SOUTH TIPPERARY County Council has agreed to allow its draft development plan go out for public consultation without any amendments.
This is despite intensive lobbying by Coolmore Stud to include an amendment which would prevent factories setting up near its stud farm.
Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and Labour Party whips agreed yesterday that the council would allow the draft 2009-2015 development plan go out for public consultation and no motions were proposed to make any amendments.
From April 21st, members of the public will have 10 weeks in which to make submissions on the plan which will then be considered by planning officials at South Tipperary County Council.
County manager Ned O'Connor told councillors at yesterday's meeting in Clonmel that he was satisfied that all members of the council had acted with "commendable propriety" in relation to the draft development plan.
Mr O'Connor had met with a number of councillors last week when they sought his advice on making an amendment to the plan and he had advised them that it would not be legally possible to do so at this stage.
Local politicians had been invited to a meeting at Coolmore Stud near Fethard last week where they were lobbied to seek an amendment to the plan which would have prohibited "electricity transmission lines" near equestrian facilities.
The amendment would also have prohibited a number of other industries including waste disposal facilities, water treatment plants, chemical works or "other incompatible" development that might have "a detrimental effect" on the rearing of thoroughbred horses.
Coolmore Stud, which is owned by John Magnier, has strongly opposed plans by Green Organics Energy to build a bio-energy plant at the site of a former rendering factory at Castleblake in Rosegreen near the internationally known stud farm.
Yesterday on RTÉ's Morning Ireland , Green Organics Energy's Paul Barrett said he believed the proposed amendment was directed at his company's interest and he expressed concern that Coolmore had obtained access to the draft development plan before it was in the public arena.
Mr Barrett said he was pleased to learn that the amendment would not be put to a vote at the council but said he believed it was an attempt by Coolmore "to thwart the ongoing planning process" in relation to the proposal to build a green energy plant at Castleblake.
However, a Coolmore Stud spokeswoman told The Irish Times there were a number of stages to the consultation process and Coolmore Stud had been very open about meeting councillors and making its views known to them about the importance of the equine industry to the area.
At a Bord Pleanála hearing earlier this year Green Organics Energy said the €100 million plant would be "safe, efficient, clean and green" and was essential to enable the Irish meat-processing industry to dispose of animal by-products.
The company said it would process the organic waste using a system known as anaerobic digestion to break down the waste into "biogas" which would then be used to create "green" electricity for the national grid, and to make biodiesel fuel for cars.
Green Organics Energy was refused planning permission last year by the county council and appealed the decision to An Bord Pleanála.
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Tuesday, 8 April 2008
Tuesday, 4 March 2008
Rock of Cashel houses allowed to remain
A DEVELOPER who built 52 holiday homes close to the Rock of Cashel has been granted "retention planning permission" for 32 of the houses.
South Tipperary County Council has granted the permission despite having previously issued an enforcement order demanding that all of the houses be demolished and the land restored to its condition "prior to the commencement of the development".
The builder, Liam Campion, has now lodged an appeal with An Bord Pleanála challenging the council's decision to withhold retention permission for the remaining 20 houses.
His Co Laois-based company, Campion Concrete Products Ltd, got planning permission more than two years ago to build a 120-bedroom hotel, an "international trade centre" and 52 holiday cottages on an elevated site at Ballypadeen outside Cashel.
Last May, after all the houses (but not the hotel or trade centre) had been built, planning officials inspected the site and decided that "the works had not been carried out in compliance with planning permission". The county council issued an enforcement order demanding that the company "cease all development at the site" and "remove the 52 houses". The council initiated legal proceedings which are currently adjourned at Tipperary District Court.
Despite ongoing litigation, Mr Campion sought and received planning permission allowing him to retain 32 of the houses and to reduce the size of the proposed hotel from 120 rooms to 78. However, he is "dismayed and incensed" over the council's attempt to force him to demolish the other 20 houses. He has accused planning officials of putting "250 jobs at risk", costing him "millions of euro in tax breaks" and jeopardising the €75 million project.
A decision on his appeal to An Bord Pleanála is expected in June.
Michael Parsons
Irish Times
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South Tipperary County Council has granted the permission despite having previously issued an enforcement order demanding that all of the houses be demolished and the land restored to its condition "prior to the commencement of the development".
The builder, Liam Campion, has now lodged an appeal with An Bord Pleanála challenging the council's decision to withhold retention permission for the remaining 20 houses.
His Co Laois-based company, Campion Concrete Products Ltd, got planning permission more than two years ago to build a 120-bedroom hotel, an "international trade centre" and 52 holiday cottages on an elevated site at Ballypadeen outside Cashel.
Last May, after all the houses (but not the hotel or trade centre) had been built, planning officials inspected the site and decided that "the works had not been carried out in compliance with planning permission". The county council issued an enforcement order demanding that the company "cease all development at the site" and "remove the 52 houses". The council initiated legal proceedings which are currently adjourned at Tipperary District Court.
Despite ongoing litigation, Mr Campion sought and received planning permission allowing him to retain 32 of the houses and to reduce the size of the proposed hotel from 120 rooms to 78. However, he is "dismayed and incensed" over the council's attempt to force him to demolish the other 20 houses. He has accused planning officials of putting "250 jobs at risk", costing him "millions of euro in tax breaks" and jeopardising the €75 million project.
A decision on his appeal to An Bord Pleanála is expected in June.
Michael Parsons
Irish Times
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Tuesday, 29 January 2008
An Bord Pleanála urged to reject bio-energy plant application
SOUTH Tipperary County Council has urged An Bord Pleanála to reject the application of a company that wants to develop an animal by-products processing plant in a rural area close to horse training and breeding establishments.
Council officials yesterday defended their decision to turn down an application by Green Organics Energy (GOE) Ltd for permission to develop a bio-energy plant, which would use by-products from slaughterhouses, at a site in Castleblake, Rosegreen, halfway between Clonmel and Cashel.
Speaking at a Bord Pleanála hearing into GOE’s appeal council senior planner James O’Mahony said that the reports prepared by and for the council, along with the “public disquiet” as evidenced by close to 1,000 submissions and observations, meant that any decision other than to refuse permission would be “contrary to the proper planning and sustainable development of the area”.
Mr O’Mahony described as “ludicrous” a suggestion from GOE that the Castleblake location was suitable for an animal by-products processing plant because of the proximity of cattle.
He also called on the developers to unconditionally withdraw a claim that the council planners had not made an objective assessment but had started by deciding to refuse permission and then finding grounds to support that decision.
“The statement undermines the integrity of the planning authority,” he said.
According to Mr O’Mahony, it was “factually wrong” of GOE to argue that the Castleblake site was a suitable one because it had been the location of a rendering plant.
“The new operation is different in respect of the imported feedstocks and produces totally different outputs,” he said.
The plant would also be “totally different” in process, size and scale to the rendering plant, which closed in 2003, he said.
A number of local residents and businesspeople also gave evidence in support of the council’s refusal.
Pat Murphy, owner of the Cashel Palace Hotel, about 7km from the site of the proposed development, said that the smell from the rendering plant had created “a very bad impression” in Cashel. Raymond Davern, owner of a clothing shop in the town, said that there had been an “upturn in business” since the rendering plant’s closure.
However, he feared further problems if trucks carrying animal by-products started coming through Cashel again.
Farmer Michael Mulcahy, who lives 500m from the site said that road safety was a big issue in the area.
“I can’t imagine what it will be like if the amount of trucks increases,” he said.
Another farmer Kevin Mulcahy said that he had been shown a map marked with proposed earthworks and excavations on his land as part of a road improvement plan, but that he did not consent to these.
The cross-examination of some expert witnesses who gave evidence last week got under way yesterday evening and is expected to continue until at least Thursday. The hearing continues today.
Irish Examiner
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Council officials yesterday defended their decision to turn down an application by Green Organics Energy (GOE) Ltd for permission to develop a bio-energy plant, which would use by-products from slaughterhouses, at a site in Castleblake, Rosegreen, halfway between Clonmel and Cashel.
Speaking at a Bord Pleanála hearing into GOE’s appeal council senior planner James O’Mahony said that the reports prepared by and for the council, along with the “public disquiet” as evidenced by close to 1,000 submissions and observations, meant that any decision other than to refuse permission would be “contrary to the proper planning and sustainable development of the area”.
Mr O’Mahony described as “ludicrous” a suggestion from GOE that the Castleblake location was suitable for an animal by-products processing plant because of the proximity of cattle.
He also called on the developers to unconditionally withdraw a claim that the council planners had not made an objective assessment but had started by deciding to refuse permission and then finding grounds to support that decision.
“The statement undermines the integrity of the planning authority,” he said.
According to Mr O’Mahony, it was “factually wrong” of GOE to argue that the Castleblake site was a suitable one because it had been the location of a rendering plant.
“The new operation is different in respect of the imported feedstocks and produces totally different outputs,” he said.
The plant would also be “totally different” in process, size and scale to the rendering plant, which closed in 2003, he said.
A number of local residents and businesspeople also gave evidence in support of the council’s refusal.
Pat Murphy, owner of the Cashel Palace Hotel, about 7km from the site of the proposed development, said that the smell from the rendering plant had created “a very bad impression” in Cashel. Raymond Davern, owner of a clothing shop in the town, said that there had been an “upturn in business” since the rendering plant’s closure.
However, he feared further problems if trucks carrying animal by-products started coming through Cashel again.
Farmer Michael Mulcahy, who lives 500m from the site said that road safety was a big issue in the area.
“I can’t imagine what it will be like if the amount of trucks increases,” he said.
Another farmer Kevin Mulcahy said that he had been shown a map marked with proposed earthworks and excavations on his land as part of a road improvement plan, but that he did not consent to these.
The cross-examination of some expert witnesses who gave evidence last week got under way yesterday evening and is expected to continue until at least Thursday. The hearing continues today.
Irish Examiner
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Wednesday, 19 September 2007
1.5bn plan to develop technology park rejected
COUNTY councillors in South Tipperary yesterday voted to reject plans for a 3,500-home and technology park development on land partially-owned by the family of former FF TD and minister Noel Davern, outside Clonmel.
New Vision Developments Ltd submitted a proposal to the council for a €1.5 billion technology and residential campus, to be called the Powerstown Quarter, on 400 acres of agricultural land which would, according to the company, have created 3,500 jobs and led to the construction of 3,500 houses over a 20-year period.
COUNTY councillors in South Tipperary yesterday voted to reject plans for a 3,500-home and technology park development on land partially-owned by the family of former FF TD and minister Noel Davern, outside Clonmel.
New Vision Developments Ltd submitted a proposal to the council for a €1.5 billion technology and residential campus, to be called the Powerstown Quarter, on 400 acres of agricultural land which would, according to the company, have created 3,500 jobs and led to the construction of 3,500 houses over a 20-year period.
An 80-acre portion of the land on the northern side of Clonmel is owned by the wife of Noel Davern, while 30 acres of it is owned by sitting Fianna Fáil councillor Pat Norris. The remainder is owned by private businessmen in the area.
County manager Ned O'Connor urged councillors not to back the proposal to rezone the land.
The vote was 13 against and nine for, with the votes in favour coming from the eight FF councillors and independent Cllr Eddie O'Meara. Cllr Norris abstained.
Fine Gael, Labour and the independent Workers and Unemployed Action Group voted against the scheme.
Urban planning consultant Nicholas De Jong, engaged by the county council to examine the plan, criticised the project for several reasons, including a claim that the "new town" of an estimated 9,000 people would not integrate with the existing town of Clonmel; that 15 houses per acre was "inappropriate"; and just 10% of the 400 acres was earmarked for employment.
The county council itself is already developing a business, education and technology park at a site it acquired five years ago at Ballingarrane, adjacent to the main Cahir road.
New Vision Developments expressed disappointment at the vote. Chief executive Don Davern - son of Noel Davern - said the company was "deeply concerned" that the council's consultants failed to find any merit in the proposal. He also questioned if "the same rigour and consideration" have been applied to the council's own development site at Ballingarrane.
"Such questions are all the more pertinent given the €13 million invested in this site over the past eight years and the distinct lack of detail regarding the companies that the council envisages locating there and the number of jobs to be created."
Conor Kane
© Irish Independent
New Vision Developments Ltd submitted a proposal to the council for a €1.5 billion technology and residential campus, to be called the Powerstown Quarter, on 400 acres of agricultural land which would, according to the company, have created 3,500 jobs and led to the construction of 3,500 houses over a 20-year period.
COUNTY councillors in South Tipperary yesterday voted to reject plans for a 3,500-home and technology park development on land partially-owned by the family of former FF TD and minister Noel Davern, outside Clonmel.
New Vision Developments Ltd submitted a proposal to the council for a €1.5 billion technology and residential campus, to be called the Powerstown Quarter, on 400 acres of agricultural land which would, according to the company, have created 3,500 jobs and led to the construction of 3,500 houses over a 20-year period.
An 80-acre portion of the land on the northern side of Clonmel is owned by the wife of Noel Davern, while 30 acres of it is owned by sitting Fianna Fáil councillor Pat Norris. The remainder is owned by private businessmen in the area.
County manager Ned O'Connor urged councillors not to back the proposal to rezone the land.
The vote was 13 against and nine for, with the votes in favour coming from the eight FF councillors and independent Cllr Eddie O'Meara. Cllr Norris abstained.
Fine Gael, Labour and the independent Workers and Unemployed Action Group voted against the scheme.
Urban planning consultant Nicholas De Jong, engaged by the county council to examine the plan, criticised the project for several reasons, including a claim that the "new town" of an estimated 9,000 people would not integrate with the existing town of Clonmel; that 15 houses per acre was "inappropriate"; and just 10% of the 400 acres was earmarked for employment.
The county council itself is already developing a business, education and technology park at a site it acquired five years ago at Ballingarrane, adjacent to the main Cahir road.
New Vision Developments expressed disappointment at the vote. Chief executive Don Davern - son of Noel Davern - said the company was "deeply concerned" that the council's consultants failed to find any merit in the proposal. He also questioned if "the same rigour and consideration" have been applied to the council's own development site at Ballingarrane.
"Such questions are all the more pertinent given the €13 million invested in this site over the past eight years and the distinct lack of detail regarding the companies that the council envisages locating there and the number of jobs to be created."
Conor Kane
© Irish Independent
Friday, 7 September 2007
Developer ordered to demolish €75m project
THE developer of a planned €75 million 120-bedroom hotel and 52 holiday homes in Cashel has been ordered to demolish the development because of an alleged breach of planning conditions.
The entire €75m project and 250 jobs are now under threat, according to developer Liam Campion.
South Tipperary County Council is seeking demolition of the holiday cottages because the houses are terraced rather than semi-detached, as well as being up to nine metres off the specifications in the original plans.
Mr Campion has claimed that the houses, at the former site of the Cashel Kings Motel on the Dublin road out of Cashel, have been built in accordance with plans submitted and approved in July of 2006.
He yesterday accused the local authority of making “a grave error” by trying to force through the demolition of the houses.
“They sought certain amendments which we put into plans that were submitted and approved at a meeting in July of last year. We proceeded with the development on that basis and stuck rigidly to the plans we submitted but the local authority has somehow tried to claim we don’t have approval,” said Mr Campion yesterday.
“Now my initial investment in these houses is at risk, as is the entire project.”
Restoring the location to a greenfield site would bring an end to the entire project, according to the developer, “and deny a major economic boost for Cashel”.
Construction on the holiday project began on August 21 of last year and, in early September, one of the county council officers attended the site to ensure everything was progressing in order, according to Mr Campion.
There was no comment on the matter yesterday from South Tipperary County Council.
Irish Examiner
The entire €75m project and 250 jobs are now under threat, according to developer Liam Campion.
South Tipperary County Council is seeking demolition of the holiday cottages because the houses are terraced rather than semi-detached, as well as being up to nine metres off the specifications in the original plans.
Mr Campion has claimed that the houses, at the former site of the Cashel Kings Motel on the Dublin road out of Cashel, have been built in accordance with plans submitted and approved in July of 2006.
He yesterday accused the local authority of making “a grave error” by trying to force through the demolition of the houses.
“They sought certain amendments which we put into plans that were submitted and approved at a meeting in July of last year. We proceeded with the development on that basis and stuck rigidly to the plans we submitted but the local authority has somehow tried to claim we don’t have approval,” said Mr Campion yesterday.
“Now my initial investment in these houses is at risk, as is the entire project.”
Restoring the location to a greenfield site would bring an end to the entire project, according to the developer, “and deny a major economic boost for Cashel”.
Construction on the holiday project began on August 21 of last year and, in early September, one of the county council officers attended the site to ensure everything was progressing in order, according to Mr Campion.
There was no comment on the matter yesterday from South Tipperary County Council.
Irish Examiner
Wednesday, 15 August 2007
Celebrations in Ballydoyle as animal plant gets planning refusal
CHAMPAGNE corks were popping in Ballydoyle stables last night and across the wider Golden Vale as campaigners celebrated the decision by South Tipperary County Council to refuse planning permission for a controversial animal waste plant.
Champion racehorse trainer Aidan O’Brien and his wife Anne-Marie threatened to pull the multimillion Ballydoyle racing empire from the area if the plant went ahead. Their stable is 3km miles from the proposed plant at Castleblake outside Cashel.
“Aidan and I, together with all the staff at Ballydoyle are very relieved. This decision shows that the county council has recognised both the importance of the horse business to south Tipperary economically and the threat to human and animal health and welfare posed by this national rendering and waste plant,” said Anne-Marie O’Brien.
“Clean air and water is essential to everyone in this community, not just Ballydoyle, and we are delighted that the county council has made the right decision in protecting our environment,” she said.
Breeder John Magnier had also threatened to uproot his nearby Coolmore Stud enterprise.
The factory plans galvanised the community into a big campaign with up to 1,100 letters of objection sent to the county council. The plant was to be developed by Green Organics Energy (GOE), made up of National By-Products/Avglade, Bioverda/NTR and Dawn Meats and intended processing up to 250,000 tonnes of animal waste to make electricity, gas and biodiesel.
Campaign group South Tipperary for Clean Industry (STCI) welcomed yesterday’s decision saying it is confident, even if GOE appeals the decision to An Bord Pleanála, the “dirty and frightening project” won’t be developed.
STCI Ltd spokesman Douglas Butler said: “This follows a defeat for Bioverda at Bord Pleanála in relation to a similar plant at Ballard, Co Cork, and gives us more confidence that we will be able to protect this area from a completely unsuitable and unsustainable waste plant. The promoters should now drop this project, which is misguided and simply wrong. This small rural community should not be put through yet another planning process at Bord Pleanála level — even though we are confident of success.”
The council refused the application because of its size and scale, the type and quantity of materials being processed and the pressure on existing road infrastructure from trucks bringing waste and also distributing the finished product.
Timeline
January 2007: A mass meeting is held where the South Tipperary for Clean Industry group is formed. Independent TD Michael Lowry, Fine Gael’s Tom Hayes and Fianna Fáil’s Senator Martin Mansergh support local community.
December. 2006: Planning permission lodged for €75 million anaerobic digester facility and biodiesel plant.
April 2003: The Ronan family, which controls National By-Products, withdraws its application to the Environmental Protection Agency for an integrated pollution control licence for the incinerator. As part of the agreement, racehorse trainer Aidan O’Brien and international horse breeder John Magnier agreed to drop an action for nuisance against the Ronan’s rendering business.
September 2002: Aidan O’Brien and John Magnier apply for a judicial review of the county council’s decision. The challenge was eventually dropped.
July 2002: A petition is circulated, organised by local umbrella group South Tipperary Anti-Incinerator Campaign, objecting to the development. It ends up with nearly 19,000 signatures from farmers, GPs and vets. It also commissioned an MRBI poll on the issue claiming 70% were opposed to the development.
May 2002: Planning permission was granted by South Tipperary County Council to develop a meat and bonemeal incinerator at Castleblake.
Champion racehorse trainer Aidan O’Brien and his wife Anne-Marie threatened to pull the multimillion Ballydoyle racing empire from the area if the plant went ahead. Their stable is 3km miles from the proposed plant at Castleblake outside Cashel.
“Aidan and I, together with all the staff at Ballydoyle are very relieved. This decision shows that the county council has recognised both the importance of the horse business to south Tipperary economically and the threat to human and animal health and welfare posed by this national rendering and waste plant,” said Anne-Marie O’Brien.
“Clean air and water is essential to everyone in this community, not just Ballydoyle, and we are delighted that the county council has made the right decision in protecting our environment,” she said.
Breeder John Magnier had also threatened to uproot his nearby Coolmore Stud enterprise.
The factory plans galvanised the community into a big campaign with up to 1,100 letters of objection sent to the county council. The plant was to be developed by Green Organics Energy (GOE), made up of National By-Products/Avglade, Bioverda/NTR and Dawn Meats and intended processing up to 250,000 tonnes of animal waste to make electricity, gas and biodiesel.
Campaign group South Tipperary for Clean Industry (STCI) welcomed yesterday’s decision saying it is confident, even if GOE appeals the decision to An Bord Pleanála, the “dirty and frightening project” won’t be developed.
STCI Ltd spokesman Douglas Butler said: “This follows a defeat for Bioverda at Bord Pleanála in relation to a similar plant at Ballard, Co Cork, and gives us more confidence that we will be able to protect this area from a completely unsuitable and unsustainable waste plant. The promoters should now drop this project, which is misguided and simply wrong. This small rural community should not be put through yet another planning process at Bord Pleanála level — even though we are confident of success.”
The council refused the application because of its size and scale, the type and quantity of materials being processed and the pressure on existing road infrastructure from trucks bringing waste and also distributing the finished product.
Timeline
January 2007: A mass meeting is held where the South Tipperary for Clean Industry group is formed. Independent TD Michael Lowry, Fine Gael’s Tom Hayes and Fianna Fáil’s Senator Martin Mansergh support local community.
December. 2006: Planning permission lodged for €75 million anaerobic digester facility and biodiesel plant.
April 2003: The Ronan family, which controls National By-Products, withdraws its application to the Environmental Protection Agency for an integrated pollution control licence for the incinerator. As part of the agreement, racehorse trainer Aidan O’Brien and international horse breeder John Magnier agreed to drop an action for nuisance against the Ronan’s rendering business.
September 2002: Aidan O’Brien and John Magnier apply for a judicial review of the county council’s decision. The challenge was eventually dropped.
July 2002: A petition is circulated, organised by local umbrella group South Tipperary Anti-Incinerator Campaign, objecting to the development. It ends up with nearly 19,000 signatures from farmers, GPs and vets. It also commissioned an MRBI poll on the issue claiming 70% were opposed to the development.
May 2002: Planning permission was granted by South Tipperary County Council to develop a meat and bonemeal incinerator at Castleblake.
Sunday, 27 May 2007
Scheme stuck between a rock and a hard place
CONTROVERSIAL plans for a 50m mixed-use scheme including a trade centre and a residential development near the Rock of Cashel have stalled after South Tipperary County Council served an enforcement order on the developer instructing him to demolish a number of cottages already constructed on the site.
Independent general-election candidate councillor Tom Wood has raised the issue of whether or not parts of the development already constructed are in compliance with the terms of the planning permission granted for the scheme. There is concern locally that some of the residential units already built are terraced houses rather than the semi-detached dwellings sanctioned in the development plans.
"A warning letter was sent to the developer on 27 March and prior to that an in-depth investigation was done, " said Marie McGivern, senior administrator in the council's planning department.
"The planning department has to be fair to everyone."
Developer Liam Campion says the controversy is "a storm in a tea cup" and claims there is widespread support for the scheme."I have been badly wronged."
He says the issue is causing Cashel to be portrayed in a bad light.
Sunday Tribune
Independent general-election candidate councillor Tom Wood has raised the issue of whether or not parts of the development already constructed are in compliance with the terms of the planning permission granted for the scheme. There is concern locally that some of the residential units already built are terraced houses rather than the semi-detached dwellings sanctioned in the development plans.
"A warning letter was sent to the developer on 27 March and prior to that an in-depth investigation was done, " said Marie McGivern, senior administrator in the council's planning department.
"The planning department has to be fair to everyone."
Developer Liam Campion says the controversy is "a storm in a tea cup" and claims there is widespread support for the scheme."I have been badly wronged."
He says the issue is causing Cashel to be portrayed in a bad light.
Sunday Tribune
Tuesday, 6 March 2007
Objections flood in to biofuel processing plant
MORE than 200 objections have been lodged to plans for the construction of a processing plant for animal waste close to the world-famous Coolmore Stud and Ballydoyle Stables in Co Tipperary.
Coolmore owner, John Magnier, and Ballydoyle trainer, Aidan O’Brien, are among the chief opponents of the plan, which has upset many other landowners and people living near the proposed site at Castleblake, Rosegreen in the south of the county.
The deadline for lodging objections passed on Friday evening and staff at the planning office in South Tipperary County Council were still sorting the submissions yesterday in preparation for making them available for online public inspection but a staff member put the estimated number at well over 200 and possibly as many as 300.
Aidan O’Brien previously fought a lengthy battle against plans for an animal waste incinerator close to his stables. Those plans, by the owners of the now disused National By-Products rendering plant at Castleblake, were eventually dropped but the renowned trainer has warned any development that might compromise the air quality in the area could force Ballydoyle to close.
The new project is proposed by a consortium calling themselves Green Organics Energy Ltd which includes the local business family behind National By-Products and also Bioverda — a subsidiary of National Toll Roads — and Dawn Meats.
It would use the old rendering plant site to build facilities to process several hundred thousand tonnes of waste meat and bone meal, some rendered on site and some imported from around the country, and turn it into biogas and biodiesel.
The planning application lodged with South Tipperary County Council claims 50,000 tonnes of biodiesel will be produced each year, while the biogas facility will generate up to 15 megawatts of electricity — enough to power about 10,000 homes.
The application contains an environmental impact statement and stresses that the hi-tech plant will operate to the highest international standards, with environmental protections and safety precautions built in.
Local objectors, however, are concerned about smells and emissions from the day-to-day operation of the plant, and the potential for environmental damage in the event of an accident either at the plant or involving any of the trucks which would be transporting carcasses to it.
Planning officials aim to make a decision on the project by March 22 but it could take longer because of the volume of objections to be considered and the possibility that additional information will be required from the consortium.
It is likely the case will end up as an appeal before An Bord Pleanála regardless of which side wins the initial round of the planning battle with the local authority.
Caroline O’Doherty
© Irish Examiner
Coolmore owner, John Magnier, and Ballydoyle trainer, Aidan O’Brien, are among the chief opponents of the plan, which has upset many other landowners and people living near the proposed site at Castleblake, Rosegreen in the south of the county.
The deadline for lodging objections passed on Friday evening and staff at the planning office in South Tipperary County Council were still sorting the submissions yesterday in preparation for making them available for online public inspection but a staff member put the estimated number at well over 200 and possibly as many as 300.
Aidan O’Brien previously fought a lengthy battle against plans for an animal waste incinerator close to his stables. Those plans, by the owners of the now disused National By-Products rendering plant at Castleblake, were eventually dropped but the renowned trainer has warned any development that might compromise the air quality in the area could force Ballydoyle to close.
The new project is proposed by a consortium calling themselves Green Organics Energy Ltd which includes the local business family behind National By-Products and also Bioverda — a subsidiary of National Toll Roads — and Dawn Meats.
It would use the old rendering plant site to build facilities to process several hundred thousand tonnes of waste meat and bone meal, some rendered on site and some imported from around the country, and turn it into biogas and biodiesel.
The planning application lodged with South Tipperary County Council claims 50,000 tonnes of biodiesel will be produced each year, while the biogas facility will generate up to 15 megawatts of electricity — enough to power about 10,000 homes.
The application contains an environmental impact statement and stresses that the hi-tech plant will operate to the highest international standards, with environmental protections and safety precautions built in.
Local objectors, however, are concerned about smells and emissions from the day-to-day operation of the plant, and the potential for environmental damage in the event of an accident either at the plant or involving any of the trucks which would be transporting carcasses to it.
Planning officials aim to make a decision on the project by March 22 but it could take longer because of the volume of objections to be considered and the possibility that additional information will be required from the consortium.
It is likely the case will end up as an appeal before An Bord Pleanála regardless of which side wins the initial round of the planning battle with the local authority.
Caroline O’Doherty
© Irish Examiner
Sunday, 25 February 2007
Notice of proposed Amendment (No.1) of the Clonmel Environs Local Area Plan 2006
Notice of proposed Amendment (No.1) of the Clonmel Environs Local Area Plan 2006
Notice is hereby given that pursuant to Section 20 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, South Tipperary County Council being the Planning Authority for the County, propose to amend the Clonmel Environs Local Area Plan 2006
A Copy of the proposed amendment may be inspected during the period Monday, 19th February, 2007 to Tuesday, 3rd April, 2007 during the hours 9.00a.m. to 1.00p.m. and 2.00p.m. to 5.00p.m. Monday to Friday, excluding Bank Holidays at the Planning Office, Aras an Chontae, Clonmel.
A copy can also be downloaded from the following link Proposed Amendment (No.1) of the Clonmel Environs Local Area Plan 2006
Submissions or observations with regard to the proposed Amendment may be made in writing to the undersigned or by e-mailing apower@southtippcoco.ie not later than 4.30 pm on Tuesday, 3rd April, 2007
Notice is hereby given that pursuant to Section 20 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, South Tipperary County Council being the Planning Authority for the County, propose to amend the Clonmel Environs Local Area Plan 2006
A Copy of the proposed amendment may be inspected during the period Monday, 19th February, 2007 to Tuesday, 3rd April, 2007 during the hours 9.00a.m. to 1.00p.m. and 2.00p.m. to 5.00p.m. Monday to Friday, excluding Bank Holidays at the Planning Office, Aras an Chontae, Clonmel.
A copy can also be downloaded from the following link Proposed Amendment (No.1) of the Clonmel Environs Local Area Plan 2006
Submissions or observations with regard to the proposed Amendment may be made in writing to the undersigned or by e-mailing apower@southtippcoco.ie not later than 4.30 pm on Tuesday, 3rd April, 2007
Sunday, 18 February 2007
Draft Clonmel and Environs Development Plan 2008
Clonmel Borough Council and South Tipperary County Council have prepared a Draft of the Clonmel and Environs Development Plan 2008 incorporating a Strategic Environmental Assessment. This Plan has been prepared in accordance with Section 11 of the Planning and Development Act, 2000 following initial public consultation.
The Draft of the Clonmel and Environs Development Plan 2008 is available for public inspection from the 29th January 2007 until the 12th April 2007, during normal office hours (9.00am to 1.00pm and 2.00pm to 5.00pm) on any day on which the said offices are open to the public, at the following locations.
Clonmel Borough Council, Town Hall, Parnell Street, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary.
Planning Office, South Tipperary County Council, Aras an Chontae, Emmet Street, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary.
County Library, Emmet Street, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary.
It is also available by clicking the following link:
Draft Clonmel and Environs Development Plan 2008
Submissions or observations with respect to the Draft Plan may be made in writing to the Town Clerk, Clonmel Borough Council, Town Hall, Parnell Street, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary and marked " Submissions on Draft of the Clonmel and Environs Development Plan 2008". Any submissions or observations received will be taken into consideration by the Planning Authority before the making of the Plan.
Please note that the latest date for receipt of submissions is 5.00 p.m. on Thursday, 12th April, 2007.
The Draft of the Clonmel and Environs Development Plan 2008 is available for public inspection from the 29th January 2007 until the 12th April 2007, during normal office hours (9.00am to 1.00pm and 2.00pm to 5.00pm) on any day on which the said offices are open to the public, at the following locations.
Clonmel Borough Council, Town Hall, Parnell Street, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary.
Planning Office, South Tipperary County Council, Aras an Chontae, Emmet Street, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary.
County Library, Emmet Street, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary.
It is also available by clicking the following link:
Draft Clonmel and Environs Development Plan 2008
Submissions or observations with respect to the Draft Plan may be made in writing to the Town Clerk, Clonmel Borough Council, Town Hall, Parnell Street, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary and marked " Submissions on Draft of the Clonmel and Environs Development Plan 2008". Any submissions or observations received will be taken into consideration by the Planning Authority before the making of the Plan.
Please note that the latest date for receipt of submissions is 5.00 p.m. on Thursday, 12th April, 2007.
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