SD14A/0284

Construction of a two storey data storage facility (30,361sq.m.), a double height warehouse building (1,670 sq.m) and a HV Substation area with two buildings; 1 no. 2 storey building (968sq.m.) and 1 no. single storey building (190 sq.m) and associated site development works. Permission is also sought for a new site access and entrance gates, a security gatehouse, security gates, load bank garage, perimeter fencing, internal roadways, sprinkler tank, pump house, 10KV substation, water and fuel tanks, attenuation ponds, hard and soft landscaping, 83 no. new car parking spaces and bicycle shelter with ancillary site works. The highest point of any of the buildings is within 20m of the original ground level with the 25 no. stacks at 25m. Provision for a temporary construction entrance and haul road off the Baldonnel Road to the south of the site has been allowed for; an EIS (Environmental Impact Statement) will be submitted with this application, all on a 11.25 ha site.

Townlands of Aungierstown & Ballybane, lying to the west of the existing facility in, Newcastle, Clondalkin, Dublin 22.

Modifications to the existing main site entrance to comprise of minor realignment of the internal access road with adjusted road marking and roadside bollards; Removal of 3 existing security traffic arms; Installation of 3 new security traffic arms and installation of 3 underground lifting security road blockers together with associated communications and electrical services; Provision of 2 set-down only parking spaces and all associated site drainage and installation works.

Dublin Google Data Centre, Grange Castle Business Park South, 22, Baldonnel Road, Dublin 22

Entrance upgrade comprising: (1) 3 heavy duty barriers & controls with 3 new smaller traffic arms and 3 road blockers; (2) Upgrade includes removal of existing island and construction of a smaller central island in a new position and all ancillary works in relation to the upgrade.

Townlands of Aungierstown & Ballybane, lying at the entrance of the existing facility in, Newcastle, Clondalkin, Dublin 22.

Ten-year planning permission is sought for the expansion of existing Google Ireland Limited operations at Grange Castle Business Park South, Dublin, including the development of a 72,400m² data storage facility which will incorporate data halls with associated support areas, a high voltage compound, offices and staff facilities, a loading area, mechanical and electrical yards, internal and external utilities, security fence and gates, landscaping including acoustic screening, 2 no. stormwater attenuation ponds, additional internal vehicle and pedestrian infrastructure, together with ancillary buildings and site infrastructure. The development also includes the creation of a new active travel thoroughfare connecting Grange Castle Business Park South and Profile Park Road.

Grange Castle Business Park South and Profile Park,, Baldonnell, Dublin, D22 X602

Further Information - The proposed development now consists of: 43 Units in 7 blocks comprising 16 Industrial Units (Blocks 1, 2 and 7), 24 Warehouse Units (Blocks 4, 5 and 6) and 3 Science and Technology Units (Block 3) all with ancillary office space (total floor area approximately 12,558 sq. m.). Site development works including storm water attenuated works, water services, boundary fencing, temporary access haul road, estate roads and 2 no. E.S.B. sub-stations, 241 car parking spaces, all on a site of approx 3.314 hectares. (An increase in the overall floor area of the proposed development from 11,416 sq. m. to 12, 558 sq. m., increase in parking spaces from 168 to 241, a reduction in the number of units from 45 to 43, alterations to overall area and internal configuration of unit types A, B, C, D and D1, and reduction in floor area of ancillary office space, removal of 2 units onto internal access road (Block 4), relocation of unit from Block 5 to Block 3, relocation of waste collection area, cycle parking and 2 electricity sub-stations/switch rooms, and alterations to elevation onto internal access road, and alterations to internal access road layout).

Profile Park, Nangor Road, Ballybane, Clondalkin, Dublin 22

Installation of a new external steel access platform to facilitate generator flue exhaust emissions testing; lighting; creation of a new door opening in the existing northern building façade to provide access to the platform, and all associated ancillary works; The development is for the purposes of an activity requiring an Industrial Emissions Licence granted by the Environmental Protection Agency (reference no. P1189-01).

Google Ireland Limited, Grange Castle Business Park South, Clondalkin, D22X602

Retention of single storey client control room (248.5sq.m) associated with the planned future substation that will be located to the north-east of the permitted data centre development granted under Reg. Ref. SD18A/0134/ABP Ref. ABP-302813-18; the development will form an amendment and modification of the permission granted for a single storey transformer building (125sq.m) under Reg. Ref. SD18A/0134/ABP Ref. ABP-302813-18; no other changes to the permission granted under this decision are proposed under this application on a site within the townland of Aungierstown & Ballybane.

Grange Castle South Business Park, Baldonnel, Dublin 22

The proposed development primarily comprises the provision of two 110kV transmission lines and a 110kV Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) substation compound along with associated and ancillary works and is described as follows: The proposed 110kV GIS Substation Compound is to be located on lands to the north-east of the two storey data centre facility and associated three storey office block that was permitted under SDCC Reg. Ref. SD18A/0134/An Bord Pleanála Ref. ABP-302813-18, and within an overall landholding bound to the north by the Grange Castle South Business Park access road; to the west by the Baldonnel Road and to the south by 3 residential properties and the Baldonnel Road; and to the east by the Google data centre facility within the Grange Castle South Business Park, Baldonnel, Dublin 22. The site of the proposed development has an area of c. 0.9163 hectares. The proposed 110kV Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) Substation Compound includes the provision of a two storey GIS Substation building (with a gross floor area of 1,307.2sqm) (known as the Aungierstown Substation), two transformers, lighting and lightning masts, car parking, associated underground services and roads within a 2.6m high fenced compound and all associated construction and ancillary works. Two proposed underground single circuit 110kV transmission lines will connect the proposed Aungierstown 110kV GIS Substation to the existing 220kV / 110kV Castlebaggot Substation to the immediate north-east. The proposed transmission lines cover a distance of approximately 120m and 140m within the townlands of Ballybane, and Aungierstown and Ballybane. The development includes the connections to the two substations (existing and proposed), changes to landscaping permitted under SDCC Reg. Ref. SD18A/0134 / An Bord Pleanála Ref. ABP-302813-18 and all associated construction and ancillary works. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report has been prepared in respect of this application. The planning application and the Environmental Impact Assessment Report may be inspected free of charge or purchased on payment of a specified fee (which fee shall not exceed the reasonable cost of making such copy) during public opening hours for a period of seven weeks commencing on the 21st January 2021 at the following locations: The Offices of An Bord Pleanála, 64 Marlborough Street, Dublin 1. South Dublin County Council, County Hall, Town Centre, Tallaght, Dublin 24. The application may also be viewed/downloaded on the following website: www.aungierstown-substation.com Submissions or observations may be made only to An Bord Pleanála ('the Board'), 64 Marlborough Street, Dublin 1 during the above-mentioned period of seven weeks relating to: the implications of the proposed development for proper planning and sustainable development, and the likely effects on the environment of the proposed development, and the likely significant effects of the proposed development on a European site, if carried out. Any submissions/observations must be accompanied by a fee of €50 (except for certain prescribed bodies) and must be received by the Board not later than 5.30p.m. on the 10th March 2021. Such submissions/observations must also include the following information: The name of the person making the submission or observation, the name of the person acting on his or her behalf, if any, and the address to which any correspondence relating to the application should be sent, The subject matter of the submission or observation, and The reasons, considerations and arguments on which the submission or observation is based in full. (Article 217 of the Planning & Development Regulations refers). Any submissions or observations which do not comply with the above requirements cannot be considered by the Board. The Board may at its absolute discretion hold an oral hearing on the application. (For further details see ‘A Guide to Public Participation in Strategic Infrastructure Development' on the Board’s website www.pleanala.ie). The Board may in respect of an application for permission/ approval decide to (a) (i) grant the permission/approval, or (ii) make such modifications to the proposed development as it specifies in its decision and grant permission/approval in respect of the proposed development as so modified, or (iii) grant permission/approval in respect of part of the proposed development (with or without specified modifications of it of the foregoing kind), and any of the above decisions may be subject to or without conditions, or (b) refuse to grant the permission/approval. Any enquiries relating to the application process should be directed to the Strategic Infrastructure Development Section of a Bord Pleanála (Tel. 01- 8588100). A person may question the validity of any such decision by the Board by way of an application for judicial review, under Order 84 of the Rules of the Superior Courts (S. I. No.15 of 1986, as amended), in accordance with section 50 of the Planning and Development Act, 2000, as amended. Practical information on the review mechanism can be accessed under the heading Information on cases / Weekly lists - Judicial review of planning decisions on the Board's website www.pleanala.ie or on the Citizens Information Service website www.citizensinformation.ie.

Grange Castle South Business Park, Clondalkin, Dublin 22

The painting of 5 murals max. 12.25m high totalling (1,192sq.m) on external walls of existing building, smaller images on 3 external flues (total 10sq.m) also mural painting on a 7.5m high external sprinkler tank (surface area 250sq.m). The installation of an external fence1.8m high x 18m long inside the existing perimter fence at external dining area with mural painted on the internal face (area 33sq.m) Total area of all murals is 1485sq.m. The murals will be lit with light fittings either on the building or nearby poles or ground.

Units 502 & 503, Casement Avenue, Southgate, Profile Park, Grange Castle, Dublin 22

Change of use of an existing logistics/distribution warehouse facility (approved under planning ref. no. SD08A/0052) to an electronic technology facility, associated works including modifications to existing structure. The development will consist of the following works and modifications to the existing building: installation of external plant over two storeys along the east and west elevations of the building on a new steel support system clad with acoustic louvered screens to match existing cladding colours; installation of a new first floor to provide additional plant areas; extension to the administration area at ground floor level with new windows to the south elevation to match existing; installation of additional windows at upper level over the existing administration area and existing roof lights removed; removal of existing doors to north facade and replacement with new cladding to colour match existing; associated internal alterations. Extent of site works includes: a sprinkler tank and pump house to the north east corner; extension of existing single storey substation in the south east corner to include a customer switch room; provision of a new main entrance to the east of the existing entrance to Unit 502, a new road layout, entrance gates and new entrance gates south of the building to access the car park; block existing main entrance to Unit 502 to provide set down area to access the ESB substation; construct a single storey security building to the east of the site with new gates and new visitor car parking; remove one existing dock leveller and an on-grade roller shutter door from the north west corner of the building with the existing depressed loading dock filled in; installation of self contained emergency stand by generators and other plant to the north west corner of the site, including all supporting structures for flues, and a 1.8m high fence and gate to generator enclosure; construct roadway around the building to the west, north and east of the site; boundary fencing around site with site landscaping; existing site entrance to Unit 503 to be retained as an alternative access point; divert existing culvert along eastern side of the site to facilitate development; install a bicycle shelter to the south west of the site; increase in site area from 9131sq.m. to 13925sq.m.

Units 502 & 503, Southgate, Profile Park, Grange Castle, Dublin 22