Planning Permission Ireland
GrantedChange of useDecided 3 August 2023

Unit 1, M50 Business Park, Ballymount Avenue, Dublin 12

Change of use from a warehouse to a data repository facility with external plant and solar panels.

SD22A/0460 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 7 July 2023

Reference
SD22A/0460
Authority
South Dublin County Council
Register status
Appealed
Type
Permission
Received
7 July 2023

Summary

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Permission is sought to convert an existing warehouse into a data repository facility. The project includes external facade alterations, a new roof parapet, solar panels, external plant equipment, an emergency generator, and a small substation extension.

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Official record

Development description

The change of use from warehouse to data repository facility, alterations to external facades, provision of a new 1100mm parapet, reclad roof, internal alterations, refurbishment of the existing office space, solar panels at roof level, external plant at ground and roof levels and equipment to include 12 condenser modules, an emergency back-up generator and associated fuel storage tank, transformer, extension to the existing sub-station (c. 13sq. M), 2 sprinkler tanks and pumphouse, bin store, 22 parking spaces including 2 electrical vehicle charging points, bicycle parking shelter, landscaping, planting, new security fence, external lighting, cctv, altered vehicular gates, permeable hard surfaces, alterations to internal foul sewerage and water supply networks, provision of suds compliant surface water drainage system and all associated site 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 — construction complete

A commencement notice records works starting on 6 December 2022.

Notified floor area: 83.84 m²

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 received7 July 2023
  2. Decision due3 August 2023
  3. Decision issued3 August 2023
  4. Appeal submitted29 August 2023
  5. Appeal decided11 December 2024

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