Deerpark, Mogeely, Co.Cork
- 1 Oct 2025Received
- 5 Nov 2025Observations closed
- Status
- Withdrawn or invalid
- Decision
- Not yet
- Council
- Cork County Council
- Type
- Permission
- Site
- 8.22 ha
What’s proposed
Permission for development of an Anaerobic Digestion Facility (Biogas Renewable Energy Facility) The proposed development will consist of the following: 1) Upgraded vehicular entrance and access road, including a new car park for staff, visitor, and users of the adjacent public riverside walk, 2) 2 no. weighbridges for separate inbound and outbound weighing, 3) site office building with on-site laboratory, canteen, changing facilities and offices. GFA 161.70m2 Ridge height 8.35m, 4) car park area, 5) workshop and spares storage building, GFA 1,000m2 Ridge Height 10m, 6) Machinery and vehicle storage hardstand area, hardstanding areas for vehicle manoeuvring and storage 7) Anaerobic digestion tanks and associated vessels located within a concrete-based bunded area with ramped access, 8) Wet AD technology comprising 1 no. buffer tank, 2 no. primary digester tanks, and 2 no. secondary digester tanks with integrated pump-room, 9) 4 no. digestate storage tanks, 10) 3 no. pasteurization vessels, 11) 2 no. feed reception tanks, 12) Associated effluent and gas pipework with pumps, 13) Feedstock storage clamp building with feeder units, including ABPR changing room (operational only if Type 1 ABPR authorization is granted) and fast closing doors. GFA 6517m2 Ridge Height 12.460m, 14) Emergency Flare with base and security fencing, 15) Containerized Gas CHP unit with concrete base, associated containerized control unit, and containerized heat distribution unit. 16) Containerized biogas upgrading treatment system with associated hard standing, 17) Containerised Biomethane Network Entry Facility (Gas Offtake) provided by Gas Networks Ireland (GNI), with direct connection to the national gas grid, 18) Drying and Pelletizing, Pellet Storage and Nutrient Recovery Building. GFA 3,000m2 Ridge Height 11.5m, 19) Ammonium Sulphate recovered via vacuum evaporation stored in dedicated double-bunded tanks. 20) Electric Transformer and sub-station with associated hardstanding and security fence, 21) Integrated Drainage system with underground interceptor/storage tanks. Effluent from non-process hardstanding areas will be collected separately from process effluent; all contaminated effluent will be recirculated into the process via buffer tanks, 22) Geomembrane-lined rainwater harvesting pond with earth bunding; after mechanical cleaning and UV sterilisation, water will be reused on site as process water. 23) Odour abatement system comprising an ammonium scrubber and a biofilter with associated fans and ducting, 24) Boundary earth bunding, landscaping scheme, and new fencing, 25) internal street lighting columns with security camera provision. and all associated site works. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU)2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34d(b), the provision of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply
25/6068 is a planning application to Cork County Council for permission for development of an Anaerobic Digestion Facility (Biogas Renewable Energy, received on 1 Oct 2025; the file is recorded as invalid - case closed.
Planning details
- Reference
- 25/6068
- Local authority
- Cork County Council
- Status
- Withdrawn or invalid · register status “Invalid - Case Closed”
- Received
- 1 Oct 2025
- Observations close
- 5 Nov 2025 (closed 319 days ago)
- Decision due
- No due date published
- Decision
- Not decided
- Proposed development
- Permission for development of an Anaerobic Digestion Facility (Biogas Renewable Energy Facility) The proposed development will consist of the following: 1) Upgraded vehicular entrance and access road, including a new car park for staff, visitor, and users of the adjacent public riverside walk, 2) 2 no. weighbridges for separate inbound and outbound weighing, 3) site office building with on-site laboratory, canteen, changing facilities and offices. GFA 161.70m2 Ridge height 8.35m, 4) car park area, 5) workshop and spares storage building, GFA 1,000m2 Ridge Height 10m, 6) Machinery and vehicle storage hardstand area, hardstanding areas for vehicle manoeuvring and storage 7) Anaerobic digestion tanks and associated vessels located within a concrete-based bunded area with ramped access, 8) Wet AD technology comprising 1 no. buffer tank, 2 no. primary digester tanks, and 2 no. secondary digester tanks with integrated pump-room, 9) 4 no. digestate storage tanks, 10) 3 no. pasteurization vessels, 11) 2 no. feed reception tanks, 12) Associated effluent and gas pipework with pumps, 13) Feedstock storage clamp building with feeder units, including ABPR changing room (operational only if Type 1 ABPR authorization is granted) and fast closing doors. GFA 6517m2 Ridge Height 12.460m, 14) Emergency Flare with base and security fencing, 15) Containerized Gas CHP unit with concrete base, associated containerized control unit, and containerized heat distribution unit. 16) Containerized biogas upgrading treatment system with associated hard standing, 17) Containerised Biomethane Network Entry Facility (Gas Offtake) provided by Gas Networks Ireland (GNI), with direct connection to the national gas grid, 18) Drying and Pelletizing, Pellet Storage and Nutrient Recovery Building. GFA 3,000m2 Ridge Height 11.5m, 19) Ammonium Sulphate recovered via vacuum evaporation stored in dedicated double-bunded tanks. 20) Electric Transformer and sub-station with associated hardstanding and security fence, 21) Integrated Drainage system with underground interceptor/storage tanks. Effluent from non-process hardstanding areas will be collected separately from process effluent; all contaminated effluent will be recirculated into the process via buffer tanks, 22) Geomembrane-lined rainwater harvesting pond with earth bunding; after mechanical cleaning and UV sterilisation, water will be reused on site as process water. 23) Odour abatement system comprising an ammonium scrubber and a biofilter with associated fans and ducting, 24) Boundary earth bunding, landscaping scheme, and new fencing, 25) internal street lighting columns with security camera provision. and all associated site works. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU)2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34d(b), the provision of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall applyAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 8.22 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
Appeal
Not appealed.
Commencement
No commencement notice matched to this reference.
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 322955). 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=25/6068.
Source: npad · fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
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