For a seven year planning permission for a Continental Cheese manufacturing plant.

Application details

Planning reference

19668

Council

Kilkenny County Council

Proposal description

For a seven year planning permission for a Continental Cheese manufacturing plant. The development will include a part single storey and part two storey production building approximately 14 metres high with intakes, processing plant and equipment, packing, stores, dispatch, offices, laboratories, utilities and personnel facilities; a 10 bay milk intake and cream dispatch building approximately 11 metres high and associated plant and equipment with office, milk testing and personnel facilities; storage silos up to 28 metres high for milk, whey and water; pipe and service bridges, salt silos and brine mixing; sprinkler storage tank and pumphouse; waste water treatment plant comprising balancing, waste water treatment and sludge drying and a truck wash; waste recovery compound and store and a monitoring building. Site development works will include earthworks; security fencing; traffic barriers; a new entrance; internal roads and paved areas; car, truck and bicycle parking; drains and services; connection to existing water main and foul drain in the Park and a treated wastewater outfall pipeline from the on site wastewater treatment plant to the existing Irish Water outfall within the Waterford City Wastewater Treatment Plant at Gorteens; attenuation ponds; fire water retention pond; site lighting; signage and landscaping. The Application also seeks retention of and alterations to the existing construction compound which will be removed on completion of the works. The development consists of an activity for which an Industrial Emissions Licence is required. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application

Location / address

IDA Ireland , Belview Science and Technology Park , Gorteens Slieverue

Application type

PERMISSION

Received / registered

20 Sept 2019

Council decision

CONDITIONAL

Council decision date

14 Nov 2019

Appeal lodged

13 Dec 2019

Appeal decision date

30 Jun 2020

Planning and construction timeline

Key dated milestones from planning, appeal and official building-control records.

1. Application received

   20 Sept 2019

2. Decision: CONDITIONAL

   14 Nov 2019

3. Appeal lodged

   13 Dec 2019

4. Appeal decided

   30 Jun 2020

5. Works commenced

   3 Jun 2022Official NBCO/BCMS data

6. Completion certificate validated (1 unit)

   7 Mar 2024Official NBCO/BCMS data