Planning application · Co. Meath
Curragha Water Treatment Plant, Knavinstown, Curragha, County Meath.
Further information requested 11 Jun 2026
Key facts
- Planning application 2660428 at Curragha Water Treatment Plant, Knavinstown, Curragha, County Meath.: Operational life of 30 years.
- The applicant is Uisce Éireann. The agent is Eimear O'Brien.
- It was received by Meath County Council on 17 Apr 2026.
- Status: Further information requested 11 Jun 2026.
- The council asked for further information on 11 Jun 2026. It decides after the applicant replies.
Source: the Meath County Council planning register, checked 18 Oct 2026. Open the council's file
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What and where
Operational life of 30 years
the development will consists of: • A 10-year planning permission for an operational life of 30 years. • Construction of a new building (9.5m x 8.5m) replacing the existing building which would be demolished (6m x 4.2m). This new building will have 3 separate compartments: chemical dosing, MCC and filtration room. In the Chemical dosing room, a 1200l chemical dosing tank will be installed in bund with within the room.2No. dosing pumps will be installed in a dosing cabinet, within the chemical dosing room. The filtration system will consist of 4 pressure filters to be installed, with its associated pipework, 2 pumps, 2 blowers and a compressor; • 2No. new pre oxidisation contact tanks (12.73m³ each) will be installed in the existing building, which is currently the filter building. The existing 2No, pressure filters in the building will be replaced by the new proposed contact tanks; • A new backwash holding tank (15.9m³) will be installed onsite to replace the existing tank but will be on a different location within the site; • The filtration process produce residual water (dirty wash water) in the process of backwashing. This water will undergo treatment (settlement and separation) before being discharged into the environment. 1 No. Equalisation precast tank (23m³), 1No. Settlement tanks (7m³) and 1 No. Sludge tank (4.75m³) will be installed within the site layout; • Demolition of existing welfare and building (To be replaced by new filter building) and holding tank on site; • Increasing boreholes output from 35m³/hr to 49m³/hr; and • Installation of new underground pipework from the boreholes onsite to the new filter building and to the residual treatment tanks. New pipework to be connected to the existing mains pipework. • Construction of hammerhead road to allow for vehicle turning for delivery trucks, improvement of site entrance, all associated ancillary works and any required landscaping
Description as published by the council. Its text starts part-way through a sentence.
- Location
- Curragha, Co. Meath Map
- Council
- Meath County Council
- Planning reference
- 2660428
- Application type
- Permission
- Applicant
- Uisce Éireann
- Agent
- Eimear O'Brien
Numbers and dates
- Received
- 17 Apr 2026
Timeline
- Application received
- Further information requested
Outlook
What happens next
Work packages named so far
Documents and evidence
Check the record
- Council planning fileThe application file 2660428 on eplanning.ie: drawings, reports and the decision.Open the council's file
How we know this
From the Meath County Council planning register, checked 18 Oct 2026. We link to the council's own file so you can check the official record before you act.
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