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Planning application · Fingal County Council

Upgrading capacity at Wastewater Treatment facilities at Oldtown

Oldtown and Ballyboughal wastewater treatment plants, the R129 regional road from Oldtown to Ballyboughal, and the county road from Grange junction to Lispopple., Fingal County Council, Townlands of Oldtown, Wyanstown, Leastown, Westpalstown, Murragh, Gr

F25A/1198E · FingalClosed

5.6 ha · Declared invalid

Planning application F25A/1198E to Fingal County Council: Upgrading capacity at Wastewater Treatment facilities at Oldtown. Declared invalid by the council on 5 January 2026.

Timeline

  1. Application lodged
  2. Declared invalid

Key facts

Reference
F25A/1198E
Planning authority
Fingal County Council
Received
19 Dec 2025
Decided
5 Jan 2026
Status
Closed
Application type
Industrial
Use
Residential
Site area
5.6 ha

Proposed development

Upgrading capacity at Wastewater Treatment facilities at Oldtown and Ballyboughal by reassigning use of the Wastewater Treatment Plants to wastewater pumping/storage facilities and forwarding their combined wastewater loads via development of new rising mains for treatment at Swords WWTP. Works include decommissioning of existing WWTPs, construction of below ground pumping stations with integrated stormwater tanks, chemical dosing units, conversion of oxidation ditches to washwater storage tanks, borehole water extraction chambers, ground affixed solar panels (36m2 each), installation of below ground pipework (90mm to 180mm ID) on 8.4kms of roadway and 300m of land, and creation of compensatory flood storage area at Ballyboughal WWTP.

Planning status

The application was declared invalid by the council. A corrected application may be lodged again.

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