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Intel Leixlip Site, Collinstown Blakestown Kellystown, Collinstown Industrial Park

Realignment of a 1.1km section of 110kV overhead power lines at the Intel Leixlip site.

221401 · Kildare County Council · Lodged 24 November 2022

Reference: 221401
Authority: Kildare County Council
Register status: Invalid or incomplete
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 24 November 2022

Summary

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The project involves diverting a section of the existing 110kV double circuit overhead line to the north of the River Rye. It includes decommissioning and removing 4 existing steel lattice towers and installing 7 new steel lattice towers ranging in height from 20.75m to 39.75m.

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Official record

Development description

The alteration and realignment of an approximate 1.1km section of existing double circuit overhead line which supports the existing maynooth-ryebrook and dunfirth-kinnegad-rinnawade 110kv overhead line circuits. The proposed development comprises of: (1) diversion. Diverting a section of the existing 110kv double circuit overhead line to the north of the river rye, along the eastern side of the intel site at collinstown, linking back to the existing overhead line section at the car park of the lidl supermarket, directly south of the r148. (2) removal of existing double circuit towers. The decommissioning and removal of 4 no existing double circuit steel lattice towers and associated electrical conductors to include the removal of the existing towers and associated electrical conductors from site. (3) double circuit towers. The installation of 7 no new double circuit steel lattice towers. Two of these will be replacement towers (towers t1 & t7). The towers will range in height from approximately 20.75m to approximately 39.75m above ground level and will support six electrical conductors (overhead lines). (4) site works. All ancillary site development, preparation and reinstatement works, including access, landscaping and connection to existing services and utilities and miscellaneous site works. This application consists of a variation to a previously permitted development on an activity for which a licence under part iv of the environmental protection agency act 1992 (as amended by the protection of the environment act, 2003) is required. An environmental impact assessment report ("eiar") and a natura impact statement ("nis") accompany this application and they will be available for inspection or purchase at the office of the planning authority. This is a site to which the chemicals act (control of major accident hazard involving dangerous substances) regulations 2015 (s. I. 209 of 2015) applies.

Land-use zoning

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AgricultureRU

“To retain and protect agricultural uses.”

National zoning type: Agriculture

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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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
88 Louisa Park, Station Rd, Leixlip	Mar 2025	€250,000	369 m
82 Louisa Park, Leixlip, Kildare	Apr 2026	€321,500	369 m
94 Louisa Park, Leixlip, Co Kildare	Feb 2026	€290,000	376 m
27 Rockingham Ave, Leixlip, Kildare	Jul 2025	€840,000	377 m
172 Louisa Park, Station Rd, Leixlip	Dec 2025	€395,000	378 m
105 Block F, Louisa Park, Station Rd	Mar 2025	€308,000	403 m
Apartment 64 Block D, Louise Park, Station Rd Leixlip	Oct 2025	€262,500	405 m
57 Riverforest View, Leixlip, Co. Kildare	Dec 2025	€410,000	410 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.

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Application received24 November 2022

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