SD21A/0288
GrantedDublin - South Dublin County Council
Proposed Development
Erect 329sq.m or 67.34 KWp of photovoltaic panels on the roof of the building DUB12 in data centre; all associated site works.
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Application received
21 Oct 2021
Decision: Grant Permission
8 Dec 2021
Decision due
15 Dec 2021
Grant issued
28 Jan 2022
Application Details
- Location
- Unit 75 (DUB12), Grange Castle Business Park, Nangor Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22
- Applicant
- N/A
- Application Type
- Permission
- Planning Authority
- South Dublin County Council
- Site Area
- 7900 ha
- Floor Area
- 329 sq m
Timeline
- Registration Date
- 21 October 2021
- Status
- Decision
- Decision
- Grant Permission
- Decision Date
- 8 December 2021
- Grant Date
- 28 January 2022
Location
Planning Applications Nearby
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Provision of an establishment to which to European Communities (Major Accident Hazards involving Dangerous Substances) Regulations 2006 as amended by Chemicals Act (Control of Major Accident Hazards involving Dangerous Substances) Regulations 2015 apply, constituting a change of use; The new establishment will include all the existing and permitted buildings (SD13A/0143 as amended by SD13A/0265, SD14A/0194 as amended by SD15A/0343, SD16A/0088 as amended by AD17A/0318 & SD20A/0283, SD21A/0203 & SD21A/0288, all within an existing campus; The proposal relates to the total quantum of fuel oil to be stored within existing and permitted tanks across the existing and permitted buildings; For the avoidance of doubt no works or physical development is proposed and the application relates to an existing development which comprises or is for the purpose of an activity requiring an integrated pollution prevention and control (IE) licence.
Grange Castle Business Park, Nangor Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22
Provision of an establishment to which the European Communities (Major Accident Hazards involving Dangerous Substances) Regulations 2006 as amended by Chemicals Act (Control of Major Accident Hazards Involving Dangerous Substances) Regulations 2015 apply. The new establishment will include all the existing permitted buildings (SD13A/0143 as amended by SD13A/0265; SD14A/0194 as amended by SD15A/0343; SD16A/0088 as amended by SD17A/0318 and SD20A/0283; SD21A/0203; SD21A/0288), all within existing campus. The proposal relates to the total quantum of fuel oil to be stored within existing and permitted tanks across existing and permitted buildings. For the avoidance of doubt no works or physical development id proposed. The application relates to an existing development which comprises or is for the purposes of an activity requiring an integrated pollution prevention and control (IE) licence
Grange Castle Business Park, Nangor Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22
Site enabling works including demolition of existing vacant house and outbuildings (total floor area c.241sq.m), diversion of Baldonnell stream, provision of below ground attenuation and associated landscape works on a site of c.9.4ha located north of the Nangor Road and west of kilcarberry Business Park.
Grange Castle Business Park, Nangor Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22
The proposed works consist of the erection of 6 No. platforms at the DUB07, DUB 09, DUB13, and DUB14 data centres at Grange Castle Business Park for the purpose of monitoring flue emissions.
DUB07 DUB09 DUB13 and DUB14, Data Centres, Grange Castle Business Park
The provision of a temporary (for 3 years) 18MW gas powered electricity generator compound to provide electricity to the DUB08 data centre located within the Microsoft Data Centre Campus, in advance of the upgrade of electricity infrastructure locally. The development will include 16 generators, gas skid compound and site compound (providing control cabinets, drying room, toilets and staff canteen – total floor area of buildings c.125sq.m). Temporary access arrangements via existing construction access from business park road. Provision of 10m high acoustic screen, palisade fencing and gates, staff parking, additional landscape screening. All associated site development, service provision, landscaping and other works. The temporary generator compound will be located within campus lands subject to an extant planning permission – Reg. Ref: SD16A/0088 (4 No. data centres; DUB09, DUB10, DUB12, DUB13) and the current application represents a modification to this permission. The compound will be located across part of the footprint of permitted data centre DUB12. It is intended that DUB12 and DUB13 will be constructed and permission Reg. Ref: SD16/0088 completed following decommissioning of the temporary generator compound. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) has been submitted with this application.
Grangecastle Business Park, Nangor Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22
Use of an existing internal room as a shredding room for operational waste management. No works are required to facilitate the operation as the shredding equipment would be sited wholly within the permitted and completed structure.
DUB06, Data Centre Facility, Grange Castle Business Park, Nangor Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22
Alterations to previously approved warehouse extension plan Ref No. SD03A/0714, such alteration consisting of 568 sq.m. of proposed mezzanine dispatch offices in lieu of 312 sq.m. of ground floor offices approved in the orignal application together with associated alterations to the north facing facade of the extension.
C & C Building, Site F, Kilcarberry Distribution Park, New Nangor Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22
1) 70000sq.ft. single storey extension to existing warehouse for use as warehouse storage; 2) 2-storey extension to offices at rear of existing warehouse for use as offices and ancillary staff accommodation; 3) a) 3-storey extension to offices at front of existing warehouse to include staff toilets, locker rooms, stores, and b) new access corridor; 4) single storey extension to rear of existing warehouse for use as a forklift charging enclosure; 5) single storey packaging, recycling and grading enclosure building to rear of site; 6) additional car parking and associated site works.
C. & C. Building, Site F, Kilcarberry Distribution Park, New Nangor Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22.
Change of use from warehouse ( with ancillary offices) to data centre (with ancillary offices).
Former C&C Building, Site F, Kilcarbery Business Park, New Nangor Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22
Development consists of alterations and additions to previously approved development under Reg. Ref. SD13A/0265 to provide for: a reduction in the gross floor area of the permitted building from 35,000sq.m (with a data capacity of 32 MW) to 21,350sq.m (data capacity 17.6 MW). The altered building will include an administration area with office space of 2,225sq.m. As a result, permitted elevations will be altered and the number of flues reduced from 9 to 5. The finished floor level (of 71m OD and the height of flues (of 25m at 95.85m OD) to the permitted (altered) building will be developed as granted under Reg. Ref. SD13A/0265; the permitted surface area to the front of the building is altered to provide 5 truck parking spaces; 6 new buildings are proposed to the west of the altered building to provide data facilities totalling 28,383sq.m. The new buildings will be in the range of 6.362 m - 8.689 m high and to a range of finished floor levels between 68.5m and 69.5m OD; a total of 12 new flues (each 15m high) are proposed; provision of associated plant to include sprinkler tank (670m3) and pump room (69sq.m), external generators (20 no.) (2112sq.m. in total) on hard-standing, reserve switchgear (378sq.m), external plant (646sq.m), water tanks (240sq.m), landscaping, site services, signage, and parking area with electric gates for vehicular access along with electric buggies parking to be provided; provision of heat dispersal infrastructure to facilitate the potential recycling of energy by third parties; 47 new car parking spaces are proposed; otherwise, the site will be developed pursuant to Reg. Ref. SD13A/0265 to provide external plant totalling 5,718sq.m to include 3 no. each of 110KV transformers totalling 974sq.m, fire safety sprinkler tanks (670m3) with an associated pump room (69sq.m), ancillary site works, signage, perimeter services road, 155 car parking spaces, a site perimeter berm and landscaping to Technology Park Road and Grange Castle estate roads. The net result of the above is that the entire data facility will now comprise a total of 49,733sq.m (14,733sq.m over permitted) with a total data capacity of 49.6 MW (17.6 MW over permitted); all of the above for the sole use of Microsoft Ireland. En EIS has been submitted with this application.
Grangecastle Business Park, Nangor Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22.
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