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Lands situated adjacent to and south of Rockfield Downs east of Demesne Park taking in the former Armagh Integrated College site fronting the Keady Road, Armagh

Granted Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon LA08/2024/1098/DC Discharge of Condition

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Discharge of condition 3 of LA08/2022/0892/RM which reads: The construction of the development approved herein shall not commence until a hard and soft landscape and open space management and maintenance plan has been submitted to and approved by the Council. The plan shall set out the period of the plan, long term objectives, management responsibilities, performance measures and maintenance schedules of all areas of landscaping and open space. It should also set out details of the arrangements that will be put in place for the future management and maintenance in perpetuity of these areas, including details of the legal agreement, between the prospective residents and Management Company, which are to be put in place as per policy OS 2 of PPS The landscape and open space management plan shall be carried out as approved. Reason: To ensure successful establishment and ongoing management and maintenance (in perpetuity) of the open space and amenity areas in the interests of visual and residential amenity.

As published by the council, reference LA08/2024/1098/DC

Application record

Reference
LA08/2024/1098/DC
Type
Discharge of Condition
Status
Determined
Decision
Granted As published: Condition Partially Discharged
Received
23 Sep 2024
Validated
3 Oct 2024
Decided
31 Oct 2024
Ward
Demesne

Site history

Applications at this address on the Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon register

This site has had 3 applications since 2024: 3 approved, 0 refused.

  • LA08/2024/1189/DC Granted

    Lands situated adjacent to and south of Rockfield Downs east of Demesne Park taking in the former Armagh Integrated College site fronting the Keady Road, Armagh.

    Proposed Discharge of condition number 10 of LA08/2022/0892/RM Condition 10 states: No development activity, including ground preparation or vegetation clearance, shall take place until a Badger Mitigation Plan (BMP) has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Council. The approved BMP shall be implemented in accordance with the approved details and all works on site shall conform to the approved BMP, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Council. The BMP shall include the following: a) Details of updated surveys for badgers. b) Provision of 25m buffers from all development activity to all retained badger setts or alternate mitigation. c) Details of appropriate fencing to protect badgers and their setts. Reason: To protect badgers and their setts.

    Decided 3 Jan 2025 Conditions
  • LA08/2024/1178/DC Granted

    Lands situated adjacent to and south of Rockfield Downs east of Demesne Park taking in the former Armagh Integrated College site fronting the Keady Road, Armagh.

    Proposed Discharge of condition number No 8 of LA08/2022/0892/RM Condition 8 states: No site works of any nature or development shall take place until a programme of archaeological work has been implemented, in accordance with a written scheme and programme prepared by a qualified archaeologist, to be submitted to and agreed in writing by the Council. The programme shall provide for the identification and evaluation of archaeological remains within the site, for mitigation of the impacts of development, through excavation recording or by preservation of remains, and for preparation of an archaeological report. Reason: To ensure that archaeological remains within the application site are properly identified, and protected or appropriately recorded.

    Decided 7 Jan 2025 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 23 Sep 2024

    Received by Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon

  2. 3 Oct 2024

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 31 Oct 2024

    Decision issued: Condition Partially Discharged

  4. 25 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

7 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon granted permission on 31 October 2024, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About condition discharge and variation applications

This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.

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  • Lands situated adjacent to and south of Rockfield Downs east of Demesne Park taking in the former Armagh Integrated College site fronting the Keady Road, Armagh.

    LA08/2024/1189/DC Submitted 9 Oct 2024 50 yards away

    Proposed Discharge of condition number 10 of LA08/2022/0892/RM Condition 10 states: No development activity, including ground preparation or vegetation clearance, shall take place until a Badger Mitigation Plan (BMP) has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Council. The approved BMP shall be implemented in accordance with the approved details and all works on site shall conform to the approved BMP, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Council. The BMP shall include the following: a) Details of updated surveys for badgers. b) Provision of 25m buffers from all development activity to all retained badger setts or alternate mitigation. c) Details of appropriate fencing to protect badgers and their setts. Reason: To protect badgers and their setts.

    Granted Conditions 3 docs

  • Lands situated adjacent to and south of Rockfield Downs east of Demesne Park taking in the former Armagh Integrated College site fronting the Keady Road, Armagh.

    LA08/2024/1178/DC Submitted 7 Oct 2024 50 yards away

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    Granted Conditions 8 docs

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