Planning Permission Ireland
GrantedIndustrialDecided 30 November 2022

Kilkenny IDA Business & Technology Park, Ring Road Loughboy, Kilkenny

Construction of a large medical device manufacturing facility at Kilkenny IDA Business & Technology Park.

22662 · Kilkenny County Council · Lodged 7 October 2022

Reference
22662
Authority
Kilkenny County Council
Register status
Decided
Type
PERMISSION
Received
7 October 2022

Summary

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The proposed development consists of a part-one and part-two storey industrial building for medical device manufacturing with a gross floor area of 29,490 sqm. The facility will accommodate assembly rooms, sterilization areas, offices, warehouse space, a utility compound with emergency generators, and a fenced marshalling yard.

Industrialindustrialmedical devicefactory
Storeys
2
Floor area
29,490 m²

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Development description

The proposed development will consist of the following: all site clearance and enabling works required to facilitate the development; the construction of an industrial building (for the purpose of medical device manufacturing),with a gross floor area (gfa) of 29,490sqm and with a maximum parapet height of c. 16.3metres. The building will be part-one and part-two storeys in height, with enclosed plant at roof level; the proposed building will accommodate assembly rooms, an electron-beam sterilization area, support and staff welfare facilities, kitchen and dining facilities, warehouse/storage space, and ancillary office space. The ancillary office space totals 4,645sq. M at ground and first floor levels; provision of a fenced marshalling yard and waste yard to the north of the proposed building, along with loading bays, waste compactor and gated access points; the provision of a fenced utility compound area located to the western part of the site, which will accommodate 2no. Emergency generators, 2no. Sprinkler tanks and a single storey building comprising a sprinkler house, and esb substation, including client control room (with a gfa of 182sqm); the provision of a single storey security guard house (with a gfa of 42sqm) to the southeast of the site; the provision of 520no. Car parking spaces and 236no. Bicycle parking spaces; the access to the unit will be provided via an existing intersection within the kilkenny ida business and technology park and via the existing link road to the south of the site. The development includes the surfacing of the link road to serve the subject site; the development also includes landscaping, boundary treatments, photovoltaic panels at roof level, entrance barriers, site lighting, and all associated site development works, including underground foul and storm water drainage services and attenuation areas, and all ancillary works. An environmental impact assessment report (eiar) will be submitted to the planning authority with the planning application and the eiar will be available for inspection or purchase at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy at the offices of the planning authority. The site is located to the west of the bohernatounish road (and of existing buildings within the business and technology park), to the east of the outrath road and loughboy industrial estate, and to the south of the kilkenny ring road (n10) and an office development currently under construction.

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Industrial/Technology ParkCOE
“To provide for industry and information technology related industrial and office development and ancillary services. The purpose is to encourage mainly services type employment on a campus environment”

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

Objective set by the Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021-2027 (2021–2027). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.

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Key dates

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  1. Application received7 October 2022
  2. Decision due1 December 2022
  3. Decision issued30 November 2022
  4. Grant issued11 January 2023
  5. Permission expiry10 January 2028

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