GrantedEnergyDecided 19 September 2022

Site at Kingswood Drive and Kingswood Road within the Citywest Business Campus, Naas Road, Dublin 24

Amendments to a permitted data centre development in Citywest, including footprint and plant changes.

SD22A/0311 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 26 July 2022

Reference: SD22A/0311
Authority: South Dublin County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 26 July 2022
Floor area: 7582 m²

Summary

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The application seeks amendments to a permitted two-storey data centre. Changes include internal reconfiguration, footprint alterations, replacing the enclosed first floor with open screened roof plant, reducing the gross floor area by 4,091 sq.m, and reducing the number of generators to five.

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Storeys: 2

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Official record

Development description

Amendments to the development permitted under reg. Ref. Sd18a/0301 comprising of alterations to the permitted two storey data centre building including internal reconfiguration, alterations to finished floor levels, alterations to the building footprint to provide for the relocation of an internal staircore to the south of the building, and the replacement of the enclosed first floor level with an open screened roof mounted plant space (resulting in a reduction of 4,091sq. M in the gross floor area (gfa) of the data centre building); associated alterations to the facade of the data centre building, including alterations to fenestration, cladding, step-out in the southern facade to accommodate a staircore, and a reduction in the eastern building parapet height of c. 2 metres; provision of a canopy over the loading docks on the east facade; alterations to the permitted generator compound, generators, and flues, including a reduction in the number of generators (5 now proposed), and provision of mv rooms within the generator compound; provision of an esb substation compound in the north-eastern portion of the site, comprising a single storey substation building (with a gfa of c. 125sq. M), within a 2.6 metre high security fence, 2 transformers, client control building (with a gfa of c. 47sq. M), and associated access arrangements; the esb substation compound will be accessed from kingswood drive; omission of the permitted sprinkler tank, pump room and 10kv substation, reconfiguration of the permitted car parking, and revisions to permitted boundary treatments; associated alterations to landscaping, access and internal road arrangements, services, lighting, and layout, and all associated and ancillary works.

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 18 April 2023. A completion certificate was lodged on 5 June 2024.

Notified floor area: 124.5 m²

2 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
3 The Close, Foxwood Barn, Brownsbarnprice excludes VAT	Jan 2025	€414,096	363 m
6 The Way, Foxwood Barn, Citywestprice excludes VAT	Jan 2025	€378,854	371 m
14 The Avenue, Foxwood Barn, Brownsbarnprice excludes VAT	Feb 2025	€506,608	375 m
Apt 140-178 Covert Place, Foxwood Barnprice excludes VAT	Nov 2025	€13,975,236	376 m
25 The Park, Foxwood Barn, Brownsbarnprice excludes VAT	Feb 2025	€414,097	386 m
18 The Avenue, Foxwood Barn, Brownsbarnprice excludes VAT	Mar 2025	€511,013	398 m
4 The Park, Foxwood Barn, Brownsbarn	Nov 2025	€497,000	456 m
33 Silken Park Avenue, Old Naas Road, Kingswood	Feb 2025	€405,000	497 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 received26 July 2022
Decision due19 September 2022
Decision issued19 September 2022
Grant issued3 November 2022

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