GrantedIndustrialDecided 16 May 2022

In the townlands of Ballybane & Kilbride within Profile Park, Clondalkin, Dublin 22

Demolition of a house and construction of two data centres in Clondalkin.

SD21A/0241 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 21 March 2022

Reference: SD21A/0241
Authority: South Dublin County Council
Register status: Appealed
Type: Permission
Received: 21 March 2022
Floor area: 40589 m²

Summary

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This application seeks the demolition of an abandoned single-storey dwelling to construct two large two-storey data centres with a combined floor area of 40,589 square metres. The development includes 33 emergency generators with 22.3-metre-high flues and rooftop solar panels.

Industrialdata centredemolitionindustrialsolar

Storeys: 2

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Development description

Demolition of the abandoned single storey dwelling and associated outbuilding (206sqm); construction of 2 two storey data centers with plant at roof level of each facility and associated ancillary development which will have a gross floor area of 40,589sq. M consisting of 1 two storey data center (building
Which will be located to the south of the site and will have a gross floor area of 24,667sq. M. Including 22 emergency generators located at ground floor level within a compound to the western side of the data center with associated flues that will be 22.3m in height; 1 two storey data center (building
Which will be located to the north of the site, and to the immediate north of building 11 and will have a gross floor area of 12,915sq. M including 11 emergency generators located at ground floor level within a compound to the western side of the data center with associated flues that will be 22.3m in height; each of the two data centers will include data storage rooms, associated electrical and mechanical plant rooms, loading bays, maintenance and storage spaces, office administration areas, and plant including pv panels at roof level as well as a separate house generator for each facility which will provide emergency power to the admin and ancillary spaces; each generator will include a diesel tank and there will be a refuelling area to serve the proposed emergency generators; the overall height of each data center apart from the flues and plant at roof level is c. 14.23m above the finished floor level; the overall height of each data center apart from the flues and plant at roof level is c. 14.23m above the finished floor level; single storey step-up substation (38sq. M) as well as 2 single storey switch substations (121sq. M); agi gas regulator compound that include 3 single storey buildings (134sq. M); construction of a gas powered generation plant in the form of a 13m high single storey building with a gross floor area of 2,714sq. M that will contain 10 gas generators with associated flues that will be 25m in height, and grouped in pairs and threes; the gas plant will be located to the west of building 11; ancillary site development works, that will include reorientation of the baldonnel stream, biodiversity management initiatives, attenuation ponds and the installation and connection to the underground foul and storm water drainage network, and installation of utility ducts and cables, that will include the drilling and laying of ducts and cables under the internal road network within profile park; other ancillary site development works will include hard and soft landscaping, lighting, fencing, signage, services road, entrance gates, sprinkler tanks and pump room; a temporary gas powered generation plant within a fenced yard containing 21 generator units in containers, each with associated flues (each 25m high), 12 transformers and 10 containers of controls to be located to the west of, and associated with the first phase of building 11, and will be required for a period of up to 2 years if connection to the national grid is delayed; this temporary plant will not be built if the connection to the national grid is in place prior to the operation of building 11 at this site that includes an abandoned single storey residential property on the new nangor road (r134), dublin 22; and on land within the townlands of ballybane and kilbride within profile park, clondalkin, dublin 22 on an overall site of 8.7 hectares

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

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Built — construction complete

A commencement notice records works starting on 20 April 2023.

Notified floor area: 115.4 m²

7 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	244 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 received21 March 2022
Further information requested26 October 2021
Further information received21 March 2022
Decision due16 May 2022
Decision issued16 May 2022
Grant issued19 July 2022
Appeal submitted13 June 2022
Appeal decided6 July 2022
Permission expiry13 October 2022

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