BALLYKILLEEN , EDENDERRY , CO. OFFALY
- 10 May 2021Received
- 25 Mar 2022Conditional
- 5 May 2022Final grant
- 31 Dec 2030Permission expires
- Status
- Granted with conditions
- Decision
- Conditional · 25 Mar 2022
- Council
- Offaly County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Site
- 32.29 ha
What’s proposed
DEVELOPMENT AT EDENDERRY POWER PLANT. EDENDERRY POWER LIMITED CURRENTLY HAS PLANNING PERMISSION TO OPERATE EDENDERRY POWER PLANT AS A PEAT AND BIOMASS CO-FIRED POWER PLANT UNDER GRANT OF PLANNING PERMISSION (OFFALY COUNTY COUNCIL REGISTER REFERENCE - PL2/15/129, AN BORD PLEANÁLA REGISTER REFERENCE - PL 19.245295). THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF THE CONTINUED OPERATION OF EDENDERRY POWER PLANT FROM THE BEGINNING OF 2024 TO THE END OF 2030 EXCLUSIVELY USING SUSTAINABLE BIOMASS FUEL. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES TO INCREASE THE VOLUME OF BIOMASS CONSUMED AT THE FACILITY FROM A CURRENT MAXIMUM OF 300,000 TO 530,000 TONNES PER ANNUM. IT IS PROPOSED TO UTILISE THE EXISTING PERMITTED ELECTRICITY GENERATION STATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE, INCLUDING FUEL HANDLING SYSTEMS, UTILITIES, PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND ANCILLARY STRUCTURES AS PART OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. THERE WILL BE NO CHANGE TO EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE PRESENT ON-SITE. SITE ACCESS AND EGRESS WILL USE THE EXISTING PERMITTED SITE ENTRANCES TO THE R401 PUBLIC ROAD. THERE WILL BE NO CHANGE TO THE PERMITTED BOUNDARY OF THE FACILITY. EDENDERRY POWER PLANT IS LICENCED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY UNDER AN INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS (IE) LICENCE [REF. P0482-04]. ACTIVITIES AT THE FACILITY AND ASSOCIATED ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND EMISSIONS WILL CONTINUE TO BE REGULATED AND CONTROLLED BY THE EPA. THE PLANNING APPLICATION IS ACCOMPANIED BY AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT (EIAR). THE PLANNING APPLICATION IS ALSO ACCOMPANIED BY A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS)
21291 is a planning application to Offaly County Council for dEVELOPMENT AT EDENDERRY POWER PLANT. EDENDERRY POWER LIMITED CURRENTLY HAS PLANNING, received on 10 May 2021; permission was granted with conditions on 25 Mar 2022.
Planning details
- Reference
- 21291
- Local authority
- Offaly County Council
- Status
- Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
- Received
- 10 May 2021
- Observations close
- 14 Jun 2021 (closed 1925 days ago)
- Decision due
- 28 Mar 2022 · decided 25 Mar 2022
- Decision
- Conditional on 25 Mar 2022
- Proposed development
- DEVELOPMENT AT EDENDERRY POWER PLANT. EDENDERRY POWER LIMITED CURRENTLY HAS PLANNING PERMISSION TO OPERATE EDENDERRY POWER PLANT AS A PEAT AND BIOMASS CO-FIRED POWER PLANT UNDER GRANT OF PLANNING PERMISSION (OFFALY COUNTY COUNCIL REGISTER REFERENCE - PL2/15/129, AN BORD PLEANÁLA REGISTER REFERENCE - PL 19.245295). THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF THE CONTINUED OPERATION OF EDENDERRY POWER PLANT FROM THE BEGINNING OF 2024 TO THE END OF 2030 EXCLUSIVELY USING SUSTAINABLE BIOMASS FUEL. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES TO INCREASE THE VOLUME OF BIOMASS CONSUMED AT THE FACILITY FROM A CURRENT MAXIMUM OF 300,000 TO 530,000 TONNES PER ANNUM. IT IS PROPOSED TO UTILISE THE EXISTING PERMITTED ELECTRICITY GENERATION STATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE, INCLUDING FUEL HANDLING SYSTEMS, UTILITIES, PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND ANCILLARY STRUCTURES AS PART OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. THERE WILL BE NO CHANGE TO EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE PRESENT ON-SITE. SITE ACCESS AND EGRESS WILL USE THE EXISTING PERMITTED SITE ENTRANCES TO THE R401 PUBLIC ROAD. THERE WILL BE NO CHANGE TO THE PERMITTED BOUNDARY OF THE FACILITY. EDENDERRY POWER PLANT IS LICENCED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY UNDER AN INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS (IE) LICENCE [REF. P0482-04]. ACTIVITIES AT THE FACILITY AND ASSOCIATED ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND EMISSIONS WILL CONTINUE TO BE REGULATED AND CONTROLLED BY THE EPA. THE PLANNING APPLICATION IS ACCOMPANIED BY AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT (EIAR). THE PLANNING APPLICATION IS ALSO ACCOMPANIED BY A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS)As published by the register.
- Site area
- 32.29 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
- Applicant
- Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register
Nearby 8 applications within 500 m in the last 5 years
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- GrantedWithin the Townlands of Ballykilleen , Ballinowlart North and Kilcumber , Co. Offaly
- WithdrawnTownlands of Ballykilleen , Ballinowlart North and Kilcumber , Co. Offaly
- GrantedCoolelan Kiltaghan North Kiltaghan South Clonmoyle West Ummeras More Mountrice Mullaghroe Upper Mullaghroe Lower Coolatogher Coolsickin or Quinsborough and Coolnafearagh. , Co. Kildare
- GrantedBallykilleen (Edenderry Rural Electoral Division) Kilcumber Cloncant Ballydermot Clonmel Clonbrown Clonroosk Little Clonroosk Big Coolygagan Clonbrock Upper Kilcloncorkry Kilnantoge Lower Kilnantoge Upper and Shean. , Co. Offaly
- GrantedBALLYKILLEEN SHEAN KILCUMBER AND BALLINOWLART NORTH , CO. OFFALY
- WithdrawnTHE TOWNLANDS OF BALLYKILLEEN SHEAN , KILCUMBER AND BALLINOWLART NORTH , CO. OFFALY
- GrantedBALLINOWLART NORTH BALLYKILLEN KILCUMBER CLONCANT AND CUSHALING , EDENDERRY , CO. OFFALY
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 447560). 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/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/21291/0.
Source: npad · fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
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