GrantedCommercialDecided 24 February 2025

Swords Business Campus, Balheary Road, Swords, K67 C6H6

Installation of utility compounds, heat pumps, and gas storage at Swords Business Campus.

F24A/0732E · Fingal County Council · Lodged 13 August 2024

Reference: F24A/0732E
Authority: Fingal County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 13 August 2024

Summary

AI-generated

The development consists of installing external heat pump compounds, a liquid oxygen compound with storage tanks, and bottle gas store rooms. It also includes a vacuum and medical air plant room, a backup generator compound, and the relocation of existing car parking.

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Official record

Development description

The development will consist 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 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) an external high temperature heat pump compound, (vi) medium voltage, transformer and offloader rooms, (vii) backup electricity generator compound with associated fuel tank (18,000 litres) of 2.8m height, (viii) an external condenser unit compound, (ix) relocation of existing carparking and, (x) hardstanding, fencing, and all associated site works necessary to facilitate the development. Ai rcvd 16/12/2024 cai received 31/01/2025

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

MRE - Metro and Rail Economic CorridorRE

“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.

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Built & sold

What happened next

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Built — construction complete

A commencement notice records works starting on 30 May 2025.

Notified floor area: 74 m²

3 commencement notices are linked to this development.

Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
Millbank, Newtown, Lissenhall Swords	May 2026	€460,000	456 m

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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 received13 August 2024
Decision due27 February 2025
Decision issued24 February 2025

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