Planning permission granted for gas storage compound at St Conal’s Hospital

Planning permission for a new gas storage compound and associated tanks at St Conal’s Hospital in Letterkenny has been granted.

Permission for the development was sought by the Health Service Executive (HSE) North West and it was approved on Wednesday, April 3, by the Donegal County Council. 

The proposal lodged by Declan McGoldrick of the HSE is to develop a new gas storage compound with associated tanks, hard-standing to accommodate access by articulated lorry, proposed reinforced concrete walls and security fencing, proposed civil works including attenuation tank and hydrocarbon inceptor associated with the hardstanding and all associated site works and infrastructure. 

There are five conditions of the planning approval and they detail that within a minimum of 30 days before construction or crane works start. 

The applicant shall notify the HSE Aero-Medical and Special Operations Section, the Irish Coast Guard and the Department of Defence; secondly, prior to the commencement of the site, the applicant must submit a written agreement to the Planning Authority, details of containment arrangements; the protection of the environment through prohibition of surface water discharge on the public road or site; developer has responsibility for preventing spillage and for carrying out of road and footpath cleaning; and in the interest of orderly development building works must be carried out only between the hours 7am to 7pm,  Monday to Saturday inclusive and not at all on Sundays or public holidays. 

The planner for the site is Sophie Devlin and the architects carrying out the development are Rhatigan Architects, Sligo.