Planning Permission Ireland
GrantedIndustrialDecided 23 October 2020

Dromore West, Cootehill, Co Cavan

Replacement of the existing water treatment plant with a new facility at the Abbott Ireland site.

20300 · Monaghan County Council · Lodged 29 July 2020

Reference
20300
Authority
Monaghan County Council
Register status
Decided
Type
PERMISSION
Received
29 July 2020

Summary

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The project involves replacing the existing water treatment plant with a new facility on a 2,140 sqm concrete slab. It includes a single-storey block building of 514 sqm, external tanks, filtration equipment, staff welfare facilities, and a lab.

Industrialindustrialwater treatment
Storey
1
Floor area
514 m²

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Official record

Development description

Permission for development to consist of proposed replacement of the existing water treatment plant (wtp) with a new wtp all within the existing abbott ireland cootehill facility. The proposed works will comprise (a) installation upon a concrete slab (2,140m²) of a proposed wtp building and associated tanks and equipment, to be located in a grass area between the existing main facility and the car park, to the south-east of the existing wastewater treatment plant (wwtp) (b) construction of a 514m² gross floor area one-storey cavity block building with a building height of 6m, partially clad with insulated steel composite cladding panels, aluminium framed double-glazed windows, steel framed insulated steel doors, and a 4mx3.5 steel roller shutter door (c) installation within the concrete slab of a number of tanks and equipment external to the wtp building (d) installation within the proposed wtp building of filtration equipment, staff welfare facilities, and a lab (e) new internal site waterpipe connecting proposed wtp to the main facility, and a temporary connection to the wwtp discharge lines to facilitate testing of the proposed plant during commissioning phase (f) installation of a new firewater ring main around the north of the existing facility building (g) a temporary construction compound to the north of the existing carpark, and other associated site works. The abbott cootehill site operates in compliance with a licence issued under part iv of the environmental protection agency act 1992 (as amended by the protection of the environment act, 2003). An appropriate assessment screening report accompanies this application and will be available for inspection or purchase at the office of the planning authority.

Key dates

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  1. Application received29 July 2020
  2. Further information requested11 September 2020
  3. Further information received5 October 2020
  4. Decision due1 November 2020
  5. Decision issued23 October 2020
  6. Grant issued22 March 2021
  7. Appeal submitted19 November 2020

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