Units 14A & 14B, Greenogue Industrial Estate, Rathcoole, Co. Dublin
Amalgamation of two units to create a single hazardous waste processing facility.
SD19A/0234 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 17 July 2019
- Reference
- SD19A/0234
- Authority
- South Dublin County Council
- Register status
- In progress
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 17 July 2019
- Floor area
- 3353 m²
Summary
AI-generatedThe project involves the demolition of an internal wall and office, a change of use to hazardous waste processing, and the construction of a new 1,831 sqm building. It also includes a 1,000 sqm extension to an existing building, new offices, a weighbridge, and treatment plants.
- Storeys
- 2
Generated from the description above by an AI model and may contain mistakes. The council’s description is the authoritative record.
Official record
Development description
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.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To provide for enterprise and employment related uses”
National zoning type: Industrial, enterprise, employment
Objective set by the South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028 (2022–2028). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.
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Timeline
- Application received17 July 2019
- Decision due10 September 2019
- Decision issued10 September 2019
- Appeal submitted4 October 2019
- Appeal decided7 July 2020
- Permission expiry13 April 2020
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