GrantedIndustrialDecided 17 May 2019

Collinstown Leixlip Blakestown Kellystown Kilmacredock Lower, Collinstown Industrial Park, Leixlip

A major extension to an integrated circuit manufacturing facility in Leixlip.

1991 · Kildare County Council · Lodged 1 February 2019

Reference: 1991
Authority: Kildare County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 1 February 2019

Summary

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This application seeks a 10-year permission for a massive extension to a previously permitted manufacturing facility. The development includes a four-level manufacturing building extension of approximately 109,745 sqm, a link building, and revised utility support buildings.

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Storeys: 4
Floor area: 117,905 m²

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Official record

Development description

An extended and revised manufacturing facility (granted under an bord pleanála ref. Pl09.248582; kildare county council ref. 16/1229) including reconfigured and extended support buildings, water tanks and yards to provide for additional manufacturing capacity. The development will consist of buildings, site infrastructure and ancillary works, for the manufacture of integrated circuits. A 10 year planning permission is requested. The proposed development comprises: (1) manufacturing building extension to the previously permitted manufacturing building, over four levels (parapet height of 31sqm). The manufacturing extension to the permitted building will have a floor area of circa 109,745sqm. This will include support areas and roof mounted stacks and equipment, ranging in height from 6m to 25m above parapet together with its associated 4 level link building sized 8,160sqm and circa 31m high located to the east of the permitted manufacturing building with minor elevational alterations to the previously permitted manufacturing building. (2) manufacturing utility support building(s) revised design and configuration of previously permitted support buildings consisting of: i) a two level boiler and chiller building and associated roof mounted cooling towers, sized 22,188sqm and circa 24.5m high; (ii) a four level water treatment and compressor building, sized circa 11,992sqm and circa 27m high; (iii) a two level waste water treatment building, sized circa 4,974sqm and circa 17m high and a single storey analyser building sized 37sqm and circa 7m high, and its associated single storey electrical building sized 180sqm and circa 7m high; iv) a bulk gas and electrical yard with storage for gasses and liquids with roofed compounds sized 538sqm and circa 6m high and a single storey support building sized 73sqm and circa 6.5m high and an electrical yard housing transformers and 3 no. Electrical building sized 446sqm in total and circa 7m high; v) a 4 level structure housing 40 no. Emergency generators and their associated stacks circa 21m high and their 3 associated electrical buildings sized 200sqm gross and circa 4.5m high and their associated transformers. All the above buildings have roof mounted equipment and stacks ranging from circa 5m to 18m high. (3) water tanks, 8 no. Water tanks 38m in diameter and circa 10m high, and a single storey pumphouse sized 840sqm and circa 5m high. (4) site works, building links and yard equipment extension and revised

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Industry and WarehousingBP

“To provide for industry, manufacturing, distribution and warehousing.”

National zoning type: Mixed/general commercial/industrial/enterprise uses

Objective set by the Leixlip LAP 2020-2023 (2020–2026). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.

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Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
Apartment 32 Louisa Park, Staition Road, Leixlip	Feb 2025	€308,000	322 m
Apartment 64 Block D, Louise Park, Station Rd Leixlip	Oct 2025	€262,500	334 m
88 Louisa Park, Station Rd, Leixlip	Mar 2025	€250,000	345 m
82 Louisa Park, Leixlip, Kildare	Apr 2026	€321,500	345 m
94 Louisa Park, Leixlip, Co Kildare	Feb 2026	€290,000	360 m
Apt 116 Block G2, Louisa Park, Leixlip	Jul 2025	€310,000	361 m
13 Louisa Park, Leixlip, Kildare	Apr 2025	€279,000	362 m
105 Block F, Louisa Park, Station Rd	Mar 2025	€308,000	371 m

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Key dates

Timeline

Application received1 February 2019
Further information requested28 March 2019
Further information received4 April 2019
Decision due29 May 2019
Decision issued17 May 2019
Appeal submitted13 June 2019
Appeal decided21 November 2019
Permission expiry20 November 2029

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