Whitehead - Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment)
What is planned?
Mid & East Antrim Borough Council
Planning Application Accompanied by an Environmental Statement –
Receipt of Additional Environmental Information
Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017
(Regulations 18 and 21)
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council
Application No: LA02/2018/1145/F
Location: Cloghan Point Oil Terminal, Quay Lane, Whitehead
Proposal: Redevelopment of the existing terminal to an import, storage and distribution
facility, incorporating Class I Petrol, Class II (1) Dual Purpose Kerosene (DPK) and Class III (1)
Gas Oil & Diesel. The terminal will also incorporate the import, storage and blending of Biofuels
(such as Class I Ethanol and Unclassified (1) FAME), dyes and additives. The demolition of
existing buildings, structures and chimney stack, the tiered levelling of existing ground levels,
jetty-head modifications and new road-loading gantries, Vapour Recovery Unit (VRU) and
operations building. Surface-water drainage will be discharged via oil interceptor(s). The
new upper site will be vehicle park.
In support of the above planning application, the applicant has voluntarily submitted
additional environmental information which is classed as “any other information” under
regulation 2(2) and 21 of the Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations
(Northern Ireland) 2017. This information comprises in short:
• Consolidated Environmental Statement (ES) Volume 1 – Main Statement
• Consolidated Environmental Statement Volume 2 – Figures
• Consolidated Environmental Statement Volume 3 – Appendices
• Consolidated Environmental Statement – Non-Technical Summary
This information can be examined at the Mid and East Antrim Planning Office, Ardeevin,
80 Galgorm Road, Ballymena, BT42 1AB (Tel. No: 028 25633500) during normal office hours,
subject to an appointment only basis. The information may also be viewed online via the
planning portal at
https://planningregister.planningsystemni.gov.uk/
Copies of the information are available for inspection at Whitehead Library, 17B Edward
Road, Whitehead, BT38 9QB (Tel. No: 028 93352249). A limited number of CD copies are
available free of charge for members of the public after which copies of the Environmental
Statement can be purchased directly from RPS, Elmwood House, 74 Boucher Road, Belfast,
BT12 6RZ (Tel. No: 028 90667914).
The Environmental Statement (ES) can be purchased directly from RPS at the following prices:
Full ES including Non-Technical Summary - £475.00
Main ES Document (Volume 1) - £155.00
Non-Technical Summary - £35.00
CD copy of Full ES and Non-Technical Summary - £5.00
Written representations on this application should be forwarded to the Mid and East Antrim
Borough Council Planning Office, Ardeevin, 60 Galgorm Road, Ballymena, BT42 1AB or by
email to
planning@midandeastantrim.gov.uk
not later than 30 days from the date of this
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Please quote the reference number in all correspondence. It should be noted that all such
written comments will also be made available for public inspection