Galway Bay fm newsroom - The decision date has been pushed out again for a proposal to build a controversial biogas plant in Gort.
A tentative date had been set for mid-August for a decision on the application led by Sustainable Bio-Energy Limited.
The plant would be located in the townlands of Ballynamantan, Kinincha and Glenbrack.
The file has been under the review of the inspector since February.
The applicant Sustainable Bio-Energy Limited is awaiting the decision, after lodging an appeal against the county council’s refusal of the plan in early 2020.
In January of 2019, an application to develop a biogas plant on a 10 hectare site around one kilometre from Gort was withdrawn by Sustainable Bio-Energy Limited.
A second application was submitted in November 2019 for the plant, which would utilise anaerobic digestion technology to produce renewable energy and organic fertiliser.
However county planners refused permission for the project in January 2020 citing a number of factors.
This decision is now subject to a fresh appeal to An Bord Pleanála by the applicant with a decision yet to be issued.
