Virginia RFC granted permission to develop clubhouse

Virginia RFC have received planning approval from Cavan County Council for an upgrade of the club's facilities.

The east Cavan club, founded in 1977, has strong competitive underage and senior teams that compete in the Ulster provincial club structure.

The club was granted permission to demolish the existing clubroom building and remove the temporary changing room. The approval covers the construction of a new two-storey changing facilities and clubrooms.

The planners' decision covers the decommissioning of the existing septic tank and the installation of waste water treatment system and a percolation area. The plans are for the removal of existing temporary storage container and the provision of additional car parking on site and all ancillary site development works.

The application was made last May with the local authority planning department coming to its decision this week. The permission was approved subject to 13 conditions.

An application previously approved by the local authority was appealed to An Bord Pleanála by a group of residents.