Former Lisheen Mine Site , Killoran Moyne , Thurles Co. Tipperary
CONDITIONALPlanning application 2460936
Tipperary - Tipperary County Council
Proposed Development
construction of an anaerobic digestion plant comprising: 4 no. primary digester tanks (each measuring c. 7.6 m in height); 3 no. secondary digester tanks (each measuring c. 14.5 m in height); 4 no. feed hoppers; 4 no. technical rooms (ranging in size from c. 35 sq m to c. 95 sq m GFA); 2 no. biogas conditioning units; process, storage and buffer tanks (comprising: 1 no. buffer digestate storage tank (c. 7.5 m in height), 1 no. suspension buffer tank (c. 8 m in height), 1 no. process area runoff storage tank (c. 4.5 m in height); 1 no. buffer digestate process tank (c. 4.5 m in height), 1 no. treated digestate liquids recycle storage tank (c. 4.5 m in height); 1 no. roofed liquids feed-mix tank (c. 3 m in height)); these components will be located within a containment bund constructed c. 3 m below ground level. The proposed development will also consist of: feedstock storage (comprising 3 no. storage clamps (c. 1,050 sq m in area each) and 2 no. storage sheds (c. 500 sq m GFA each)); a biomethane upgrading plant (including natural gas compression unit); a biomethane loading facility (comprising 4 no. loading bays with associated gates and safety features measuring c. 490 sq m in area); a biomass boiler with its associated pellet storage silo (c. 12.5 m in height); Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant and associated heat exchanger; a single storey bio-based fertiliser processing and storage unit (c. 3,890 sq m GFA) (including digestate dewatering plant, fertiliser pasteurisation plant and bio-based fertiliser loading facilities); a single storey office building (c. 105 sq m GFA) (including offices, meeting room, control room, laboratory, welfare facilities, storeroom and a first-aid facility); bin storage; 9 no. car parking spaces (including 5 no. standard parking spaces, 2 no. electric vehicle (EV) spaces and 1 no. accessible car parking space); electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure; 10 no. bicycle parking spaces; vehicular, cyclist and pedestrian access / egress and associated circulation routes; 2 no. weighbridges; a vehicle steam wash area; fuel storage tank and associated bund; an emergency flare (c. 7.6 m in height); a process area runoff lagoon; an attenuation pond; an ESB sub-station; boundary treatments [including gates, piers and fencing]; site lighting; all hard and soft landscaping; provision of sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS); and all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and all other associated site excavation
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Application received
2 Nov 2024
Further information requested
3 Jan 2025
Further information received
14 Mar 2025
Decision: CONDITIONAL
6 May 2025
Decision due
8 May 2025
Appeal submitted
29 May 2025
Appeal decided: CONDITIONAL
5 Dec 2025
Application Details
- Location
- Former Lisheen Mine Site , Killoran Moyne , Thurles Co. Tipperary
- Applicant
- N/A
- Application Type
- PERMISSION
- Planning Authority
- Tipperary County Council
- Site Area
- 5.501 ha
Timeline
- Registration Date
- 2 November 2024
- Status
- APPLICATION FINALISED
- Decision
- CONDITIONAL
- Decision Date
- 6 May 2025
- Permission Expires
- 4 December 2030
An Coimisiún Pleanála Appeal
- Appeal Reference
- ABP-322641-25
- Decision
- CONDITIONAL
- Submitted
- 29 May 2025
- Decided
- 5 December 2025
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