Whitegate Refinery Corkbeg Whitegate Midleton, Co. Cork

What’s proposed

The construction of an extension to an existing containment basin and all ancillary development works at their existing oil refinery facility. Ancillary site works to include a temporary stockpile, gabion wall along the northern boundary of the proposed catchbasin slope and pipe rack for an existing pipeline. Access to the proposed development will be via the existing entrances to the refinery facility from the R630. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. The proposed development is for modifications to an establishment to which the Major Accident Directive applies. The proposed development is for the purposes of an activity requiring an Integrated pollution control licence [Industrial emissions Directive (IED) Licence]

20/4572 is a planning application to Cork County Council for the construction of an extension to an existing containment basin and all ancillary, received on 19 Mar 2020; permission was granted with conditions on 1 Feb 2021.

Planning details

Reference: 20/4572
Local authority: Cork County Council
Status: Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 19 Mar 2020
Observations close: 23 Apr 2020 (closed 2340 days ago)
Decision due: 1 Feb 2021 · decided 1 Feb 2021
Decision: Conditional on 1 Feb 2021
Proposed development: The construction of an extension to an existing containment basin and all ancillary development works at their existing oil refinery facility. Ancillary site works to include a temporary stockpile, gabion wall along the northern boundary of the proposed catchbasin slope and pipe rack for an existing pipeline. Access to the proposed development will be via the existing entrances to the refinery facility from the R630. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. The proposed development is for modifications to an establishment to which the Major Accident Directive applies. The proposed development is for the purposes of an activity requiring an Integrated pollution control licence [Industrial emissions Directive (IED) Licence]
As published by the register.
Site area: 3.68 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant: Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register

Nearby 1 application within 500 m in the last 5 years

GrantedWhitegate Refinery Corkbeg Whitegate Midleton, Co. Corka containment basin, pipework with associated pipe platforms · received 20 May 2022 · decided 20 Jan 2023 · 6 m away

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Appeal

Not appealed.

Commencement

No commencement notice matched to this reference.

Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 321778). 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=20/4572.

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What’s proposed

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Commencement

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Provenance

Whitegate Refinery Corkbeg Whitegate Midleton, Co. Cork

What’s proposed

Planning details

Nearby 1 application within 500 m in the last 5 years

Appeal

Commencement

Zoning at the site

Designations within 250 m

Provenance

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