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Laois County Council · 21375

Knockmay , Portlaoise , Co Laois

  1. 27 May 2021Received
  2. 1 Jul 2021Observations closed
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Status
Withdrawn or invalid
Decision
Not yet
Council
Laois County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Site
28 m²
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What’s proposed

construct 6,108 sqm plastic bottle and aluminium can recycling plant, associated process wastewater treatment plant, car parking, footways, drainage, services, boundary treatment, landscaping together with all ancillary works at lands at Knockmay, Portlaoise, Co. Laois. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) will be submitted to the planning authority with the application. The proposed development is Phase 1 of a €20 Million recycling facility in the J17 National Enterprise Park in Portlaoise for post-consumer plastic drinks bottles and aluminium cans. It involves the construction of a recycling plant with an annual capacity of 35,000 tonnes on a fully serviced 1.62 hectare (ha) site. It will be the first "bottle to bottle" recycling plant in Ireland

21375 is a planning application to Laois County Council for construct 6,108 sqm plastic bottle and aluminium can recycling plant, associated process, received on 27 May 2021; the file is recorded as incompleted application.

Planning details

Reference
21375
Local authority
Laois County Council
Status
Withdrawn or invalid · register status “INCOMPLETED APPLICATION”
Received
27 May 2021
Observations close
1 Jul 2021 (closed 1912 days ago)
Decision due
No due date published
Decision
Not decided
Proposed development
construct 6,108 sqm plastic bottle and aluminium can recycling plant, associated process wastewater treatment plant, car parking, footways, drainage, services, boundary treatment, landscaping together with all ancillary works at lands at Knockmay, Portlaoise, Co. Laois. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) will be submitted to the planning authority with the application. The proposed development is Phase 1 of a €20 Million recycling facility in the J17 National Enterprise Park in Portlaoise for post-consumer plastic drinks bottles and aluminium cans. It involves the construction of a recycling plant with an annual capacity of 35,000 tonnes on a fully serviced 1.62 hectare (ha) site. It will be the first "bottle to bottle" recycling plant in Ireland
As published by the register.
Site area
28 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.

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 394852). 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: http://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/21375/0.

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