GrantedEnergyDecided 18 June 2021

Dublin Bay Power Station, Pigeon House Road, Dublin 4, D04 Y5N2

Construction of a 30 MW battery energy storage system facility at Dublin Bay Power Station.

3646/20 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 29 October 2020

Reference: 3646/20
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 29 October 2020

Summary

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The development consists of a 30 MW capacity battery energy storage system (BESS) facility within a secured compound. It will include up to 11 battery container unit arrangements on concrete plinths, a control building, a SCADA communications mast, and a fenced transformer compound.

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Official record

Development description

Planning permission for development on a c. 3.5 ha site bounded by shellybanks road to the east and by south bank road to the south; being also to the south of the existing dublin bay power station, pigeon house road, dublin 4, d04 y5n2. The development will consist of: a 30 mw capacity battery energy storage system (bess) facility within a secured compound and will include the following elements: (a) up to 11 battery container unit arrangements comprising: (1) 6 concrete plinths (c. 110 sq. M. , c. 0.5 m high) typically supporting battery containers (c. 2.6 m high); air conditioning (a/c) unit (c. 1.8 m high); inverter unit (c. 3.8 m high); battery transformer unit (c. 3.3 m high); ring main unit (rmu) (c. 3.3 m high); (2) 5 concrete plinths (c. 123 sq. M. , c. 0.5 m high) typically supporting battery containers (c. 2.6 m high); air conditioning (a/c) unit (c. 1.8 m high); inverter unit (c. 3.8 m high); battery transformer unit (c. 3.3 m high); ring main unit (rmu) (c. 3.3 m high); (b) a c. 135 sq. M. , c. 4.7 m high control building; (c) industrial/electrical plant including: (i) scada communications mast (c. 18 m high); (ii) c. 1,309 sq. M. , c. 5.6 m high fenced transformer compound; (iii) var support unit on a concrete plinth (c. 24 sq. M. , c. 3.4 m high); (iv) 4 lightning monopoles (c. 20 m high); (v) c. 19.8 sq. M. , c. 3 m high bunded house transformer; (vi) cable trays and associated service connections; (vii) pole mounted security cameras (8.3 m high); (d) removal of existing fencing and gates, and installation of: various boundary and internal fencing and gates with different treatments including palisade specification (c. 2.6 m high), chainlink specification (c. 2.7 m high), and wall mounted blunt top railing and gates (c. 2.6 m high); (e) ancillary site clearance and development works including provision of areas of hardstanding, internal access roads, onsite drainage and attenuation, temporary construction laydown areas; and (f) connections to site services networks including telecommunications, electrical, water supply, surface water drainage / attenuation, and ancillary cabling. These encompass connections within the aforementioned dublin bay power station (licenced by the environmental protection agency (epa) under an industrial emissions (ie) licence [ref. P0486-02] and a lower tier comah site and therefore falling under the requirements of the control of major accident hazard (comah) regulations, 2015). Access will be from south bank road on the southern boundary and via the existing access to the east from shellybanks road. A minor part of the application – being a minor area of land identified for use as a temporary construction laydown area and for access, relates to development in the poolbeg west strategic development zone (sdz). An environmental impact assessment report (eiar) which complies with the european union (planning and development) (environmental impact assessment) regulations 2018 (s. I. 296 of 2018) will be submitted to the planning authority with the application. A natura impact statement (nis) will be submitted to the planning authority with the application. The eiar and nis will be available for inspection or purchase at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, during office hours at the offices of the planning authority. The application may also be viewed or downloaded on the department of housing, planning and local government’s eia portal located at http://housinggovie. Maps. Arcgis. Com/apps/webappviewer/index. Html? Id=d7d5a3d48f104ecbb206e7e5f84b71f1

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Z7: Employment (Heavy)SI

“To provide for the protection and creation of industrial uses, and facilitate opportunities for employment creation including Port Related Activities.”

National zoning type: General industry

Objective set by the Development Plan 2022-2028 (2022–2028). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.

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Built — construction complete

A commencement notice records works starting on 24 August 2022. A completion certificate was lodged on 6 March 2024.

Notified floor area: 47 m²

Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) and the Residential Property Price Register, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Records are matched to this application by location and may not be exhaustive; always confirm against the official source before relying on them.

Key dates

Timeline

Application received29 October 2020
Further information requested18 December 2020
Further information received26 April 2021
Decision due18 June 2021
Decision issued18 June 2021
Grant issued6 August 2021

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