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New Application · decision due 17 Nov 2026Pre-decision · not yet granted

Agricultural, Ballycore Townland, Grangecon, Co. Wicklow

Grangecon, Wicklow · Wicklow County Council · Plan 2660852 · PB ref PB-2660410075

1) Proposed New Sand and Gravel Pit Development with associated ancillary facilities within a planning application area of c. 20.1 hectares. 2) Extraction of sand and gravel (dry working) over an area of c. 14.3 hectares with processing and washing of material on site...

Indicative value €1m–3m PB indicative band
Units applied for Not listed public application record
Floor area 1,952 m² published reliable figure
Decision due 17 Nov 2026 public planning date
Commenced None indexed public commencement index
Applied for, not granted

The record describes what is sought. Nothing is permitted until the authority decision.

Application scope

Package signals below are limited to wording in the public application record.

Not procurement evidence

No tender, award, contractor appointment, supplier appointment or procurement timetable is inferred.

Opportunity & supplier intelligence

What is known, and what may happen next

Source-linked

Timing is a planning-stage outlook, not a tender, award, contractor appointment, supplier appointment or guaranteed procurement date.

Likely procurement timing Decision-dependent

The application is pre-decision. The earliest credible supplier window is after the public decision milestone on 17 Nov 2026; no procurement timetable is published.

Decision due 17 Nov 2026 / Confidence: Medium
Decision deadline 17 Nov 2026

Public planning decision due date; the authority may update it.

Open evidence
Commencement activity No linked activity indexed

No commencement indexed / A scheme cannot commence under this application before permission.

Source limited
Drawings availability Drawing availability not indexed

No drawing entry is available in this lead's bounded document evidence.

Source limited

Confirmed application scope

1) Proposed New Sand and Gravel Pit Development with associated ancillary facilities within a planning application area of c. 20.1 hectares. 2) Extraction of sand and gravel (dry working) over an area of c. 14.3 hectares with processing and washing of material on site (mobile plant and closed loop water recycling system with associated silt storage lagoons 1,952.25 m²), and all ancillary works and structures. 3) Site facilities compound consisting of prefabricated welfare facility (canteen/changing room/WC)...

Ref 2660852 Source-linked Official application description for exact planning reference 2660852
Open scope evidence

Public source roles

Breedon Materials Ltd Trading As Breedon Ireland
Applicant / promoter on the public planning record
Application role only; current development or appointment status is not confirmed.

Explicit source signals only

1 package
Site works

Roads and site-development scope

The public application description explicitly references roads and site-development scope.

2660852 Explicit description / Source-linked Source
Confidence & provenance 1 official source
Authority
Wicklow County Council
Exact reference
2660852
Evidence reviewed
25 Sep 2026
Confidence
Source-linked

Facts come from the indexed public planning record and any bounded structured document evidence. No request-time official fetch, tender, award or appointment inference is used.

Application-stage scope

What the public record evidences

2 source-supported signals
Agricultural

Agricultural

The public application record identifies agricultural in the submitted planning scope.

2660852Explicit application record
Site works

Roads and site-development scope

The public application description explicitly references roads and site-development scope.

2660852Explicit description signal

Only source-supported scope signals are shown; generic trade padding is omitted.

Project facts

Named source parties

Promoter
Breedon Materials Ltd Trading As Breedon Ireland
Planning agent
Shane McDermott
Agent address
7 Dundrum Business Park Windy Arbour Dublin 14 D14 N2Y7
Official description

Application text

1) Proposed New Sand and Gravel Pit Development with associated ancillary facilities within a planning application area of c. 20.1 hectares. 2) Extraction of sand and gravel (dry working) over an area of c. 14.3 hectares with processing and washing of material on site (mobile plant and closed loop water recycling system with associated silt storage lagoons 1,952.25 m²), and all ancillary works and structures. 3) Site facilities compound consisting of prefabricated welfare facility (canteen/changing room/WC) c.21m², septic tank/WWTU and percolation area, bunded fuel storage and refuelling pad with hydrocarbon interceptor, weighbridge and prefabricated office/WC c.21m², wheelwash, water supply borehole, perimeter berms, vegetation planting and fencing. 4) Provision of new site access via a splayed entrance priority junction onto the R747 regional road and internal hardcore access road/track between the entrance and the pit working area with relocation of the existing percolation area granted under P. Ref. 14/1370. 5) Revised access arrangements to the existing agricultural farmyard onto the R747 regional road. 6) Provision of surface water management infrastructure to control and treat surface water runoff at the site entrance, internal hardcore access track and site facilities compound area via a series of french drains, silt traps, hydrocarbon interceptors and infiltration soakaway features. 7) Provision for the removal of hedgerows and replacement with stockproof fencing and management of hedgerows on third-party lands to the western side of the R747 to improve forward visibility of traffic travelling north on the R747 road. 8) The proposed extraction operational period is for 15 years plus 2 years to complete restoration (total duration sought 17 years). 9) Restoration of the residual lands to a combination of ecological habitat and agricultural afteruse

Source-aware chronology

Application to site progress

Empty lanes explain their state.
AppealsAn Coimisiún Pleanála
  1. Appeal No appeal possible yet The application has not been decided.
CommencementPublic commencement index
  1. Commenced No commencement indexed A scheme cannot start before it is permitted.
CompletionPublic completion projection
  1. Completed Completion not recorded No privacy-cleared exact completion certificate is linked to this permission. Absence is not evidence that the project is incomplete.
Evidence register

Source, scope and limits

Public planning record
Application description and scale 2660852

1) Proposed New Sand and Gravel Pit Development with associated ancillary facilities within a planning application area of c. 20.1 hectares. 2) Extraction of sand and gravel (dry working) over an area of c. 14.3 hectares with processing and washing of material on site (mobile plant and closed loop water recycling system with associated silt storage lagoons 1,952.25 m²), and all ancillary works and structures. 3) Site facilities compound consisting of prefabricated welfare facility (canteen/changing room/WC) c.21m², septic tank/WWTU and percolation area, bunded fuel storage and refuelling pad with hydrocarbon interceptor, weighbridge and prefabricated office/WC c.21m², wheelwash, water supply borehole, perimeter berms, vegetation planting and fencing. 4) Provision of new site access via a splayed entrance priority junction onto the R747 regional road and internal hardcore access road/track between the entrance and the pit working area with relocation of the existing percolation area granted under P. Ref. 14/1370. 5) Revised access arrangements to the existing agricultural farmyard onto the R747 regional road. 6) Provision of surface water management infrastructure to control and treat surface water runoff at the site entrance, internal hardcore access track and site facilities compound area via a series of french drains, silt traps, hydrocarbon interceptors and infiltration soakaway features. 7) Provision for the removal of hedgerows and replacement with stockproof fencing and management of hedgerows on third-party lands to the western side of the R747 to improve forward visibility of traffic travelling north on the R747 road. 8) The proposed extraction operational period is for 15 years plus 2 years to complete restoration (total duration sought 17 years). 9) Restoration of the residual lands to a combination of ecological habitat and agricultural afteruse

AuthorityWicklow County Council
Reference2660852
StatusChecked 25 Sep 2026
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