Cappanihane , Bruree , Co. Limerick
- 24 Mar 2025Received
- 14 May 2025Refused
- Status
- Under appeal
- Decision
- Refused · 14 May 2025
- Council
- Limerick City and County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Site
- 5.37 ha
What’s proposed
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. 5,903 sq.m. The development will consist of the following: • Construction of 2 no. primary digesters (with an overall height of c. 9.1m), a pump house (with a gross floor area (GFA) of c. 279.8 sq.m), and 2 no. post digester tanks (with an overall height of c. 9.1m), located in the northeastern section of the site. • Construction of 2 no. prepits (c. 4.8m in height), a pasteurisation buffer tank (c. 4.8m in height), and a pasteurisation unit (with a maximum height of c. 4.2m), located west of the primary digesters, within the northern section of the site. • Construction of a digestate storage tank (c. 11.3 in height) located centrally on site, to the south of the primary and post digester tanks. • Construction of a digestate treatment building and a feedstock reception building (with a height of c. 12m and a GFA of c. 2,797.2 sq.m) with odour abatement system (with a height of c. 11m to odour abatement stack), located in the northwestern section of site. • Construction of combined heat and power (CHP) unit (c. 2.6m in height and c. 5.6m in height to flue, with a GFA of c. 38.53 sq.m), a biogas boiler (c. 2.6m in height and c. 5.6m in height to flue, with a GFA of c. 12.74 sq.m), a backup boiler (c. 2.6m in height), a gas treatment system (c. 4.2m in height), a biomethane compression system (c. 4.2m in height), and a safety flare (c. 11.3m in height), located south of the digestate storage tank, in the south-east section of the site. • Construction of a CO2 liquefactor (with an overall height of c. 10.7m to top of storage vessels), a propane tank compound accommodating 2 no. propane tanks (c. 1.6m in height), and an ESB substation (with a GFA of c. 23.5 sq.m and a height of c. 3.4m), located in the south-eastern section of the site. • Construction of roofed silage clamps (with a GFA of c. 2,424 sq.m and a height of c. 8.7m) and a fuel storage tank (c. 2m in height), located in the western section of the site. • Construction of a two storey office building (with a GFA of c. 327.4 sq.m and a height of c. 11m) within the western section of the site, adjacent to the site entrance. • Alterations to the adjacent local road including a new site entrance and access arrange
2560239 is a planning application to Limerick City and County Council for the construction of an anaerobic digestion facility to produce renewable biomethane, CO2, received on 24 Mar 2025; permission was refused on 14 May 2025.
Planning details
- Reference
- 2560239
- Local authority
- Limerick City and County Council
- Status
- Under appeal · register status “APPEALED”
- Received
- 24 Mar 2025
- Observations close
- 28 Apr 2025 (closed 508 days ago)
- Decision due
- 18 May 2025 · decided 14 May 2025
- Decision
- Refused on 14 May 2025
- Proposed development
- 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. 5,903 sq.m. The development will consist of the following: • Construction of 2 no. primary digesters (with an overall height of c. 9.1m), a pump house (with a gross floor area (GFA) of c. 279.8 sq.m), and 2 no. post digester tanks (with an overall height of c. 9.1m), located in the northeastern section of the site. • Construction of 2 no. prepits (c. 4.8m in height), a pasteurisation buffer tank (c. 4.8m in height), and a pasteurisation unit (with a maximum height of c. 4.2m), located west of the primary digesters, within the northern section of the site. • Construction of a digestate storage tank (c. 11.3 in height) located centrally on site, to the south of the primary and post digester tanks. • Construction of a digestate treatment building and a feedstock reception building (with a height of c. 12m and a GFA of c. 2,797.2 sq.m) with odour abatement system (with a height of c. 11m to odour abatement stack), located in the northwestern section of site. • Construction of combined heat and power (CHP) unit (c. 2.6m in height and c. 5.6m in height to flue, with a GFA of c. 38.53 sq.m), a biogas boiler (c. 2.6m in height and c. 5.6m in height to flue, with a GFA of c. 12.74 sq.m), a backup boiler (c. 2.6m in height), a gas treatment system (c. 4.2m in height), a biomethane compression system (c. 4.2m in height), and a safety flare (c. 11.3m in height), located south of the digestate storage tank, in the south-east section of the site. • Construction of a CO2 liquefactor (with an overall height of c. 10.7m to top of storage vessels), a propane tank compound accommodating 2 no. propane tanks (c. 1.6m in height), and an ESB substation (with a GFA of c. 23.5 sq.m and a height of c. 3.4m), located in the south-eastern section of the site. • Construction of roofed silage clamps (with a GFA of c. 2,424 sq.m and a height of c. 8.7m) and a fuel storage tank (c. 2m in height), located in the western section of the site. • Construction of a two storey office building (with a GFA of c. 327.4 sq.m and a height of c. 11m) within the western section of the site, adjacent to the site entrance. • Alterations to the adjacent local road including a new site entrance and access arrangeAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 5.37 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
The register records appeal ABP-322745-25 (status unknown) but we have not matched the ACP case yet.
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 406803). 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://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560239/0.
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