Dublin Road, Pollerton Little & Oakpark, Co. Carlow

What’s proposed

for development of a new Sterile Manufacturing Facility at the site of our existing biologics formulation and filling facility at Dublin Road, Pollerton Little and Oakpark, Carlow. The development comprises a total gross floor area of c.7,787sqm, including; (i) a new two-storey production building (c.7,641sqm and maximum height 18m) incorporating production suites, utilities, warehouse, workshops, laboratories, offices and plant rooms; (ii) a single storey MV electrical building (c.146sqm and maximum height 4.5m); (iii) an external utilities yard comprising; covered wasterwater management area, process waste tanks and sumps, process water storage tank, heat pumps, a new generator, an elevated pipe rack, and other miscellaneous pumps, plant and equipment; (iv) 85 no. new car parking spaces, and a new covered bicycle rack; (v) a temporary contractor's construction compound for the duration of the construction works; (vi) all associated permanent site development works, including; roads, paths, yards, underground services, and site landscaping. The extended utilisation of a temporary site access road from the existing roundabout on the R448 regional road; as permitted under Planning Permission Ref. 21/360, is being sought for the duration of the proposed construction works. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) have been prepared and will be submitted to the planning authority with the application