Swords Business Campus, Balheary Road, Swords, K67 C6H6
Development of utility compounds, heat pumps, and gas storage at Swords Business Campus.
F24A/0395E · Fingal County Council · Lodged 1 May 2024
- Reference
- F24A/0395E
- Authority
- Fingal County Council
- Register status
- Invalid or incomplete
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 1 May 2024
Summary
AI-generatedThe project involves constructing an external heat pump compound, a liquid oxygen compound with two large tanks, and various plant rooms for vacuum, medical air, and electricity. It also includes a backup generator compound with an 18,000-litre fuel tank and the relocation of existing car parking.
Generated from the description above by an AI model and may contain mistakes. The council’s description is the authoritative record.
Official record
Development description
Development of (i) an external heat pump and primary pumps compound, (ii) liquid oxygen compound, comprised of a vie (vacuum insulated evaporator) liquid oxygen primary tank (20,000 litres) of a 8.40m in height and back-up vie liquid oxygen tank (10,000 litres) of 7.50m in height, vaporisers 4.32m in height) and associated manifold plant room, (iii) bottle gases stores rooms, (iv) vacuum and medical air plant room, (v) medium voltage, transformer and offloader rooms, (vi) backup electricity generator compound with associated fuel tank (18,000 litres) of a 2.8m height, (vii) relocation of existing carparking and (viii) hardstanding, fencing, and all associated site works necessary to facilitate the development.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“Facilitate opportunities for high-density mixed-use employment generating activity and commercial development and support the provision of an appropriate quantum of residential development within the Metro and Rail Economic Corridor.”
National zoning type: Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site
Objective set by the The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029 (2023–2029). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.
Read the zoning objectives in the development planBuilt & sold
What happened next
Beyond the decision: whether this development was built, and what property here has sold for.
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millbank, Newtown, Lissenhall Swords | May 2026 | €460,000 | 459 m |
Nearby properties, not this site — a guide to local values.
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 received1 May 2024
- Decision due25 June 2024
- Decision issued7 May 2024
In the area
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- InvalidAt this site
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- Refused50 m away
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- Granted60 m away
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- Invalid60 m away
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F19A/0476FingalLodged 10 Oct 2019Infrastructure
- Refused60 m away
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F19A/0526FingalLodged 8 Nov 2019Infrastructure
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