Red iii application for development at Ballynilard
Ballynilard, Tipperary
up to 2 storeys · 6.57 ha · Lodged
Planning application 2660893 to Tipperary County Council: Red iii application for development which comprises the construction of an anaerobic digestion facility to produce renewable biomethane, at Ballynilard. A council decision is due by 5 November 2026.
Timeline
- Application lodged
- Council decision due
Key facts
Proposed development
RED III application for development which comprises the construction of an anaerobic digestion facility to produce renewable biomethane, and a bio-based fertiliser from organic material. The total gross floor area of the proposed development (including internal plant areas and ancillary structures) will be c. 3,301 sq.m. The development is a renewable energy development which is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III. The development will consist of the following: • Construction of 3 no. digesters (all c. 15.5m in height), 2 no. digestate storage structures (c. 15.5m and c. 12m in height), and a pump room and O2 generation structure (with a GFA of c. 27 sq.m. and a height of c. 2.6m), located in the northern section of the main site area. • 4 no. pasteurisation tanks (each c. 6m in height), a post pasteurisation cooling tank (c. 4m in height), and a pre fertiliser manufacturing tank (c. 4m in height), located to the southeast of the main digesters. • A liquid feed tank (c. 4m in height), a pump house (with a height of c. 2.6m and GFA of 14 sq.m), and a pump skid (c. 0.8m in height), located to the southwest of the main digesters. • A part single-storey and part two-storey reception hall (with a gross floor area (GFA) of c. 1,964 sq.m. and an overall height of c. 16.5m) to accommodate a laboratory, panel room, tool store, workshop, and storage areas, with a liquid feed intake adjacent to the reception hall, located in the central portion of the site. • A single-storey solid digestate storage and a nutrient recovery building (with a GFA of c. 880 sq.m and an overall height of c. 12.4m) located to the east of the reception hall, in the central portion of the site. • A pump house (with a height of c. 2.6m and GFA of 21 sq.m), a fuel storage tank (c. 1.6m in height), and a backup generator (c. 2.3m in height), located adjacent to the nutrient recovery building. • Odour abatement plant (with an overall height of c. 7m) and equipment and a digestate offtake area will be provided to the east of the solid digestate storage and nutrient recovery building. • construction of an emergency biogas flare (c. 11.3m in height), 2 no. biogas treatment skids (with an overall height of c. 4.1m), 2 no. biogas compression structures (with a height of c. 2.6m), a biogas upgrading module (with a maximum height of c. 4.6m and a GFA of c. 28 sq.m), a combined heat and power unit and panel room (with a height of c. 10m to top of flue), a biomethane boiler (
Planning status
The application has been lodged and validated. The council has eight weeks to decide, unless it asks for further information. The council's decision is due by 5 Nov 2026.
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