Corracunna, Coolnanave Garrane Mitchelstown Co. Cork

What’s proposed

The application site comprises an area of c. 5.61hectares. The site is primarily located in the townland of Corracunna and is surrounded by agricultural lands to the North and East, with the N73 national route to the south, and the L90813 local road to the west. The site takes in lands at Coolnanave and Garrane, on the western side of the L90813, to the west and north west of the main site area, to provide woodland planting and an underground drainage pipe and outfall. The proposed development comprises the construction of an anaerobic digestion facility to produce renewable biomethane, CO2 (which will be captured) and a bio-based fertiliser from organic material. The total proposed gross floor area of the development (including internal plant areas and ancillary structures) will be c. 3,419.5 sq.m. Permission for the; (1) Demolition of existing single storey disused agricultural buildings, silos, and tank within the western portion of the site (total demolition gross floor area (GFA) of c. 1,781 sq.m). One single storey agricultural building (with GFA of c. 87.8 sq.m and height of c. 5.1m) will be stabilised and retained as a biodiversity building. (2) Construction of 3 no. digesters (c.15.6m in height), 2 no. digestates storage structures (c. 15.5m and 11m in height), 2 no. liquid storage tanks (c.12.2m in height) and a liquid feed tank (c. 8m in height), located in the southeast portion of the site. (3) 3 no. pasteurisation tanks (each c. 6m in height), a post-pasteurisation cooling tank (c.12.2m in height) and pre fertiliser manufacturing tank (c.12.2m in height), located in the centre of the site. (4) part single-storey and part two-storey reception hall (with a GFA of c. 2,112.6 sq.m and an overall height of c. 15.5m) to accommodate a laboratory, panel room, tool store, workshop, and storage areas, with a liquid feed intake adjacent to the reception hall, located in the central portion of the site, to the north of the digesters. (5) a single-storey solid digestate storage and nutrient recovery building (with a GFA of c. 879.9 sq.m and a overall height of c.12.4 in height) will be located to the west of the reception hall, in the central portion of the site. (6) Odour abatement plant (with a maximum height of c. 6m in height) and equipment, a digestate offtake area, and a fuel tank (c. 1.6 in height) will be provided to the north of the solid digestate storage and nutrient recovery building. (7) Construction of an ESB substation (c. 3.4m in height) 2 no. CO2 tanks and a CO2 loading pump (c. 14.5m in height), along with associated plant structures including CO2 auxiliaries, CO2 liqueufactor, a CO2 compressor and a CO2 pre-treatment skid (with an overall height of c. 6.7m), located in the southwest portion of the site. (8) Construction of a biogas treatment skid, a biogas compression system, a biogas upgrading module (with an overall height of c. 5.1m) and a grid injection unit within a fenced compound (c. 2.8m in height), located within the southwestern portion of the site. (9) Construction of an emergency biogas flare (c. 11.3m in height) 2 no. propane tanks (c. 1.3m in height) and a grid off take skid, located further to the west of the site. (10) Construction of O2 generation unit (c. 2.6m in height), a biomethane boiler (c. 5.6m to top of flue stack), a combined heat and power (CHP) unit and panel room (with a maximum height of c. 6m to top of flue), 2 no. pump houses (c. 2.6m in height, each with a GFA of c. 29sq.m) located in the southwestern portion of the site, south of biogas upgrading structures. (11) Construction of a two-storey ancillary office and administration building (with an overall height of c. 8.6m and GFA of c. 271.5 sq.m), located within the western portion of the site, adjacent to the main site entrance. (12) A discharge pipe route extending to the northwest of the main anaerobic digestion facility site, crossing the L90813 and through agricultural lands to the River Funshion. (13) Alterations to the