GrantedDecided 10 October 2022Limerick County Council

Ballycummin, The IDA Business & Technology Park, Raheen Co. Limerick

Planning application 22190
DecisionConditional grant
Decided10 October 2022
Application typePERMISSION
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Application description published by Limerick County Council.
10-year permission for development of a Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Campus with an overall floor area of 47,384 sqm. Construction of a 4-storey Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing building approx. 18,534 sqm and 33 metres high with roof-mounted plant/equipment & solar panels. A 2-storey canteen, laboratory and administration building. A 2-storey Warehouse building. A single storey Central Utilities Plant (CUP) building including 5no. Boiler stacks. A 2-storey freezer building. A single storey maintenance building. Single storey pedestrian link with roof-mounted pipe rack. Provision of car parking spaces approx. 199, accessible car parking/motorcycle spaces, EV vehicle charging, dedicated car-pooling spaces/cycle parking. Visitor car park comprising 12no. car parking spaces. Single-storey Security building. Single storey Visitor Centre building. Single storey bicycle/shower facility building. A 38kv Substation compound consisting of single storey substation building. Step-down transformers and single storey Electrical Switchroom building enclosed by security fencing and a new vehicular entrance from Roches Avenue. Firewater and Supply Water pumphouse. Minor off-site underground works include extension of foul sewer to connect to the foul water system. Single storey Waste building. Site infrastructure includes bunded tank farm, pipe-bridges, sprinkler/water tanks, surface water harvest tanks, docks/yard areas, items of plant and equipment, electrical generators, gas-reducing station, underground pumping facilities and internal roads/paths, fencing and site lighting. The development includes use of existing permanent vehicular entrance to the site off existing roundabout on Ballycummin Avenue. Proposed Landscaping, replacement of perimeter security fencing/gates. An extensive ground mounted solar array sized 27,000 sqm located to the rear and east of the site. Signage at ground level and on the building façade. The works include Temporary Contractor Compounds and carparking during construction. All Associated Site Works. Surface water management for the site consists of attenuation swales/ponds, rainwater harvest cisterns to achieve 100% recharging within the site. This application consists of a development for an activity for which a licence under Part IV of the EPA Act 1992 (as amended by the Protection of the Environment Act, 2003) is required. A Natura Impact Statement and an Environmental Impact Assessment Report accompanies this planning application

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