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Cork County Council · 18/4725

Corkbeg Whitegate Midleton Co. Cork

  1. 23 Mar 2018Received
  2. 9 Aug 2018Conditional
  3. 14 Sept 2018Final grant
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Status
Granted with conditions
Decision
Conditional · 9 Aug 2018
Council
Cork County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Site
2,451 m²
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What’s proposed

Heavy Atmospheric Gas Oil (HAGO) project located within the Whitegate Oil Refinery. The proposed HAGO development principally comprises a 35m high steel reactor and a 27m high steel vacuum column. It will be provided with steel access platforms and pipework connections to existing facilities. A new remote instrument building that stores the control hardware will also be included. The proposed HAGO development will be placed on a concrete foundation at ground level, with surface water drainage routed to existing facilities. There will be no continuous emissions from the proposed development. The proposed development is for the purposes of an activity which holds an existing Industrial Emissions Licence. The proposed development relates to modifications to an establishment within the meaning of Part 11 (Major Accidents Directive) of Planning and Development Regulations, 2001 as amended

18/4725 is a planning application to Cork County Council for heavy Atmospheric Gas Oil (HAGO) project located within the Whitegate Oil Refinery. The, received on 23 Mar 2018; permission was granted with conditions on 9 Aug 2018.

Planning details

Reference
18/4725
Local authority
Cork County Council
Status
Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received
23 Mar 2018
Observations close
27 Apr 2018 (closed 3072 days ago)
Decision due
13 Aug 2018 · decided 9 Aug 2018
Decision
Conditional on 9 Aug 2018
Proposed development
Heavy Atmospheric Gas Oil (HAGO) project located within the Whitegate Oil Refinery. The proposed HAGO development principally comprises a 35m high steel reactor and a 27m high steel vacuum column. It will be provided with steel access platforms and pipework connections to existing facilities. A new remote instrument building that stores the control hardware will also be included. The proposed HAGO development will be placed on a concrete foundation at ground level, with surface water drainage routed to existing facilities. There will be no continuous emissions from the proposed development. The proposed development is for the purposes of an activity which holds an existing Industrial Emissions Licence. The proposed development relates to modifications to an establishment within the meaning of Part 11 (Major Accidents Directive) of Planning and Development Regulations, 2001 as amended
As published by the register.
Site area
2,451 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant
Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register

Nearby nothing else within 500 m in the last 5 years

No other application within 500 m in the last 5 years.

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Appeal

Not appealed.

Commencement

No commencement notice matched to this reference.

    Zoning at the site

    No zoning objective covers this site in the current plan.

    Designations within 250 m

    No OPW flood extent nearby.

    No other designation nearby.

    Provenance

    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 250132). Deadlines were computed by the store from the received / decided dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000 and are recorded as events, not recomputed here. Council register: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=18/4725.

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