9.31 Cork City Council, through the planning system, will aim to minimise the adverse impacts of noise by controlling and segregating noise intensive developments from noise sensitive areas or impose conditions such as limiting the hours of operation of a proposed development where it is likely to create disturbance due to noise (See Chapter 11 ‘Placemaking and Managing Development’ for further details).
9.34 There are two categories of major accident establishments; Upper Tier and Lower Tier. These are defined based on the volume of the dangerous substances present. There are currently 6 sites located within the Cork City Council administrative area:
Upper Tier
1. Calor Teoranta, Tivoli, Cork
2. Flogas Ireland Ltd., Tivoli Industrial Estate, Cork
Control of Major Accident Hazards (Seveso)
3. Grassland Agro,
Carrigrohane Road, Cork
Lower Tier
4. Chemical Bulk Storage Ltd., Tivoli Industrial Estate, Cork
9.32 Directive 2012/18/EU (Seveso III) was transposed into Irish legislation through S.I. No. 209 of 2015 Chemicals Act (Control of Major Accident Hazards Involving Dangerous Substances) Regulations 2015 27 , which came into effect on 1 June 2015. The purpose of the COMAH Regulations is prevent major accidents involving dangerous substances, and to seek to limit as far as possible the consequences of such accidents on human health and the environment 28 . 9.33 One of the requirements of the COMAH Regulations is that the Health and Safety Authority shall advise the relevant planning authority of a consultation distance for a Seveso III establishment, following the receipt of a notification from the operator, and shall periodically review and update the consultation distance as necessary. The Directive provides that appropriate consultation distances must be put in place to ensure that before decisions are taken, technical advice is available to planning authorities in respect of relevant establishments. The Health and Safety Authority provides such advice, where appropriate, in respect of planning applications within a certain distance of the perimeter of these sites.
5. Goulding Chemicals Ltd., Centre Park Road, Cork
6. Irish Oxygen Co. Ltd., Waterfall Road, Cork
9.35 Seveso III sites represent a significant constraint to realising the full development potential of the city, particularly with respect to Docklands and Tivoli. Their relocation to suitable locations outside the city is desirable.
27 http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2015/si/209/made/en/print 28 COMAH - Health and Safety Authority (hsa.ie)
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