Permission for the retention of the following as built structures: 1) Additional car parking area…

Application details

Planning reference

24/315

Council

Cork County Council

Proposal description

Permission for the retention of the following as built structures: 1) Additional car parking area comprising of 28 no. car parking spaces and a pedestrian entry/exit gate providing access to the existing public footpath; 2) Change of use from Visitor Centre to Distillery (Visitor Centre was conditioned out through condition no. 4, Planning Ref. 19/779); 3) First floor offices and associated staff welfare areas in Distillery building; 4) Distillery stack to the existing Distillery building roof; 5) Distillery spirit bond with a maximum tank height of 12m; 6) Machinery building and associated Electrical Room with extended canopy to side of Machinery building; 7) Grain intake area comprising of 6 no. grain silos and associated gantries; 8) Glan bund 9 with a maximum tank height of 10.76m 9) Glan bund 10 with a maximum tank height of 10.35m and associated gantries; 10) 712cu/m Firefighting water retention tank; 11) Column still and associated gantries; 12) Boiler house and boiler stack; 13) Sump for fire water diversion. Permission is also sought for the construction of the following: 14) New 60 tonne gas tank to replace the existing 30 Tonne gas tank; 15) Grain intake building, approximately 42m2: 16) Two 40-foot containers for water treatment system 17) Two new Combined Heating & Power plant, 18) New Workshop building, approximately 813m2. The proposed development is for modifications to an establishment to which the Major Accidents Directive applies. The proposed development is for the purposes of an activity requiring an Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control License

Location / address

West Cork Distillers Ltd. Fastnet Industrial Estate Marsh Road Marsh, Skibbereen, Co. Cork

Applicant

West Cork Distillers Ltd.

Agent

Matt Williamson

Application type

Permission for Retention

Received / registered

14 Jun 2024

Valid date

27 Jun 2024

Council decision

Conditional Permission

Council decision date

4 Mar 2025

Final grant date

8 Apr 2025

Grid reference

112089.13, 34647.05