191812
REFUSEDGalway - Galway County Council
Proposed Development
for development of a Biogas Plant on a 10.01 hectare (ha) site located in the townlands of Ballynamantan, Kinincha and Glenbrack. The Biogas plant will utilise anaerobic digestion technology to produce renewable energy and organic fertiliser. The plant will consist of; (i) Two storey office building (509 sq. m floor area) with connection to public sewer; (ii) single store electrical substation building (14.43 sq. m. floor area) and associated bunded transformer; (iii) 13.4m high feedstock reception building (3,806 sq. m floor area) incorporating; airlock lobby, feedstock reception area, processing and mixing areas, pasteurisation vessels and ancillary heating technology, wash down area, feedstock quarantine area, storage areas, workshop area, hygiene facilities, digestate separation area and process wastewater tanks; (iv) bunded tank farm (14,805 sq. m) containing; 2 no. pump house buildings (216 sq. m) and delivery pipework serving feedstock reception building, 8 no. digester vessels (each of c.15m in height and c.5, 120m3 in capacity) and 4 no. storage vessels (each of c.15m in height and c.5,120m3) fitted with gas collection roofs/domes, stairwell towers and gantries, bunded digestate dispatch bays; (v) biogas purification plant on raised concrete apron (vi) Carbon dioxide processing building (10.44m in height, 138 sq. m floor area) containing treatment plant and 4 no. outdoor storage tanks and dispatch area; (vii) Odour control system comprising air scrubber units, carbon adsorption bed and associated stack of up to 23m in height; (viii) energy centre, containing combined heat and power (CHP) plant and 2 no. standby boilers with exhaust stacks (16.4m in height); (ix) Biogas ground flare stack (c. 8m in height) and gas booster station; (x) weighbridge with secure lift barrier and all ancillary development. The development includes for construction of a new entrance to the site from N18/458 with associated signage and an access road (area of 1.734ha) from the new entrance to the Biogas plant. Permission is being sought for 10 years and is a development that is for the purpose of an activity requiring an Industrial Emissions Licence from the EPA. An EIAR and NIS has been prepared and accompanies this planning application. Gross floor space of proposed works: 4163.5 sqm
View the full application file on the council's planning portal →Application Timeline
Application received
21 Nov 2019
Decision due
24 Jan 2020
Decision: REFUSED
2 Dec 2020
Appeal submitted
17 Dec 2020
Application Details
- Location
- Glenbrack ,
- Applicant
- N/A
- Application Type
- PERMISSION
- Planning Authority
- Galway County Council
- Site Area
- 8.5 ha
Timeline
- Registration Date
- 21 November 2019
- Status
- APPEALED
- Decision
- REFUSED
- Decision Date
- 2 December 2020
An Coimisiún Pleanála Appeal
- Appeal Reference
- ABP-308942-20
- Submitted
- 17 December 2020
Location
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