Planning Permission Ireland
GrantedCommercialDecided 15 October 2015

Grangecastle Business Park, Nangor Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22.

Construction of a single storey data centre with offices and support facilities in Clondalkin.

SD15A/0133 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 18 September 2015

Reference
SD15A/0133
Authority
South Dublin County Council
Register status
In progress
Type
Permission
Received
18 September 2015
Floor area
7609 m²

Summary

AI-generated

Permission is sought for a single storey data centre with a gross floor area of approximately 7,609 square metres. The development includes offices, a generator compound, an ESB substation, parking for 60 cars, and associated site works for the sole use of Microsoft Operations Ireland Ltd.

Commercialdata centrecommercialinfrastructure
Storey
1

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Official record

Development description

Construction of a single storey data centre, with offices (of circa. 1,560sq. M), storage space, computer and associated support areas, electrical component rooms, loading dock area (the building having a total gross floor area of c. 7,609sq. M), roof plant and externally a generator compound (635sq. M), evaporative cooling tank, (150m3) & associated pump house (c. 75sq. M), esb sub station (c. 68sq. M), drivers toilet (c. 5sq. M), smoking shelter and carparking and bicycle facilities for the sole and only use of microsoft operations ireland ltd. In connection with this installation. For site safety purposes the provision of sprinkler tank of c. 737m3 and associated water tank pump room of 75sq. M is proposed. Also included are ancillary site works for connection to existing grange castle infrastructural services as well as fencing, signage, perimeter services road around the building, 60 car parking spaces (including 5 universal accessible car parking spaces) and 18 bicycle spaces. The site perimeter will be enclosed with berming and landscaping to the frontage onto technology park road and the new nangor road. All of the above for the sole use of microsoft operations ireland ltd. An eis (environomental impact statement) has been submitted with this application.

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

EESI
“To provide for enterprise and employment related uses”

National zoning type: Industrial, enterprise, employment

Objective set by the South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028 (2022–2028). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.

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Built — construction complete

A commencement notice records works starting on 11 December 2015. A completion certificate was lodged on 25 October 2017.

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.

Key dates

Timeline

  1. Application received18 September 2015
  2. Further information requested13 July 2015
  3. Further information received18 September 2015
  4. Decision due15 October 2015
  5. Decision issued15 October 2015
  6. Grant issued24 November 2015

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