GrantedIndustrialDecided 31 August 2016

Grange Castle Business Park, Nangor Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22.

A new five-storey bio-pharmaceutical manufacturing building and extensions at Grange Castle Business Park.

SD16A/0236 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 8 July 2016

Reference: SD16A/0236
Authority: South Dublin County Council
Register status: In progress
Type: Permission
Received: 8 July 2016
Floor area: 37166 m²

Summary

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The development consists of a new five-storey bio-pharmaceutical manufacturing building to be built in two phases, totaling over 34,000 sq.m. It also includes a warehouse extension, a three-storey laboratory extension, and extensive site works including 565 car parking spaces.

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Storeys: 5

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Official record

Development description

A new 5 storey bio-pharmaceutical manufacturing building to be built in two phases. Phase 1 sized 20,320sq. Ms and 28.2 meters high including a single storey link sized 1,203sq. M, and phase 2 sized 14,320sq. M and 28.2 meters high, including a single storey link sized 750sq. M, located to the south of their existing drug substance building. A single storey warehouse extension located to the south of the existing warehouse including new docking facilities sized 1,142sq. M and 11.2 meter high. A three storey extension located to the east of the existing laboratory building sized 1,328sq. M and 17.6 meters high. A new south elevation with new windows on the fourth floor of the existing drug substance building. New site works including 565 new car parking spaces of which 282 are relocated car parking spaces
282 spaces lost due to the development footprint - located to the north of the site, together with a new bicycle parking facility, a new permanent heavy goods entrance at the current construction entrance to the south boundary of the campus and new fencing, 2.1 meters high, to the east, west and south side boundaries. Permanent car parking of 350 spaces for sustaining construction and contract personnel utilising a portion of the existing temporary contractor car park. Upon completion of the construction and commissioning activities, the remainder of the contractor car park will be decommissioned. A new single storey security building sized 56sq. M and revisions and alterations to the existing road, services and landscaping and new items of plant and equipment located in the existing and proposed yards, and associated pipe bridges. All associated site works. A 10 year planning permission is sought for this proposed development. The 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 for the protection of the environment act 2003) is required and full details of the proposed development and its anticipated environmental impacts will be notified to the environmental protection agency. An environmental impact statement accompanies this application, and it will be avialable for inspection or purchase at the office of the planning authority

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 & sold

What happened next

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Built — construction complete

A commencement notice records works starting on 25 October 2016. A completion certificate was lodged on 29 May 2025.

Notified floor area: 370 m²

8 commencement notices are linked to this development.

Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
78 Grange View Rd, Clondalkin, Dublin 22	Aug 2025	€367,000	270 m
30 The Gables, Grange View, Clondalkin Dublin 22	Feb 2025	€246,000	326 m
8 Grange View Court, Clondalkin, Dublin 22	Mar 2026	€340,000	327 m
5 Grange View Court, Clondalkin, Dublin	May 2026	€337,000	337 m
39 The Gables, Grangeview, Clondalkinnot full market price	Jun 2025	€230,000	337 m
41 The Gables, Grangeview, Clondalkinnot full market price	Jun 2025	€62,500	337 m
7 Grange View Court, Clondalkin, Dublin 22	Sept 2025	€364,000	342 m
27 Kilmahuddrick Walk, Clondalkin, Dublin 22	Apr 2026	€315,000	352 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.

Key dates

Timeline

Application received8 July 2016
Decision due1 September 2016
Decision issued31 August 2016
Grant issued10 October 2016

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