Eli Lilly pharmaceutical complex, at Ballythomas East, Ballythomas West, Horsehill More North, Ballyvrin Lower, Dunderrow Kinsale, Co. Cork

What’s proposed

The development consists of a 10 year planning permission for development consisting of an extension to and modifications to a permitted pharmaceutical manufacturing building IE2B, the development will consist of a) a three-storey extension (gross floor area approx. 1,520sq.m. and approx. 27.5m high to parapet) with intermediate access platforms, at the western side of building IE2B, with external ground-mounted plant and equipment, roof stacks, roof-mounted plant and equipment and acoustic screening; b) associated external revisions to the permitted IE2B building including elevational modifications and revisions to roof plan, roof stacks, plant and equipment; c) provision of additional storage vessels (3 No.) in existing bunded bulk solvent storage tank farm to the east of the IE2 building; d) provision of additional bunded waste vessels (2 No.) beside the existing bunded waste solvent tank farm to south of IE4 building; e) provision of additional tanks on southern side of IE2B building (6 No. bunded tanks and 2 No. underground tanks); f) an extension to an on-site berm (permitted under Pl. Reg. Ref. 16/6558) at the south east of the overall complex; g) revisions to internal access road layout on the western side of the proposed extension; h) revisions to the permitted surface water drainage layout and attenuation systems for IE2B and proposed extension to comprise of new underground attenuation tank; and i) all ancillary site works including modifications to underground services, pipe bridges, lighting, hard surfaced areas and all ground works. The development is for the purposes of an activity which requires an Industrial Emissions (IE) License under Part V of the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 (as amended by the Protection of the Environment Act 2003). The current IE Licence (P0009-04) attached to the site will be reviewed for the purposes of the proposed development .The site comprises of an establishment to which the Chemicals Act (Control of Major Accident Hazards Involving Dangerous Substances) Regulations 2015 (S.I.209 of 2015) applies. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the planning application