Site planning risk brief

Replacement of existing 60m3 external dry goods storage silo, with 120m3 external dry goods storage silo, with external maintenance access stairway. This development is within a site to which the Major Accident Directive applies. No alteration to the existing Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) license is required.

Alterations and extension to the ground floor of a production building to include enclosure of previously open ground floor of the production welfare building to provide cover/shelter for a new automatic drum/IBC filling unit and conveyor system, erection of new canopy and all associated siteworks. This development is within a site to which the Major Accident Directive applies. No alteration to the existing Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) License is required.

Construction of a renewable bioenergy plant to generate up to 4MW of electricity from 90,000 tonnes of non-hazardous biodegradable waste per annum utilising anaerobic digestion (AD) technology on a 2.01 hectares site. The proposed plant will comprise the following elements: (1) Demolition of the existing decommissioned waste water treatment plant and associated ancillary buildings and the existing utility building located on the east side of the site (c.1425sqm footprint); (2) Main processing building (c.4500sqm floor area up to 14.5m high) incorporating feedstock reception and processing areas, digestate treatment areas, dewatering and storage areas, quarantine areas and the odour control system (c. 12m high, 773sqm floor area) and 25m high stack; (3) Service yard area including 2no. weighbridges, weighbridge office (c.435m high and 17sqm floor area), 2no. car parking spaces, bunded vehicle refuelling area (c.56sqm floor area) with diesel storage tank (2500 litres), workshop (c. 7m high and c. 70sqm floor area), and 1no. wheel wash; (4) Tank farm (c.2900sqm footprint) encompassing 4no. digester tanks (up to 25.5m max. height, c. 5000 metres cubed), 4no. grit removal buffer tanks (up to 24m max. height, c. 630 metres cubed), 2no. post-digestion buffer tanks (up to 24m max. height, c. 630 metres cubed) and 2no. pasteurisation tanks (up to 19m max. height, c. 217metres cubed), 2no. post pasteurisation and sludge storage tanks (up to 24m max. height, c. 630 metres cubed), 1no. process water tank (up to 25.5m max. height, c. 1280 metres cubed), 1no. concentrate tank (up to 10m max. height, c. 240 metres cubed), 4no. chemical storage tanks (up to 5m max. height, c. 48.1 metres cubed), total 20no. tanks in the tank farm, to include a stairwell tower (up to 25m max. height), gantry walkways, 3m high bund wall, 2no. bund access stairs, and 6no. tank emergency access ladders; (5) 2no. enclosed Combined Heat and Power (CHP) 2MW engines (c. 3.6m high and c.66sqm floor area each), 28m high CHP stack, c.14m high gas storage dome (1800 metres cubed) with 4no. lightning rod electrodes (c.18m high), 8.2m high biogas flare stack, gas treatment equipment enclosed in a c.1.8m high container (c.31sqm floor area) containing a gas booster and dryer and a c.2.5m high container (c.79sqm floor area) containing a boiler, 10m high boiler stack, 3no. bunded electrical transformers (c.5m high with 1m high bund wall and c.117sqm floor area), c.3.0m high substation (c.70sqm flo

The development will consist of permission to amend Condition No. 23 of Cork County Council Planning Register No. 25/05034 to allow construction to extend by one additional hour in the evenings, Monday to Friday, and by one additional hour in both the morning and afternoon on Saturdays. Site development and building works shall only be carried out between the hours of 08:00 to 19:00 Mondays to Fridays inclusive, between 08:00 to 14:00 on Saturdays and not at all on Sundays and Public Holidays. Deviation from these times shall only be allowed in exceptional circumstances where prior written approval has been received from the Planning Authority. Reason: In order to safeguard the amenities of adjoining landuses. The application relates to development which comprises or is for the purpose of an activity requiring an Industrial Emissions Directive Licence issued by the Environmental Protection Agency, Reg. No. P1018-01.

Permission for the proposed development will consist of the completion of the Renewable Biogas Plant as permitted by extant planning permission ref. 15/4926, extended by ref 20/5549 and amended by ref 23/5586. All demolition, site clearance, earthworks and formation for foundations will be complete under the current permission. The proposed plant will generate renewable biogas from 90,000 tonnes of non-hazardous biodegradable waste (‘Brown bin’ domestic and commercial waste) per annum utilising anaerobic digestion (AD) technology. It is proposed to upgrade the biogas to biomethane and inject it into the adjacent gas grid to replace fossil fuel derived natural gas. Other products from the process include digestate (a nutrient rich biofertilizer) as well as biogenic (natural) carbon dioxide. The proposed development will consist of the construction of: 1) main process building (c.3,762m2 gross floor area (GFA), max 14.5m high) incorporating feedstock reception and processing area, digestate treatment areas, dewatering and storage areas, quarantine areas, an odour control system and associated 25m high stack with signage on the south elevation. 2)Tank farm (c. 3,183m3 footprint, 4m high bund wall) encompassing a total of 6 tanks including four digestor tanks (20.15m max. height, c.3,400m3 capacity) a digestate storage tank (20.15m max. height, c.3,400m3 capacity), a suspension buffer tank ( 10.5m max.height, c.700m3 capacity (, an containerised desulphurisation plant and associated 2 tanks (14m max height, c120m3 capacity), 2 no. enclosed pump rooms (room no.1 -53.58m2 GFA and room no.2 – 23.69m2 GFA), and enclosed feedstock pump room (53.58m2 GFA and 3.6m high), 3 sediment settlement tanks (c.5.84(L), c.2.23m (W) & c.3.78(H) on a raised platform at 6m above ground level, stairwells, pumps, gantry walkways, 2 bund access stairs and tank emergency access ladders; 3) A biogas upgrade plant and gas entry unit; 1 no. containerised Combined Heat and Power (CHP) 1.5MW unit with an associated 28m high stack, a carbon dioxide liquefaction plant, a biogas holder (10.56 max. height, c.2,000m3) with 4 no. c.13.12m high lightning rods, a 9.26m gas flare, a containerised boiler with 10m stack, a transformer station, a propane storage tank, an emergency generator, 2 no. weighbridges, weighbridge office (c.17.2m2 GFA and 4.55m high), a fire water tank (c.1,000m3 and 14.12m high), a bunded vehicle refuelling area with a fuel storage tank (2.5m3) and a wheel wash, 4) Administration building (c.393.25m2 GFA) and a workshop (c.70m2 GFA), 5) 31 car parking spaces (including 2 electric vehicle charging points and a universal parking space), 2 motorcycle parking spaces and a covered bicycle rack; 6) Boundary treatment including 2.4m high perimeter fencing (mix of mesh wire fencing and acoustic fencing), access gates on the south western and north eastern boundaries; and 7) all ancillary site development works and services including landscaping, lighting, 2 no. directional signs, service yard area and internal circulation routes, pipe bridge, footpath and all site drainage works. The application relates to development which comprises or is for the purpose of an activity requiring an Industrial Emissions Directive Licence issued by the Environmental Protection Agency, reg. no. P1018-01. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) have been prepared and will be submitted to the planning authority with the application.

Permission for an amendment to the permission granted under ref.15/4926 as extended by ref 20/5549 for renewable bioenergy plant. The amendment consists of: 1) omission of one permitted combined heat and power (CHP) enclosure to reduce the CHP capacity from 4MW to 1MW, 2) replacement of the CHP capacity by installation of a biogas upgrade unit to generate renewable gas from biogas, 3) installation of a gas grid entry unit to facilitate the export of renewable gas to the national gas grid, 4) installation of a carbon capture and storage unit to take the carbon dioxide stream from the biogas with associated tank and filling area to facilitate off-site export for use in industry, 5) amendments to the permitted tank farm to; a) reduce the number of tanks from the permitted 16 process tanks to 9 process tanks. All tanks will remain within the max permitted capacity and height. b) reduce the footprint of the tank farm and increase the bund wall height by 1.3m, 6)ancillary development works include installation of pipe runs, reorganisation of permitted car parking layout, relocation of a weighbridge, relocation of permitted boiler and stack and biogas holder, all to facilitate the proposed amendments. The proposed development is wholly within the permitted site boundary and relates to changes confined to the east of the site covering an area of approximately 0.7ha. The application relates to development which comprises or is for the purpose of an activity requiring an industrial emissions directive licence issued by the environmental protection agency reg no. P1018-01.