GrantedAlterationsDecided 1 October 2024

Alexion Pharma International Operations Ltd., College Business and Technology Park, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15, D15R925

Amendments to an approved biopharmaceutical campus expansion in Blanchardstown, altering waste and chemical storage facilities.

FW24A/0330E · Fingal County Council · Lodged 16 August 2024

Reference: FW24A/0330E
Authority: Fingal County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 16 August 2024

Summary

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The proposed development consists of amendments to the permitted expansion of the Alexion Pharma campus. It includes increasing the waste management building floor area to 209 sqm and expanding its yard, alongside reducing the permitted chemical material store floor area to 811 sqm.

Alterationspharmaindustrialamendment

Floor area: 1,020 m²

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Official record

Development description

Permission for amendments and alterations to the approved expansion of the existing biopharmaceutical manufacturing campus granted planning permission under fingal county council planning references fw22a/0300 and fw23a/0230 at college business and technology park, blanchardstown, dublin
The proposed development will comprise: (i) an amendment to the permitted waste management facility to include; an increase the floor area of the permitted waste management building from approved floor area of 155 sqm to 209 sqm and maximum height of 7.5 m; an increase in the fenced yard area of the approved waste management yard from approximately 1,430 sqm to approximately 1,680 sqm; associated works including re-positioned plant/equipment, additional chemical store cabinets, an enlargement of approved surface water attenuation tank, footpath adjustments to provide for an access ramp and changes to the approved landscape plan. (ii) an amendment to the permitted chemical material store to reduce its floor area from the approved floor area of 1,220 sqm to 811 sqm and maximum height of 15.65m and to include within the chemical material yard associated plant / equipment, chemical storage cabinets, repositioning of the approved regenerative thermal oxidiser (rto) abatement unit, and provision of a new electrical control room for the rto with floor area of approximately 14.4 sqm and maximum height of 2.8m and repositioning of the approved pump house. This application relates to development which comprises an activity which holds an industrial emissions directive licence (reg. No. P1030). The application relates to the provision of an establishment to which the major accident regulations apply

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

HT - High TechnologyCOE

“Provide for office, research and development and high technology/high technology manufacturing type employment in a high quality built and landscaped environment”

National zoning type: Office, business/technology park and related

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 — construction complete

A commencement notice records works starting on 17 February 2025.

Notified floor area: 10 m²

4 commencement notices are linked to this development.

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

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Application received16 August 2024
Decision due10 October 2024
Decision issued1 October 2024

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