Planning application · Meath County Council

10-year planning permission at Navan Wastewater Treatment Works, Ferganstown and Ballymacon

Navan Wastewater Treatment Works, Ferganstown and Ballymacon, Boyne Road

2560220 · MeathGranted

5.4 ha · Granted · permission to Jun 2035

Planning application 2560220 to Meath County Council: 10-year planning permission for development at the existing Navan Wastewater Treatment Plant, at Navan Wastewater Treatment Works, Ferganstown and Ballymacon, Boyne. Granted by the council on 28 April 2025. The register gives the permission's end as 8 June 2035.

Timeline

  1. Application lodged
  2. Council granted
  3. Permission ends (date on the register)

The end date is the one the council register states. An extension or a commencement changes it.

Key facts

Reference
2560220
Planning authority
Meath County Council
Received
5 Mar 2025
Decided
28 Apr 2025
Status
Granted
Use
Industrial
Site area
5.4 ha

Proposed development

10-year planning permission for development at the existing Navan Wastewater Treatment Plant (WwTP). The development comprises upgrades to increase the capacity of the existing WwTP and consists of the following works: two new covered primary settlement tanks; new final (secondary) settlement tank; new sludge liquor buffer tank; new thickened sludge holding tank; new holding tank for alum sludge imports; additional centrifuge; replacement and refurbishment of screens, pumps and associated parts; application of covers to existing primary settlement tanks; upgrade of ventilation system and installation of odour control unit; provision of a containerised standby generator; construction of below ground storm attenuation tank; decommissioning of redundant sludge digestor tanks and related equipment; site access upgrades, and all ancillary landscaping and site development works above and below ground An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) have been prepared in respect of the proposed development and will be submitted to the planning authority with this application

Planning status

Permission was granted on 28 Apr 2025. The four-week appeal period has passed with no appeal recorded, so the permission is final. Works can start once a commencement notice is lodged; the register gives its end as 8 Jun 2035.

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