THE STORAGE AND SEASONING OF BIOMASS LOGS FOLLOWED BY CHIPPING OF THE SEASONED LOGS ON A SITE AREA OF 5.6 HA.

Application details

Planning reference

20288

Council

Offaly County Council

Proposal description

THE STORAGE AND SEASONING OF BIOMASS LOGS FOLLOWED BY CHIPPING OF THE SEASONED LOGS ON A SITE AREA OF 5.6 HA. AND FOR THE FOLLOWING WORKS: (1) EXISTING STRUCTURES COMPRISING (A) WEIGHBRIDGE (120 SQ. M) AND (B) WEIGHBRIDGE CONTROL STATION (40 SQ. M); (2) AN ENTRANCE OFF THE R402 WITH A WALL, RAILINGS AND GATES; (3) PAVED AREAS OF THE SITE INCLUDING INTERNAL ROADWAYS (380 M), YARD AREA (1.1 HA) AND HARDSTANDING AREA (1 ,865 SQ.M); (4) UNPAVED ACCESS TRACKS (1.4 KM LONG); (5) A LINEAR LOG STORAGE AREA 1.8 KM LONG, C.4M WIDE AND UP TO 4.1M HIGH, EQUATING TO 9,400 TONNES OF WET LOGS. PLANNING PERMISSION IS SOUGHT FOR STORAGE OF BIOMASS MATERIAL (10,000 TONNES PER ANNUM) WITHIN THE FACILITY SUBJECT TO RETENTION AND FOR ALTERATIONS TO IMPROVE THE EXISTING ACCESS OFF THE R402 TO INCLUDE ROAD MARKINGS. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL INCLUDE ALL ANCILLARY WORKS

Location / address

CROGHAN BIOMASS FACILITY LOCATED IN THE TOWNLANDS OF, DRUMCAW OR MOUNTLUCAS, CO. OFFALY

Application type

RETENTION

Received / registered

10 Jul 2020