GrantedEnergyDecided 15 February 2023

Curragh, Carnaross, Co. Meath

Development of an anaerobic digestion facility to produce renewable gas and electricity.

221632 · Meath County Council · Lodged 14 December 2022

Reference: 221632
Authority: Meath County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 14 December 2022

Summary

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The applicant is seeking permission for an anaerobic digestion facility on a 4.24-hectare site to process agricultural manures, residues, slurries, and grass silage into biogas and fertiliser. The infrastructure includes digestion tanks, storage buildings, CHP units, and carbon dioxide capture equipment.

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Development description

Planning permission for the development of an anaerobic digestion facility to produce renewable gas and electricity on a site of circa. 4.24 hectares at the townland of curragh, carnaross, co. Meath. The development comprises storage and processing plant to accommodate agricultural manures, residues, slurries and grass silage and its conversion into a methane rich biogas that is a carbon negative alternative to natural gas, and a nutrient rich fertiliser, digestate. Carbon dioxide from the process will also be captured and converted into food grade co2. The proposed supporting infrastructure to be developed includes inter alia, 1 no. Combined primary and secondary digestion tank; 1 no. Enclosed feedstock storage building; 1 no. Enclosed silage clamp, 1 no. Enclosed digestate separation building, (housing 1 no. Screw press separator, 1 no. Centrifugal separator & a digestate pit); 1 no. Digestate treatment building; 1 no. Digestate storage tank; 2 no. Chp units (2 x 500kw), biogas upgrading unit, gas grid entry unit, carbon dioxide capture equipment, gas flare, all other on site processing plant above and below ground, facility office and administration building, weighbridge, roof mounted solar arrays / photovoltaic panels, all associated car & vehicle parking, internal road layouts, all supporting plant, process and storage facilities will be housed on hard surfaced and bunded areas, all other above and below ground services, landscaping, palisade fencing and boundary treatments and a new access road from the r147 with an underground gas pipeline to the gas grid connection in the r147. The facility requires an industrial emissions license from the epa and is accompanied by a natura impact statement (nis) and an environmental impact assessment report (eiar)

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RA - Rural AreaRU

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National zoning type: Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural'

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Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
Curragh, Carnaross, Kells	Oct 2025	€495,000	297 m
Curragh, Carnaross, Kells	May 2025	€310,000	335 m

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Key dates

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Application received14 December 2022
Decision due16 February 2023
Decision issued15 February 2023
Grant issued2 May 2023
Appeal submitted14 March 2023
Permission expiry1 May 2028

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