Development at Oldtown and Ballyboughal wastewater treatment plants, the R129
Oldtown and Ballyboughal wastewater treatment plants, the R129 regional road from Oldtown to Ballyboughal, and the county road from Grange junction to Lispopple.
5.6 ha · Granted · permission to Feb 2031 (estimate)
Planning application F26A/0005E to Fingal County Council at Oldtown and Ballyboughal wastewater treatment plants, the R129. Granted by the council on 9 February 2026. The permission normally runs to February 2031 (an estimate: the grant plus five years).
Timeline
- Application lodged
- Council granted
- Permission normally ends (estimate)
The end date is an estimate: the grant plus five years, the normal life of a permission. An extension or a commencement changes it.
Key facts
Proposed development
[name removed] intend to apply for planning permission for development at Oldtown and Ballyboughal wastewater treatment plants, the R129 regional road from Oldtown to Ballyboughal, and the county road from Grange junction to Lispopple. The proposed development is located in the townlands of Oldtown, Wyanstown, Leastown, Westpalstown, Murragh, Grange, Drishoge, Scatternagh and Lispopple. The development will consist of upgrading capacity at Wastewater Treatment facilities at Oldtown and Ballyboughal by reassigning use of the Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTPs) to wastewater pumping/storage facilities and forwarding their combined wastewater loads, via development of new rising mains on the road network, for treatment at Swords WWTP (Discharge license D0024-01). [Detailed description of decommissioning and construction works at both plants, installation of underground pipework on 8.4kms of roadway, and associated site development works.]
Planning status
Permission was granted on 9 Feb 2026. The four-week appeal period has passed with no appeal recorded, so the permission is final. Works can start once a commencement notice is lodged; the permission normally runs to Feb 2031 (estimate).
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Nearby applications
Other applications on the Fingal register close to this address.
- F25A/1198EOldtown 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, GrClosed
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- F26A/0240EMurragh, Oldtown, Co. DublinClosed
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