Planning Permission Ireland
GrantedChange of useDecided 18 June 2025

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-generated

Go-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.

Change of usetransportdepotbus
Floor area
6,077 m²

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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

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Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

GE - General EmploymentSI
Provide opportunities for general enterprise and employment

National zoning type: Industrial, enterprise, employment

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Key dates

Timeline

  1. Application received18 March 2025
  2. Decision due20 June 2025
  3. Decision issued18 June 2025

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