Planning precedent report

A new waste handling building (561sqm and 12m high); Use of an existing building (159 sqm and 7.5m high) granted retention under SD22A/0100 for waste handling; elevational treatment including signage to the northern facade of the existing building granted retention under SD22A/0100; continued use of the existing building (427 sqm and 8.2m high) granted permission under SD06A/1097 and all ancillary site works. The development will comprise an activity requiring a review of the existing waste facility permit (WFP-DS-11-0002-06). The proposed development includes an increase in the total maximum annual waste intake to 20,000 tonnes. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report has been submitted with this application.

Retention of existing building (159.25) currently not in use. Proposed use is intended as a recycling facility and this will be subject to a separate application.

Retention permission at site 514, Greenogue Industrial Park Rathcoole, Co Dublin for the First Floor Ancillary Offices measuring 216m2. All other development details remain as per granted planning permission Reg. Ref SD05A/0281

The installation of Solar PV Panels to be mounted on the rooftop of an existing warehouse building and all associated ancillary infrastructure. PV Panels will not extend above parapet line.

Construction of a double height (8.5m high) industrial warehouse building for plant machinery maintenance and storage purposes; associated ancillary two storey office and staff welfare accommodation (c.501sqm Total GFA); 9 car parking spaces, 3 bicycle parking spaces and all associated site ancillary development works and drainage connections.

Amalgamation of Units 14A and 14B to create a single waste processing facility as follows: (1) demolition of a 60m long by 6m high internal wall, single storey site office and store and the removal of 3 portacabin offices; (2) change of use from timber recycling to hazardous waste processing and construction of a new hazardous waste processing Building A (1,831sq.m) with a 14.58 ridge height all at Unit 14A; (3) processing of hazardous waste within existing waste processing Building B and the construction of an extension (1,000sq.m) with a 14.60m ridge height to Building B; new two storey offices (288sq.m) with a 8.5m ridge height; new weighbridge and weighbridge office (40sq.m) and alterations to existing site layout to provide 25 car parking spaces, 4 truck parking spaces and 24 bicycle stands all at Unit 14B; (4) new internal circulation road and the relocation of existing weighbridge; new weighbridge; alterations to the surface water drainage systems; (5) installation of an aqueous waste treatment plant in the new waste processing Building A; (6) installation of a sewage sludge treatment plant in the extended waste processing Building B and associated odour control unit (32sq.m) with 18m high stack; (7) installation of a waste oil recovery plant in the extended waste processing Building B and associated natural gas boiler house and stores (102sq.m) with 16m high stack; (8) installation of a waste oil re-refining plant and storage tanks in the extended processing Building B and associated de-asphalting and fractionating columns (60sq.m total floor area) both with 16m high stacks and all ancillary and associated works; the proposed development entails a phased transition, hazardous waste and non-hazardous waste will be accepted and processed simultaneously at the waste facility and the total quantum of waste accepted will not exceed 95,000 tonnes per annum as permitted at the existing licenced waste facility; the proposed development will require a review of the Industrial Emissions Licence granted by the Environmental Protection Agency; an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) is submitted with the application.