Revealed: Planning lodged for massive facility at busy quarry in rural Tipperary

A planning application has lodged for a massive bio-renewables production facility. 

The overall planning application site area of around 6.3 hectares consisting of a proposed bio-renewables production facility, buffer screening, ancillary facilities and site access via the existing permitted quarry entrance.

The applicant is Roadstone Limited and the development address is Killough Quarry, Gaile, Holycross, county Tipperary. 

The proposed bio-renewables production facility (incorporating anaerobic digestion) compound will cover an area of c. 4 hectares.

The production facility will convert feedstocks to end of line co-products, namely bio-methane (gas), compressed bio-methane (bio-CNG), carbon dioxide (CO2), electricity (green), organic fertilisers (pelleted) and water, with integrated solar energy generation.

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The adjacent Roadstone Killough Quarry plant will utilise the electricity, bio-methane and water. Pelletised fertiliser will be available for supply to local agriculture and traders off-site.

CNG and CO2 will be pressurised and stored for ongoing draw-off by tankers to points of re-use off-site.

Demolition of existing quarry store building (c. 158m²) to facilitate the proposed development.

The facility will consist of the following elements to be constructed: two-storey administration building with (gross floor area 664m² and 8.15m in height) to accommodate reception and storage areas, canteen, laboratory, first aid room, control room/electrical switch room, storage room, toilets, offices, conference room, training room and kitchenette, and roof solar panels 315m².

It will also include a dry matter reception building (gross floor area 5,215m² and 12.7m in height) with roof solar panels 4,000m².

As well as this, the project will see the development of a workshop building (gross floor area 122.1m² and 8.9m in height) to accommodate workshop and internal gantry crane, store and office at ground level and office at mezzanine level.

It also includes a gas storage balloon facility (Ø 30.6m x 16m height) and one flare (10m height) as well as associated and ancillary works including 22 staff and visitor parking spaces.

To view the full planning application, click here. 

The council has until March 9, 2025 to make its decision.