Disappointment as compost facility gets go-ahead

AN ENVIRONMENTAL company that was refused planning for a compost facility in west Waterford has been given the green light by An Bord Pleanála.

Advanced Environmental Solutions (AES Ltd) is to develop the facility at the site of the former Michell Ireland plant outside Portlaw. The Kildare-based company has, however, been refused permission for the second element of the project, a waste-water treatment plant on-site, as part of the same decision. The company has not yet commented on the decision.

The developers were notified Tuesday, as were a local residents group, The Suir Valley Environmental Group, which had originally opposed the waste facility.