Site planning risk brief

Construction of an anaerobic digestion plant comprising: 4 no. primary digester tanks (each measuring c. 7.6 m in height); 3 no. secondary digester tanks (each measuring c. 14.5 m in height); 4 no. feed hoppers; 4 no. technical rooms (ranging in size from c. 35 sq m to c. 95 sq m GFA); 2 no. biogas conditioning units; process, storage and buffer tanks (comprising: 1 no. buffer digestate storage tank (c. 7.5 m in height), 1 no. suspension buffer tank (c. 8 m in height), 1 no. process area runoff storage tank (c. 4.5 m in height); 1 no. buffer digestate process tank (c. 4.5 m in height), 1 no. treated digestate liquids recycle storage tank (c. 4.5 m in height); 1 no. roofed liquids feed-mix tank (c. 3 m in height)); these components will be located within a containment bund constructed c. 3 m below ground level. The proposed development will also consist of: feedstock storage (comprising 3 no. storage clamps (c. 1,050 sq m in area each) and 2 no. storage sheds (c. 500 sq m GFA each)); a biomethane upgrading plant (including natural gas compression unit); a biomethane loading facility (comprising 4 no. loading bays with associated gates and safety features measuring c. 490 sq m in area); a biomass boiler with its associated pellet storage silo (c. 12.5 m in height); Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant and associated heat exchanger; a single storey bio-based fertiliser processing and storage unit (c. 3,890 sq m GFA) (including digestate dewatering plant, fertiliser pasteurisation plant and bio-based fertiliser loading facilities); a single storey office building (c. 105 sq m GFA) (including offices, meeting room, control room, laboratory, welfare facilities, storeroom and a first-aid facility); bin storage; 9 no. car parking spaces (including 5 no. standard parking spaces, 2 no. electric vehicle (EV) spaces and 1 no. accessible car parking space); electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure; 10 no. bicycle parking spaces; vehicular, cyclist and pedestrian access / egress and associated circulation routes; 2 no. weighbridges; a vehicle steam wash area; fuel storage tank and associated bund; an emergency flare (c. 7.6 m in height); a process area runoff lagoon; an attenuation pond; an ESB sub-station; boundary treatments [including gates, piers and fencing]; site lighting; all hard and soft landscaping; provision of sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS); and all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and all other associated site excavation

The development will consist of a Phase III mushroom substrate (compost) production facility and will involve the construction of an administration building (296.16 sq. m), storage building (8444.04 sq. m), bunker building (9967.59 sq. m), tunnel building (10628.75 sq. m), woodchip bio-filter, wheelwash, weighbridge, 6 no. water storage tanks, 2 no. fuel storage tanks, well, wastewater treatment system, hardstanding areas, internal access roads, parking facilities, boundary fencing, landscaping, and all ancillary works. An Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be submitted with the planning application. The application relates to development which comprises or is for the purposes of an activity requiring an Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control Licence or a Waste Licence

1) Demolition of the existing loading bay canopy 2) Change of use from maintenance depot to an agri-food sector Research and Development Unit for light indutrial use with ancillary office space 3) Extension of the existing first floor accomodation by 169 sqm. 4) Construction of an external stair to the rear, additional windows to the front and rear elevations with an external perforated printed mesh screen fixed to the front and south gable elevation, canopy over the front entrance door and an array of PV Panels fixed to the roof 5) Landscape works including a waste water treatment plant and car parking with 4 no. electric vehicle chargers

Works within the boundary of the existing Lisheen 110 kV Substation, the proposed works will comprise: replacement and improvement works to an existing electrical transformer bund; construction of two new concrete plinths for associated electrical infrastructure; installation of electrical infrastructure; and underground cable connection from the electrical infrastructure to the existing substation control building. The application is accompanied by a Planning and Environmental Report and Appropriate Assessment Screening Report

Development consisting of Workshop Building (1242m2), Truck Washout Building (64m2), commercial yard area, new boundary fence and entrance gates, an on-site Wastewater Treatment System and associated polishing filter bed percolation area, attenuation tank, bored well & water storage tank, rainwater harvesting tank, emergency storage tank, solar panels to roof of existing building and all associated siteworks - application is accompanied by an NIS

Change of design and subsequent boundary adjustment to granted planning permission Ref: 2460918