Environmental Services

GENERAL INFORMATION

Our Environmental Services Section is located at the Machinery Yard, Limerick Road, Nenagh and can be contacted by direct dial to 067 44786

RECYCLING ACTIVITIES

The Environmental Section will provide you with a Compost bin within 4 weeks of receipt of your request and payment of the appropriate subsidised fee of €35 subject to availability.

DERELICT SITES

The Council maintains a register of Derelict Sites in the Environment Section. You are welcome to inspect the register during office hours. Any information of a general nature will be given to you immediately.

INFORMATION WITH REGARD TO LITTER, WATER POLLUTION, DOGS, HUISANCES, NOISE

The Environmental Section deals with all queries relating to litter, water pollution, dogs, nuisances and noise. You are welcome to phone or call to the office during normal working hours and any information of a general nature will be given to you immediately. Litter Freephone – 1800 250 350

Should you wish to lodge a compliant or observation with regard to any issue, you may do so by phone or in writing. We will acknowledge receipt within 3 working days and advise you of the action we intend to take.

When your compliant has been investigated, we will notify you of the outcome within 7 days and inform you of any appeal procedures available to you should you not be satisfied.

APPLICATIONS FOR WASTE PERMITS

When you submit an application for a permit, we will examine it immediately to ensure that the applicant and the site and newspaper notice is completed correctly.

If an application is invalid, we will notify you within 14 working days specifying the further information needed to validate it.

If the application is valid, we will issue an acknowledgement of receipt within 14 working days. This will confirm the date on which the application was received and the reference number allocated to it.

Where we discover during processing that additional information is required we will issues a detailed list of the information required. A request for additional information will issue within 1 month of receipt of a valid applicant.

A decision will issues on a valid application within 2 months.

This notification will detail the appeal procedure that may be taken by you, should you be dissatisfied in any way with out decision.

OBJECTIONS TO APPLICATIONS

Should you wish to lodge an objection or observation with regard to any application, you may do so in writing. We will acknowledge receipt within 7 working days.

We will notify you within 7 working days of making a decision. This notification will detail the appeal procedure that may be taken by you, should you be dissatisfied in any way with our decision.

REGISTER OF APPLICATIONS

The Council maintains a register of all applications in the Environmental office. You are welcome to phone or call to the office during normal working hours and any information of a general nature will be given to you immediately.(copy of permit can be purchased)

APPLICATIONS FOR LICENCES TO DISCHARGE TO WATERS OR SEWERS

Making an application

When you submit an application for a licence, we will examine it immediately to ensure that it is completed correctly.

If the application if invalid, we will notify you within 7 working days specifying the further information needed to validate it.

If the application is valid, we will issue an acknowledgement of receipt within 7 working days confirming the date on which it was received and the reference number allocated to it.

Where we discover during processing that additional information is required we will issue a detailed list of the information required. A request for additional information will issue within 1 month of receipt of a valid application.

A decision will issue on a valid application within 2 months.

This notification will detail the appeal procedure that may be taken by you, should be dissatisfied in any way with our decision.

Objection to Licence to discharge to Waters

Should you wish to lodge an objection or observation with regard to any application, you may do so in writing. We will acknowledge receipt within 7 working days.

Once a decision is made on the application, we will notify you within 7 working days and inform you of any appeal procedures available to you.

Register of licences

A register of all applications for licences is maintained in the Environmental Section. You are welcome to phone or call to the office during normal working hours and any information of a general nature will be given to you immediately copy of Licence can be purchased).