, so no site start is expected.
Source: the Cork County Council planning register, checked 2 Jun 2026. Open the council's file
What and where
• Retention of previously excavated pit floors and faces within…
Permission for • Retention of previously excavated pit floors and faces within approximately 1.2 hectares of the existing sand-and-gravel pit, where average excavation depths exceeded the permitted levels by approximately 4-5 metres (within a maximum differential of c. 8 metres in localised areas) below the levels shown on the drawings approved under Plan File ref. No. 08/6662 & ABP Ref. PL 04.232102. These areas have since been infilled using on-site material to return them to the permitted levels and are now to be fully restored to agricultural use, with no further extraction proposed within them; • Retention and continue use of the existing historic site access; • Permission for: Recommencement of extraction within the remaining previously authorised sand and gravel resources over c. 2.4 ha (excluding the retained/restored areas), at a rate of approximately 50,000-60,000 tonnes per annum. Proposed pit floor levels will range between 100-105mOD. Extraction will be carried out on a dry-working basis only, with no requirement for dewatering; Recommencement and continued use of the existing aggregate processing plant and associated closed-circuit water settlement lagoons; Restoration of all worked areas to agricultural use through biodiversity-led measures. All for a period of 10years and within an application area of 6.2 hectres.
- Location
- Co. Cork Map
- Council
- Cork County Council
- Planning reference
- 25/5479
- Application type
- Retention permissionPermission to keep work already carried out.
Numbers and dates
- Project type
- Agricultural
- Received
- 24 Jul 2025
- Granted
- 13 Apr 2026
Timeline
- Application received
- Granted
Site history
This site's history
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Earlier permission 08/6662 for this site: granted 24 Nov 2008.
Extraction of sand and gravel, processing of same by crushing, screening and washing using mobile/semi-mobile processing plant, settlement… Named in this application's description
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Documents and evidence
Check the record
- Council planning fileThe application file 25/5479 on planning.agileapplications.ie: drawings, reports and the decision.Open the council's file
How we know this
From the Cork County Council planning register, checked 2 Jun 2026. We link to the council's own file so you can check the official record before you act.
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