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Lands South Of Desertcreat Road East Of A29 Dungannon Road And North West Of Downs Road Desertcreat Cookstown Northern Ireland Fire And Rescue Service Learning And Development Centre 120 Dungannon Road Cookstown

Granted Mid Ulster LA09/2020/1612/F Full

Works: Extension

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

Proposal

A new "Learning and development centre" for Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) for the training of NIFRS employees which comprises: A main learning and development centre building 2 storey, accommodating training classrooms and administrative and welfare facilities. Several training buildings and structures; a Training Warehouse (a multi-storey and multi-purpose training building) a call-out village ( domestic fire rescue training ) houses a Flood water facility (for simulated water rescue training) a Drill Tower (for ladder training) an Agricultural Barn (for farm and animal rescue training) and two small ancillary buildings ( a breathing apparatus servicing facility, and an extension to the support building for the existing fire-fighter training fire house) A number of training areas and props , an area for flood water pump training, a small network of roadways simulating short stretches of A and B roads , dual carriageway and motorway ( for road traffic collision training) a driver training area (for low speed vehicle manoeuvring and skid control training) , a search and rescue training area (with simulated underground and collapsed structure training scenarios) and prop structure for training in industrial and chemical scenarios 9utilising only simulations of hazardous materials) Site development infrastructure works, site landscaping enhancements and all ancillary development.

As published by the council, reference LA09/2020/1612/F

Application record

Reference
LA09/2020/1612/F
Type
Full
Status
Permission Granted
Decision
Granted As published: Permission Granted
Received
14 Dec 2020
Validated
16 Dec 2020
Decided
9 Jun 2021
Ward
STEWARTSTOWN
Parish
Torrent
Decision by
Recommendation

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 14 Dec 2020

    Received by Mid Ulster

  2. 16 Dec 2020

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 9 Jun 2021

    Decision issued: Permission Granted

  4. 16 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

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Kennedy FitzGerald Architects Agent, an architecture practice registered in Belfast

Active · incorporated 2008 · Belfast

2 applications on PlanIndex · across 2 councils

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Documents

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131 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Mid Ulster granted permission on 9 June 2021, 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.

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