GrantedEnergyDecided 19 July 2022

Profile Park, Baldonnel, Dublin 22

Construction of a 125MW gas-fired power plant with associated buildings and infrastructure.

SD21A/0167 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 25 May 2022

Reference: SD21A/0167
Authority: South Dublin County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 25 May 2022
Floor area: 2741 m²

Summary

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The project involves building a gas-fired power plant with an electrical output of up to 125MW. It includes an 18.9m high engine hall for six gas engines, an electrical annex, workshop, tank farm, exhaust stack, and associated storage tanks.

Energypower plantgasinfrastructureindustrial

Storey: 1

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Official record

Development description

Construction of a gas fired power plant with an electrical output of up to 125mw with associated balance of plant, equipment and buildings including; an engine hall building with a height of 18.9m, comprising 6 gas engines and ancillary infrastructure; an electrical annex building with a height of 18.7m; a workshop building with a height of 5.1m; a tank farm building with a height of 5.68m; a security hut with a height of 3.27m; an exhaust stack with a height of 31.8m; a gas agi including a kiosk with height of 3.3m; radiator coolers with a height of 8.46m; 2 electrical transformers with a height of 4.98m; tanks including 2 x diesel oil storage tanks (volume of 2500m3 combined); scr urea tank (26m3); lube oil storage tank (26m3); lube oil maintenance tank (26m3); pilot oil tank (26m3); fire water storage tank (1000m3); effluent collecting tank (26m3); underground surface water attenuation tank (490m3); 2 new access onto the existing private road network with profile park; 12 parking spaces, footpaths, landscaping; fencing and all other associated site development plant and equipment and other works including surface water and foul wastewater drainage. An eiar was 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 & sold

What happened next

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Built — construction complete

A commencement notice records works starting on 4 April 2023.

Notified floor area: 11 m²

4 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
Apartments 1-33, Block 8 Nangor Hall, Kilcarbery Grange	Dec 2025	€12,943,276	463 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 received25 May 2022
Further information requested19 August 2021
Further information received11 March 2022
Decision due19 July 2022
Decision issued19 July 2022
Grant issued30 August 2022

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