Planning Permission Ireland
GrantedIndustrialDecided 8 April 2021

Killowen, Portlaw, Co Waterford

Major expansion of a composting and anaerobic digestion facility in Portlaw to double its annual capacity.

20761 · Waterford City and County Council · Lodged 23 October 2020

Reference
20761
Authority
Waterford City and County Council
Register status
Decided
Type
PERMISSION
Received
23 October 2020

Summary

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The development at an existing facility includes constructing a feedstock bunker building, a compost maturation building, a digestive storage tank, and widening internal roads. This expansion will double the facility's intake capacity from 40,000 to 80,000 tonnes per annum and requires an Industrial Emissions licence, EIAR, and NIS.

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Development description

Development at existing composting and anaerobic digestion facility. The development will consist of the construction of a feedstock bunker building, a compost maturation building and associated canopy, a digestive storage tank, a wood chip air filter, widening of internal access road to anaerobic digestion facility , extension of paved concrete area to the north, south and east of the facility, the provision of an additional attenuation pond and the relocation and amendment of the digestive storage tank permitted under waterford city and county council reg. Ref. 19/296 to now provide a digester tank. This development will facilitate an increase in the intake of materials at the facility from 40,000 tonnes to 80,000 tonnes per annum. The proposed development includes all ancillary site development and boundary treatment works above and below ground. This application relates to development for the purposes of an activity requiring a licence under the industrial emissions directive. An environmental impact assessment report (eiar) and a natura impact statement (nis) will be submitted to the planning authority with the application.

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  1. Application received23 October 2020
  2. Further information requested15 December 2020
  3. Further information received17 February 2021
  4. Decision due13 April 2021
  5. Decision issued8 April 2021
  6. Grant issued11 May 2021
  7. Permission expiry10 May 2026

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