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Energy · Co. Galway

Knockshangarry and Knockadikeen, Loughrea, Co. Galway.

Granted 17 Apr 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This application has left our current planning lists, so this page is no longer updated.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 25 Jun 2026. The details below are as they were then. The council's register has the current status.

What and where

For: lateral extension of the existing permitted quarry area

for: lateral extension of the existing permitted quarry area (Plan File Ref. No. 46752) over an area of c.10.2 ha. area to a final floor level of c. 100 mOD; All related ancillary development and associated site works including processing (crushing and screening) and stockpiling of materials; provision of landscaped screening berm and all other related activities; Rehabilitation of the application area to natural habitat after uses following completion of extraction; The proposed development is within an overall application area of c. 24.7 hectares and is for a total period of 25 years. The planning application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report

Location
Loughrea, Co. Galway Map
Planning reference
2560906
Applicant
Vincent Cannon & Company Ltd
Agent
Peter Kinghan

Key facts

Project type
Energy
Received
7 Jul 2025
Granted
17 Apr 2026

Timeline

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

Outlook

What happens next

Permission was granted on 17 Apr 2026 and no site start has been filed yet. The next step is a commencement notice, filed before building work begins; the start date and who will build it are not known yet.

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

Documents and evidence

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  • Council planning fileThe application file 2560906 on eplanning.ie: drawings, reports and the decision.Open the council's file

How we know this

From the Galway County Council planning register, as last seen on 25 Jun 2026. The council's own file is the official record.

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