RefusedEnergyDecided 25 January 2021

BALLYDUFF, TULLAMORE, CO. OFFALY

Development of a renewable biogas facility on a 2.1-hectare site in Tullamore.

20321 · Offaly County Council · Lodged 23 July 2020

Reference: 20321
Authority: Offaly County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 23 July 2020

Summary

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The proposed plant will produce renewable energy and organic fertiliser. It includes digester tanks, a feedstock reception hall, a grid injection unit, and silage clamps. The project requires an Industrial Emissions Licence and an Environmental Impact Assessment.

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Official record

Development description

A renewable biogas facility on a 2.1379 hectare site to produce renewble energy and organic fertiliser. The plant will include: (i) new site entrance, internal road, yards, circulation areas and parking; (ii) grid injection unit; (iii) feedstock reception hall; (iv) boiler and plant room; (v) weighbridge cabin and laboratory; (vi) weighbridge; (vii) 2 no. Primary digester tanks; (viii) 1 no. Secondary digester tank; (ix) 2 no. Liquid digestate storage tanks; (x) 1 no. Water storage tank; (xi) 2 no. Manure reception tanks; (xii) 1 no. Buffer tank; (xiii) flare; (xiv) pump room; (xv) tank bund wall; (xvi) solid digestate store; (xvii) pasteurisation unit; (xviii) gas entry unit and gas upgrade unit; (xix) 3 no. Lpg tanks; (xx) 3 no. Covered silage clamps; (xxi) wheel-wash; (xxii) landscaping and perimeter fencing; (xxiii) signage; and (xxiv) all associaed site works. Permission is being sought under section 41 of the planning and development act 2000 (as amended) for 10 years and the application is in respect of a development that is for the purpose of an activity requiring an industrial emissions licence from the environmental protection agency. An environmental impact assessment report (eiar) will accompany the planning application

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Business/Technology ParkSI

“This zoning facilitates opportunities for technology based industry and advanced manufacturing, compatible office space and research and development based employment within high quality, highly accessible, campus style settings.”

National zoning type: Industrial, enterprise, employment

Objective set by the Offaly County Development Plan 2021-2027 (2021–2027). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
Muinagh, Ballyduff, Tullamroe	Apr 2025	€300,000	498 m

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Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) and the Residential Property Price Register, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Records are matched to this application by location and may not be exhaustive; always confirm against the official source before relying on them.

Key dates

Timeline

Application received23 July 2020
Further information requested16 September 2020
Further information received24 November 2020
Decision due27 January 2021
Decision issued25 January 2021
Appeal submitted19 February 2021
Appeal decided17 February 2022
Permission expiry16 February 2027

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