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Tipperary County Council · 2660031

Ballynilard , Tipperary , Co. Tipperary

  1. 19 Jan 2026Received
  2. 23 Feb 2026Observations closed
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Status
Withdrawn or invalid
Decision
Not yet
Council
Tipperary County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Site
6.75 ha

What’s proposed

RED III application for development which comprises 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 gross floor area of the proposed development (including internal plant areas and ancillary structures) will be c. 3,301 sq.m. The development will consist of the following: • 3 no. digesters (all c. 15.5m in height), 2 no. digestate storage structures (c. 15.5m and c. 12m in height), a liquid feed tank (c. 4m in height) and a pump room and O2 generation structure (with a GFA of c. 27 sq.m. and a height of c. 2.6m), located in the northern section of the site. • 4 no. pasteurisation tanks (each c. 6m in height), a post pasteurisation cooling tank (c. 4m in height) and a pre fertiliser manufacturing tank (c. 4m in height), located to the southeast of the main digesters. • A part single-storey and part two-storey reception hall (with a gross floor area (GFA) of c. 1,964 sq.m. and an overall height of c. 16.5m) to accommodate a laboratory, panel room, tool store, workshop, and storage areas, with a liquid feed intake adjacent to the reception hall, located to the centre of the site. • Two pump house structures, each with a height of c. 2.6m and GFAs of 14 sq.m. and 21 sq.m., will be provided to the west and east of the reception hall building respectively. • A single-storey solid digestate storage and a nutrient recovery building (with a GFA of c. 880 sq.m and an overall height of c. 12.4m) located to the east of the reception hall, in the central portion of the site. • Odour abatement plant (with an overall height of c. 7m) and equipment and a digestate offtake area will be provided to the east of the solid digestate storage and nutrient recovery building. • Construction of an ESB substation (with a GFA of c. 27 sq.m and a height of c. 3.4m), a grid injection unit (with a GFA of c. 22 sq.m and a height of c. 2.8m) (which will be connected to the gas grid by way of an underground connection by Gas Networks Ireland), a GNI / grid offtake skid, and a fire water storage tank (with a height of c. 7.7m) in the southern portion of the site. • Construction of 2 no. CO2 tanks (c. 10.7m in height), a CO2 loading pump (c. 2.6m in height), CO2 auxiliaries (c. 2.6m in height), CO2 liqueufactor (with an overall height of c. 8.2m), a CO2 compressor (with an overall height of c. 5.9m) and a CO2 pre-treatment skid (c. 3.5m in height), located in the we

2660031 is a planning application to Tipperary County Council for rED III application for development which comprises the construction of an anaerobic, received on 19 Jan 2026; the file is recorded as incompleted application.

Planning details

Reference
2660031
Local authority
Tipperary County Council
Status
Withdrawn or invalid · register status “INCOMPLETED APPLICATION
Received
19 Jan 2026
Observations close
23 Feb 2026 (closed 211 days ago)
Decision due
No due date published
Decision
Not decided
Proposed development
RED III application for development which comprises 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 gross floor area of the proposed development (including internal plant areas and ancillary structures) will be c. 3,301 sq.m. The development will consist of the following: • 3 no. digesters (all c. 15.5m in height), 2 no. digestate storage structures (c. 15.5m and c. 12m in height), a liquid feed tank (c. 4m in height) and a pump room and O2 generation structure (with a GFA of c. 27 sq.m. and a height of c. 2.6m), located in the northern section of the site. • 4 no. pasteurisation tanks (each c. 6m in height), a post pasteurisation cooling tank (c. 4m in height) and a pre fertiliser manufacturing tank (c. 4m in height), located to the southeast of the main digesters. • A part single-storey and part two-storey reception hall (with a gross floor area (GFA) of c. 1,964 sq.m. and an overall height of c. 16.5m) to accommodate a laboratory, panel room, tool store, workshop, and storage areas, with a liquid feed intake adjacent to the reception hall, located to the centre of the site. • Two pump house structures, each with a height of c. 2.6m and GFAs of 14 sq.m. and 21 sq.m., will be provided to the west and east of the reception hall building respectively. • A single-storey solid digestate storage and a nutrient recovery building (with a GFA of c. 880 sq.m and an overall height of c. 12.4m) located to the east of the reception hall, in the central portion of the site. • Odour abatement plant (with an overall height of c. 7m) and equipment and a digestate offtake area will be provided to the east of the solid digestate storage and nutrient recovery building. • Construction of an ESB substation (with a GFA of c. 27 sq.m and a height of c. 3.4m), a grid injection unit (with a GFA of c. 22 sq.m and a height of c. 2.8m) (which will be connected to the gas grid by way of an underground connection by Gas Networks Ireland), a GNI / grid offtake skid, and a fire water storage tank (with a height of c. 7.7m) in the southern portion of the site. • Construction of 2 no. CO2 tanks (c. 10.7m in height), a CO2 loading pump (c. 2.6m in height), CO2 auxiliaries (c. 2.6m in height), CO2 liqueufactor (with an overall height of c. 8.2m), a CO2 compressor (with an overall height of c. 5.9m) and a CO2 pre-treatment skid (c. 3.5m in height), located in the we
As published by the register.
Site area
6.75 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

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Commencement

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    Zoning at the site

    No zoning objective covers this site in the current plan.

    Designations within 250 m

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    No other designation nearby.

    Provenance

    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 477258). 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/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660031/0.

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