Planning application · Cork County Council

Retention of the following as built structures…

West Cork Distillers Ltd. Fastnet Industrial Estate Marsh Road Marsh, Skibbereen, Co. Cork

24/315 · CorkOn Site
Reference
24/315
Planning authority
Cork County Council
Received
12 Jun 2024
Decided
4 Mar 2025
Status
On Site
Floor area
673 m²
Commenced
28 Jul 2026

Proposed development

Permission for the retention of the following as built structures: 1) Additional car parking area comprising of 28 no. car parking spaces and a pedestrian entry/exit gate providing access to the existing public footpath; 2) Change of use from Visitor Centre to Distillery (Visitor Centre was conditioned out through condition no. 4, Planning Ref. 19/779); 3) First floor offices and associated staff welfare areas in Distillery building; 4) Distillery stack to the existing Distillery building roof; 5) Distillery spirit bond with a maximum tank height of 12m; 6) Machinery building and associated Electrical Room with extended canopy to side of Machinery building; 7) Grain intake area comprising of 6 no. grain silos and associated gantries; 8) Glan bund 9 with a maximum tank height of 10.76m 9) Glan bund 10 with a maximum tank height of 10.35m and associated gantries; 10) 712cu/m Firefighting water retention tank; 11) Column still and associated gantries; 12) Boiler house and boiler stack; 13) Sump for fire water diversion. Permission is also sought for the construction of the following: 14) New 60 tonne gas tank to replace the existing 30 Tonne gas tank; 15) Grain intake building, approximately 42m2: 16) Two 40-foot containers for water treatment system 17) Two new Combined Heating & Power plant, 18) New Workshop building, approximately 813m2. The proposed development is for modifications to an establishment to which the Major Accidents Directive applies. The proposed development is for the purposes of an activity requiring an Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control License

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