Application description published by Kilkenny County Council.
For a seven year planning permission for a Continental Cheese manufacturing plant. The development will include a part single storey and part two storey production building approximately 14 metres high with intakes, processing plant and equipment, packing, stores, dispatch, offices, laboratories, utilities and personnel facilities; a 10 bay milk intake and cream dispatch building approximately 11 metres high and associated plant and equipment with office, milk testing and personnel facilities; storage silos up to 28 metres high for milk, whey and water; pipe and service bridges, salt silos and brine mixing; sprinkler storage tank and pumphouse; waste water treatment plant comprising balancing, waste water treatment and sludge drying and a truck wash; waste recovery compound and store and a monitoring building. Site development works will include earthworks; security fencing; traffic barriers; a new entrance; internal roads and paved areas; car, truck and bicycle parking; drains and services; connection to existing water main and foul drain in the Park and a treated wastewater outfall pipeline from the on site wastewater treatment plant to the existing Irish Water outfall within the Waterford City Wastewater Treatment Plant at Gorteens; attenuation ponds; fire water retention pond; site lighting; signage and landscaping. The Application also seeks retention of and alterations to the existing construction compound which will be removed on completion of the works. The development consists of an activity for which an Industrial Emissions Licence is required. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application
Application and appeal history
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ABP-306136-19Submitted 13 December 2019 / decided 30 June 2020
Status not recordedCONDITIONAL
Appeal submittedAppeal reference ABP-306136-19
13 December 2019
Appeal decisionCONDITIONAL
30 June 2020
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Decision details
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Application ref
19668
Received
20 September 2019
Decided
14 November 2019
FI requested
No
Authority
Kilkenny County Council
Application type
PERMISSION
Outcome
Conditional grant
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Planning analysis
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