the construction of an anaerobic digestion facility to produce renewable biomethane…
Cappanihane , Bruree , Co. Limerick
Proposed development
the construction of an anaerobic digestion facility to produce renewable biomethane, CO2 (which will be captured), and a bio-based fertiliser from organic material. The total proposed gross floor area of the development (including internal plant areas and ancillary structures) will be c. 5,903 sq.m. The development will consist of the following: • Construction of 2 no. primary digesters (with an overall height of c. 9.1m), a pump house (with a gross floor area (GFA) of c. 279.8 sq.m), and 2 no. post digester tanks (with an overall height of c. 9.1m), located in the northeastern section of the site. • Construction of 2 no. prepits (c. 4.8m in height), a pasteurisation buffer tank (c. 4.8m in height), and a pasteurisation unit (with a maximum height of c. 4.2m), located west of the primary digesters, within the northern section of the site. • Construction of a digestate storage tank (c. 11.3 in height) located centrally on site, to the south of the primary and post digester tanks. • Construction of a digestate treatment building and a feedstock reception building (with a height of c. 12m and a GFA of c. 2,797.2 sq.m) with odour abatement system (with a height of c. 11m to odour abatement stack), located in the northwestern section of site. • Construction of combined heat and power (CHP) unit (c. 2.6m in height and c. 5.6m in height to flue, with a GFA of c. 38.53 sq.m), a biogas boiler (c. 2.6m in height and c. 5.6m in height to flue, with a GFA of c. 12.74 sq.m), a backup boiler (c. 2.6m in height), a gas treatment system (c. 4.2m in height), a biomethane compression system (c. 4.2m in height), and a safety flare (c. 11.3m in height), located south of the digestate storage tank, in the south-east section of the site. • Construction of a CO2 liquefactor (with an overall height of c. 10.7m to top of storage vessels), a propane tank compound accommodating 2 no. propane tanks (c. 1.6m in height), and an ESB substation (with a GFA of c. 23.5 sq.m and a height of c. 3.4m), located in the south-eastern section of the site. • Construction of roofed silage clamps (with a GFA of c. 2,424 sq.m and a height of c. 8.7m) and a fuel storage tank (c. 2m in height), located in the western section of the site. • Construction of a two storey office building (with a GFA of c. 327.4 sq.m and a height of c. 11m) within the western section of the site, adjacent to the site entrance. • Alterations to the adjacent local road including a new site entrance and access arrange
What happens next
Permission was refused on 14 May 2025. The applicant may appeal within four weeks of the decision.
Is this your application?
Sign in to follow it through the Limerick planning process, get told when the decision lands, and see which builders and trades are working on similar projects near you. It is free and takes an email address.
About this page: the facts above come from the statutory public planning register kept by Limerick City and County Council and are refreshed weekly (last updated 7 Jul 2026). Applicant names and contact details are not shown. Status labels are PlanningLeads' plain-language reading of the register status and the "Use" label is classified by AI from the public description (see how we use AI); neither is legal advice and the council's file is the record. How we handle this data: privacy notice.
Remove my application from this page
If this is your application and you would rather it did not appear here, tell us and we will take the page down. No account, no questions asked. This is your right to object under GDPR Article 21.