CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO STOREY DWELLING WITH DOMESTIC GARAGE AND PROVIDE A NEW RECESSED ENTRANCE, EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO STOREY DWELLING WITH GARDEN STORE, FUEL STORE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, NEW RECESSED SITE ENTRANCE, EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY SITE & LANDSCAPING WORKS
THE EXTENSION OF THE CONTINUED USE AND OPERATION, UNTIL THE END OF 2030, OF THE PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED PEAT AND BIOMASS CO-FIRED POWER PLANT CURRENTLY EXISTING AND OPERATING; THEREBY POSTPONING REMOVAL OF THE ELECTRICITY GENERATING STATION REQUIRED UNDER THE GRANT OF PLANNING PERMISSIONS (OFFALY COUNTY COUNCIL REFERENCE PL2/98/437 / AN BORD PLEANÁLA REFERENCE PL19.107858 AND OFFALY COUNTY COUNCIL REFERENCE PL2/04/210 / AN BORD PLEANÁLA REFERENCE PL19.211173). NO NEW STRUCTURES ARE PROPOSED AS PART OF THIS APPLICATION AND EPL IS NOT PROPOSING ANY CHANGE TO EXISTING OPERATIONS, FUEL INPUTS OR EMISSION LIMIT VALUES AT THE FACILITY AS PART OF THIS APPLICATION.
THE APPLICATION RELATES TO DEVELOPMENT (THE CONTINUED USE AND OPERATION OF THE PEAT AND BIOMASS CO-FIRED POWER PLANT) THAT IS AN ACTIVITY IN RELATION TO WHICH AN INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS (FORMERLY INTEGRATED POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL (IPPC)) LICENCE UNDER PART IV OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ACT, 1992 AS AMENDED, IS REQUIRED.
THE POWER PLANT CURRENTLY OPERATES UNDER AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS (FORMERLY IPPC) LICENCE (REGISTER REFERENCE NUMBER P0482-04) FOR THE ABOVE MENTIONED ACTIVITY. NO CHANGES TO THIS EXISTING IE/IPPC LICENCE ARE PROPOSED AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THIS PLANNING APPLICATION.
AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT (E.I.S.) AND A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (N.I.S.) HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED WITH THIS PLANNING APPLICATION.