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Cork County Council · 25/5211

Castlemagner Co Cork

  1. 24 Jun 2025Received
  2. 2 Dec 2025Conditional permission
  3. 16 Jan 2026Final grant
  4. 17 Aug 2026Commenced
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Status
Commenced
Decision
Conditional permission · 2 Dec 2025
Council
Cork County Council
Type
Permission
Site
1.74 ha

What’s proposed

Permission for development which consists of the construction of a new Wastewater Treatment Plant (WwTP) to replace the existing public and private WwTP’s currently servicing the agglomeration. The development will consist of the following: 1) Inlet works, including: 2 no. gravity inlets from the existing public WwTP & the private WwTP, full flow to treatment pumping station, inlets screen. 2) Primary treatment, including: 2 no. primary settlement tanks, 2 no. rotating biological contactors. 3) Secondary treatment, including; 2 no. Humus Tanks. 4) Discharge works, including; final effluent collection chamber, final discharge manhole, final effluent gravity pipeline and headwall along the Lisduggan North Stream. 5) Sludge treatment works, including; primary sludge pumping station, 1 no. sludge holding tank, 3 no. sludge drying reed beds, mixed liquor returns pumping station. 6) 1 no. stormwater storage tank and pumping station. 7) Construction of a new solar farm to provide a source of renewable energy to partly supply the WwTP. 8) 1 no. control and administration building. 9) Ancillary site works, including: upgrade of the existing entrance and access road from the L1042 roadway and construction of paved site roadways including associated parking. Installation of instrumentation, monitoring equipment and controls in accordance with Uisce Éireann’s technical standards. General groundworks, fencing, landscaping, ducting, pipework, manholes/chambers and drainage works including for filter drains, surface water pipeline and a swale. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application

25/5211 is a planning application to Cork County Council for permission for development which consists of the construction of a new Wastewater, received on 24 Jun 2025; permission was granted with conditions on 2 Dec 2025.

Planning details

Reference
25/5211
Local authority
Cork County Council
Status
Commenced · register status “Application Closed”
Received
24 Jun 2025
Observations close
29 Jul 2025 (closed 422 days ago)
Decision due
2 Dec 2025 · decided 2 Dec 2025
Decision
Conditional permission on 2 Dec 2025
Proposed development
Permission for development which consists of the construction of a new Wastewater Treatment Plant (WwTP) to replace the existing public and private WwTP’s currently servicing the agglomeration. The development will consist of the following: 1) Inlet works, including: 2 no. gravity inlets from the existing public WwTP & the private WwTP, full flow to treatment pumping station, inlets screen. 2) Primary treatment, including: 2 no. primary settlement tanks, 2 no. rotating biological contactors. 3) Secondary treatment, including; 2 no. Humus Tanks. 4) Discharge works, including; final effluent collection chamber, final discharge manhole, final effluent gravity pipeline and headwall along the Lisduggan North Stream. 5) Sludge treatment works, including; primary sludge pumping station, 1 no. sludge holding tank, 3 no. sludge drying reed beds, mixed liquor returns pumping station. 6) 1 no. stormwater storage tank and pumping station. 7) Construction of a new solar farm to provide a source of renewable energy to partly supply the WwTP. 8) 1 no. control and administration building. 9) Ancillary site works, including: upgrade of the existing entrance and access road from the L1042 roadway and construction of paved site roadways including associated parking. Installation of instrumentation, monitoring equipment and controls in accordance with Uisce Éireann’s technical standards. General groundworks, fencing, landscaping, ducting, pipework, manholes/chambers and drainage works including for filter drains, surface water pipeline and a swale. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application
As published by the register.
Site area
1.74 ha 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.

Commencement

  • Seven day notice SN0014625CC
    17 Aug 2026Castlemagner WWTP, Castlemagner, Corkmatched by ref_exact

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 315660). 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=25/5211.

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