Old Ashai Plant, Killala Business Park, Killala
Approved in 2025. No sign of building yet.
- 10 Jul 2023Received
- 27 May 2025Conditional
- 27 Jun 2025Final approval
- 26 Jun 2030Approval runs out
- Status
- Approved
- Decision
- Conditional · 27 May 2025
- Council
- Mayo County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Site
- 7.05 ha
What’s proposed
The Proposed Development will consist of a Hydrogen Plant and an Energy Centre. The Hydrogen Plant, to the south of the site ,will consist of a Double Storey Electrolyser Building of up to 24m height; Fin Fan Coolers of up to 10.5m height; Hydrogen Storage Area of 7m height; Hydrogen Gas Tube Filling Station of up to 9m height, Gas Injection Compound and Gas Above Ground Installation Building of 4m height; Electrical Substation up to 15m height and Ancillary Equipment Building of up to 3m height; Fire Water Tank of up to 14m height; Pump House of up to 5m height; Administration/welfare building and control block building of up to 4m height. The Energy Centre, to the north of the site, will consist of 9no. Gas Engines generating up to 106MW of power, housed in a Gas Engine Building of up to 13.6m height with two stacks of up to 25m height, Distillate fuel tank of up to 11.2m height, Firewater tank of up to 10m height, associated pumps, sludge tank of 2.1m height and Pump house of 5m Height, Electrical Building of 4m Height, Gate House of up to 4m Height, Administration/Welfare building of up to 4m Height. The Proposed Development includes the demolition and removal of the existing Asahi Plant buildings, foundations, as well as decommissioning and removal of the existing overhead, above ground drainage system and underground services. The Proposed Development will also include Resurfacing, Repair and Improvement of Existing Site Entrance and new Internal Access Roads which in turn opens onto the existing entrance road to the Ballina/Killala regional road (R314). The provision for 23 no. car parking spaces, footpaths, street lighting, external lighting, CCTV cameras, signage, security fencing, construction compound, and all other associated site development plant and equipment and other works including, utilities connections, potable water, stormwater, sewage, and foul wastewater drainage infrastructure, within a total overall application boundary of 6.88ha
Planning details
- Reference
- 2360266
- Local authority
- Mayo County Council
- Status
- Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
- Received
- 10 Jul 2023
- Observations close
- 14 Aug 2023 (closed 1148 days ago)
- Decision due
- 27 May 2025 · decided 27 May 2025
- Decision
- Conditional on 27 May 2025
- Proposed development
- The Proposed Development will consist of a Hydrogen Plant and an Energy Centre. The Hydrogen Plant, to the south of the site ,will consist of a Double Storey Electrolyser Building of up to 24m height; Fin Fan Coolers of up to 10.5m height; Hydrogen Storage Area of 7m height; Hydrogen Gas Tube Filling Station of up to 9m height, Gas Injection Compound and Gas Above Ground Installation Building of 4m height; Electrical Substation up to 15m height and Ancillary Equipment Building of up to 3m height; Fire Water Tank of up to 14m height; Pump House of up to 5m height; Administration/welfare building and control block building of up to 4m height. The Energy Centre, to the north of the site, will consist of 9no. Gas Engines generating up to 106MW of power, housed in a Gas Engine Building of up to 13.6m height with two stacks of up to 25m height, Distillate fuel tank of up to 11.2m height, Firewater tank of up to 10m height, associated pumps, sludge tank of 2.1m height and Pump house of 5m Height, Electrical Building of 4m Height, Gate House of up to 4m Height, Administration/Welfare building of up to 4m Height. The Proposed Development includes the demolition and removal of the existing Asahi Plant buildings, foundations, as well as decommissioning and removal of the existing overhead, above ground drainage system and underground services. The Proposed Development will also include Resurfacing, Repair and Improvement of Existing Site Entrance and new Internal Access Roads which in turn opens onto the existing entrance road to the Ballina/Killala regional road (R314). The provision for 23 no. car parking spaces, footpaths, street lighting, external lighting, CCTV cameras, signage, security fencing, construction compound, and all other associated site development plant and equipment and other works including, utilities connections, potable water, stormwater, sewage, and foul wastewater drainage infrastructure, within a total overall application boundary of 6.88haAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 7.05 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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Homes nearby
Zoning
Not zoned in the current plan.
Protections nearby 250 m
No mapped flood area nearby.
- Recorded monument · 7
Where this comes from
National planning feed (NPAD), fetched 30 Sept 2026, 23:22.
Source: npad · fetched 30 Sept 2026, 23:22
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Summary
2360266 is a planning application to Mayo County Council for the Proposed Development will consist of a Hydrogen Plant and an Energy Centre. The, received on 10 Jul 2023; permission was granted with conditions on 27 May 2025.