Unit 200 Northwest Business Park, Ballycoolin, Dublin 15, D15 K8ND
Change of use of a warehouse facility to a transport depot for 187 buses.
FW25A/0103E · Fingal County Council · Lodged 18 March 2025
- Reference
- FW25A/0103E
- Authority
- Fingal County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 18 March 2025
Summary
AI-generatedGo-Ahead Transport Services is applying to convert a warehouse and logistics facility into a transport depot. The development includes parking for 187 buses, a workshop, refuelling areas, a bus wash, and ancillary offices.
- Floor area
- 6,077 m²
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
- Go-ahead transport services (dublin) limited intends to apply for planning permission for development on this c. 2.1 ha site at unit 200 northwest business park, ballycoolin, dublin 15, d15 k8nd. The development will consist of the change of use of this site from the existing warehouse/logistics facility use to transport depot, including the 2 no. Existing buildings, each incorporating internal ancillary offices and related areas (building
- C. 5,084 sq m; building
- C. 993 sq m). The development will include on site provision for the storage, maintenance and parking of buses (187 no. Bus spaces comprising 176 no. Designated spaces and 11 no. Overnight spaces); ancillary offices and staff facilities (including toilets, changing rooms, canteen, store, meetings and training rooms); bus workshop; external fuel storage tanks, water tanks, refuelling area and bus wash drive-through. The development will also include the provision of a pedestrian entrance adjacent to the main vehicular entrance; the provision of a roller shutter door and ramped access to west of building 2; surface car parking (including electrical charging points and ducting); motorcycle and bicycle parking; pedestrian pathways; signage; plant, back up generator and water tank; external lighting; hard and soft landscaping; boundary treatments; piped infrastructure and ducting; drainage infrastructure; waste management areas and all ancillary site development works above and below ground. Ai rcvd 26/05/2025
The historical record
How change-of-use applications have been decided in Fingal County Council
81% granted
of 551 change-of-use applications granted, refused or part-granted by Fingal County Council, 2016–2026.
- The same category nationally
- 88%14,604
- All categories in Fingal County Council
- 83%12,342
These are historical figures for this category in this council area, counted from the statutory register over the last 10 years. They are not an assessment of this application and say nothing about how it will be decided.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“Provide opportunities for general enterprise and employment”
National zoning type: Industrial, enterprise, employment
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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Timeline
- Application received18 March 2025
- Decision due20 June 2025
- Decision issued18 June 2025
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