The Proposed Development comprises the construction of a wastewater treatment plant to provide treatment capacity for a Population Equivalent (PE) of 1,550. The wastewater will be treated and discharged via an outfall pipe into the River Deel at a location approximately 6.5 kilometres to the northwest of the wastewater treatment plant. The Proposed Development site was subject to ecological, environmental, archaeological and hydrological surveys. MKO prepared the PER in order to document the current state of the environment in the vicinity of the Proposed Development in an effort to quantify the possible effects, if any, of the Proposed Development on the environment. The Proposed Development was also considered sub-threshold with regard to the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (as amended), and therefore an Environmental Impact Assessment Screening Determination Report accompanied the planning application.

Planning permission for the project was obtained on 26th August 2026