Permission for development which consists of the construction of a new Wastewater Treatment Plant (WwTP) to replace the…

Application details

Planning reference

25/5211

Council

Cork County Council

Proposal description

Permission for development which consists of the construction of a new Wastewater Treatment Plant (WwTP) to replace the existing public and private WwTP’s currently servicing the agglomeration. The development will consist of the following: 1) Inlet works, including: 2 no. gravity inlets from the existing public WwTP & the private WwTP, full flow to treatment pumping station, inlets screen. 2) Primary treatment, including: 2 no. primary settlement tanks, 2 no. rotating biological contactors. 3) Secondary treatment, including; 2 no. Humus Tanks. 4) Discharge works, including; final effluent collection chamber, final discharge manhole, final effluent gravity pipeline and headwall along the Lisduggan North Stream. 5) Sludge treatment works, including; primary sludge pumping station, 1 no. sludge holding tank, 3 no. sludge drying reed beds, mixed liquor returns pumping station. 6) 1 no. stormwater storage tank and pumping station. 7) Construction of a new solar farm to provide a source of renewable energy to partly supply the WwTP. 8) 1 no. control and administration building. 9) Ancillary site works, including: upgrade of the existing entrance and access road from the L1042 roadway and construction of paved site roadways including associated parking. Installation of instrumentation, monitoring equipment and controls in accordance with Uisce Éireann’s technical standards. General groundworks, fencing, landscaping, ducting, pipework, manholes/chambers and drainage works including for filter drains, surface water pipeline and a swale. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application.

Location / address

Castlemagner Co Cork

Agent

TOBIN

Application type

Permission

Received / registered

24 Jun 2025

Valid date

4 Jul 2025

Council decision

Conditional Permission

Council decision date

2 Dec 2025

Final grant date

16 Jan 2026

Grid reference

143534.02, 101552.62