Cooleeny Derryfadda Derryville and Killoran, Moyne, Thurles

a state-of-the-art healthcare waste treatment and recycling facility and a waste transfer station. The development will include the construction of 3 no. buildings; Building 1 (total gross floor area of circa (ca.) 2,242m2 and ca. 9m tall), Building 2 (total gross floor area of ca. 229m2 and ca. 6m tall) and Building 3 (total gross floor area of ca. 68m2 and ca. 4m tall) along with associated ancillary development including rooftop solar photovoltaic panels, 1no. battery energy storage system (total gross floor area of ca. 34m2 x 2m tall) and inverter, onsite tank with bunding, vehicle parking, rainwater harvesting tank, surface water retention ponds, firewater retention pond, firewater storage pillow tank, an on-site wastewater treatment system and associated polishing filter bed percolation area, dedicated container storage yard for the temporary storage of container units, signage, landscaping, perimeter security fencing and all ancillary works. The total development area will be ca. 3.75 hectares(ha). The development will intake ca. 10,000 tonnes per annum of healthcare waste for treatment and recycling and an additional ca. 15,000 tonnes per annum of hazardous waste will be accepted, temporarily stored, handled and consolidated onsite for onward transfer - an EIAR has been submitted with the application

proposed state-of-the-art waste treatment unit and recycling facility and waste transfer station - the proposed development will disinfect and recycle healthcare waste, in addition, the other hazardous waste will be consolidated onsite for export

construction of an anaerobic digestion plant comprising: 4 no. primary digester tanks (each measuring c. 7.6 m in height); 3 no. secondary digester tanks (each measuring c. 14.5 m in height); 4 no. feed hoppers; 4 no. technical rooms (ranging in size from c. 35 sq m to c. 95 sq m GFA); 2 no. biogas conditioning units; process, storage and buffer tanks (comprising: 1 no. buffer digestate storage tank (c. 7.5 m in height), 1 no. suspension buffer tank (c. 8 m in height), 1 no. process area runoff storage tank (c. 4.5 m in height); 1 no. buffer digestate process tank (c. 4.5 m in height), 1 no. treated digestate liquids recycle storage tank (c. 4.5 m in height); 1 no. roofed liquids feed-mix tank (c. 3 m in height)); these components will be located within a containment bund constructed c. 3 m below ground level. The proposed development will also consist of: feedstock storage (comprising 3 no. storage clamps (c. 1,050 sq m in area each) and 2 no. storage sheds (c. 500 sq m GFA each)); a biomethane upgrading plant (including natural gas compression unit); a biomethane loading facility (comprising 4 no. loading bays with associated gates and safety features measuring c. 490 sq m in area); a biomass boiler with its associated pellet storage silo (c. 12.5 m in height); Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant and associated heat exchanger; a single storey bio-based fertiliser processing and storage unit (c. 3,890 sq m GFA) (including digestate dewatering plant, fertiliser pasteurisation plant and bio-based fertiliser loading facilities); a single storey office building (c. 105 sq m GFA) (including offices, meeting room, control room, laboratory, welfare facilities, storeroom and a first-aid facility); bin storage; 9 no. car parking spaces (including 5 no. standard parking spaces, 2 no. electric vehicle (EV) spaces and 1 no. accessible car parking space); electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure; 10 no. bicycle parking spaces; vehicular, cyclist and pedestrian access / egress and associated circulation routes; 2 no. weighbridges; a vehicle steam wash area; fuel storage tank and associated bund; an emergency flare (c. 7.6 m in height); a process area runoff lagoon; an attenuation pond; an ESB sub-station; boundary treatments [including gates, piers and fencing]; site lighting; all hard and soft landscaping; provision of sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS); and all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and all other associated site excavation

development consisting of Workshop Building (1242m2), Truck Washout Building (64m2), commercial yard area, new boundary fence and entrance gates, an on-site Wastewater Treatment System and associated polishing filter bed percolation area, attenuation tank, bored well & water storage tank, rainwater harvesting tank, emergency storage tank, solar panels to roof of existing building and all associated siteworks - application is accompanied by an NIS

1) Demolition of the existing loading bay canopy 2) Change of use from maintenance depot to an agri-food sector Research and Development Unit for light indutrial use with ancillary office space 3) Extension of the existing first floor accomodation by 169 sqm. 4) Construction of an external stair to the rear, additional windows to the front and rear elevations with an external perforated printed mesh screen fixed to the front and south gable elevation, canopy over the front entrance door and an array of PV Panels fixed to the roof 5) Landscape works including a waste water treatment plant and car parking with 4 no. electric vehicle chargers

construction of a Solar PV development with a maximum export capacity (MEC) of up to 122MW comprising of ca. 214,800 no. photovoltaic panels laid out in arrays, the construction of a 38kV substation, (ca.57.31m2 x 4.45m tall) along with associated ancillary development including 30 no. Transformer Stations (ca. 7.27m2 x 2.6m) with an integrated bund, 716 string Inverters, 1 no. DNO Substation Building (16.28m2 x 5.42m), 1 No. Storage and maintenance building (ca. 57.31m2 x 4.45m tall), 38 no. CCTV cameras mounted on ca. 3.8m high poles, perimeter security fenching and all ancillary works, the total development area will be ca. 77ha.