Ruanes Mallow Co Cork

What’s proposed

Retention permission for a change of use from permitted use of a "storage shed" to a 'waste transfer facility' to accept up to 4,500 tonnes per annum at the Food Surplus Management (FSM) facility and permission for a modest increase in tonnages received at the (FSM) facility from 4,500 tonnes per annum to 6,000 tonnes per annum. The waste transfer facility currently collects up to 4,500 tonnes/annum of: former foodstuffs and catering waste of animal origin (animal by-product (ABP)) collected in wheelie bins (with some bulk i.e. pallets and pallet boxes) by FSM fleet and subject to the current DAFM Licence IRL EC C3-0015. This material is bulked for recovery by way of anaerobic digestion (AD) off-site and former foodstuff of non-animal origin (non-ABP), collected in wheelie bins (with some bulk i.e. pallets and pallet boxes) by FSM fleet. This material includes materials such as fruit, vegetables, bread and confectionary. This produce is bulked onsite and sent for AD recovery (off-site). On-site facilities and equipment include: warehouse (815m2), floor scales, transfer machinery, hopper and screw feed, pumps, internal drainage system and associated tanks, floor scrubber, pallet boxes/bins, power washer, x3 rigid curtain sided vehicles, x1 larger articulated tractor unit & trailer, outbound bulk trailer, x1 forklift, x1 shunter vehicle. The permission for a modest increase to 6,000 tonnes/annum would include the same foodstuffs as described above

23/5657 is a planning application to Cork County Council for retention permission for a change of use from permitted use of a "storage shed" to a, received on 14 Aug 2023; the file is recorded as withdrawn.

Planning details

Reference: 23/5657
Local authority: Cork County Council
Status: Withdrawn or invalid · register status “WITHDRAWN”
Received: 14 Aug 2023
Observations close: 18 Sept 2023 (closed 1097 days ago)
Decision due: 24 Apr 2024
Decision: Not decided
Proposed development: Retention permission for a change of use from permitted use of a "storage shed" to a 'waste transfer facility' to accept up to 4,500 tonnes per annum at the Food Surplus Management (FSM) facility and permission for a modest increase in tonnages received at the (FSM) facility from 4,500 tonnes per annum to 6,000 tonnes per annum. The waste transfer facility currently collects up to 4,500 tonnes/annum of: former foodstuffs and catering waste of animal origin (animal by-product (ABP)) collected in wheelie bins (with some bulk i.e. pallets and pallet boxes) by FSM fleet and subject to the current DAFM Licence IRL EC C3-0015. This material is bulked for recovery by way of anaerobic digestion (AD) off-site and former foodstuff of non-animal origin (non-ABP), collected in wheelie bins (with some bulk i.e. pallets and pallet boxes) by FSM fleet. This material includes materials such as fruit, vegetables, bread and confectionary. This produce is bulked onsite and sent for AD recovery (off-site). On-site facilities and equipment include: warehouse (815m2), floor scales, transfer machinery, hopper and screw feed, pumps, internal drainage system and associated tanks, floor scrubber, pallet boxes/bins, power washer, x3 rigid curtain sided vehicles, x1 larger articulated tractor unit & trailer, outbound bulk trailer, x1 forklift, x1 shunter vehicle. The permission for a modest increase to 6,000 tonnes/annum would include the same foodstuffs as described above
As published by the register.
Site area: 7,558 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant: Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register

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Appeal

Not appealed.

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Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 303520). 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=23/5657.

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Ruanes Mallow Co Cork

What’s proposed

Planning details

Nearby 4 applications within 500 m in the last 5 years

Appeal

Commencement

Zoning at the site

Designations within 250 m

Provenance

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