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Pigeon House Road, Dublin 4, D04 FP28

GRANT PERMISSION AND RETE

Planning application 3041/24

Dublin - Dublin City Council

Proposed Development

PERMISSION & RETENTION : Permission for development consisting of the construction of plant, comprising silos and blender, compressor room, cooling tank and pump room, storage, feed conveyors, retaining walls, new palisade fencing encompassing an increased site area, incorporating both a new vehicular sliding access gate, replacing the existing vehicular swing gates and the repositioning of the existing vehicular exit gate, creating a new vehicular entrance to the east of the site, revision of car park layout, together with associated site works. Retention permission is also sought for silos, office and laboratory together with permission for the demolition of structures, both permanent and temporary to include cooling tanks, compressor room, mill feed, silo and blender, retaining wall and palisade fencing and wall.

Application Timeline

  1. Application received

    15 Jan 2024

  2. Further information requested

    4 Mar 2024

  3. Further information received

    17 Jul 2024

  4. Decision: GRANT PERMISSION AND RETE

    12 Aug 2024

  5. Decision due

    13 Aug 2024

  6. Grant issued

    24 Sept 2024

Application Details

Location
Pigeon House Road, Dublin 4, D04 FP28
Applicant
N/A
Application Type
Permission
Planning Authority
Dublin City Council
Site Area
9243 ha

Timeline

Registration Date
15 January 2024
Status
Decision Notice Issued
Decision
GRANT PERMISSION AND RETE
Decision Date
12 August 2024
Grant Date
24 September 2024

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4853/23APPLICATION DECLARED INVA27 Nov 2023

RETENTION & PERMISSION: Permission for development consisting of the construction of plant, comprising silos and blender, compressor room, cooling tank and pump room, storage, feed conveyors, retaining walls, new palisade fence and gates, the revision of existing entrance and egress and car park layout, together with associated site works. Retention permission is also sought for silos, office and laboratory together with permission for the demolition of structures, both permanent and temporary, to include cooling tanks, compressor room, mill feed, silo and blender, retaining wall and palisade fencing and wall.

Pigeon House Road, Dublin 4, D04 FP28

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WEB1509/24APPLICATION DECLARED INVA26 Apr 2024

The development will consist of a 220kV underground cable measuring approximately 4.0m in length, from the Ringsend Open Cycle Gas Turbine (OCGT) plant permitted under application ref: PWSDZ3074/23 and the existing Irishtown 220kV substation, to facilitate electricity generated to be transferred to the national grid, and includes all associated works to facilitate the development.

adjacent to the National Oil Reserve Agency (NORA) Ringsend oil farm, Shellybanks Road, Dublin, Co.

253m
WEB1558/24GRANT PERMISSION7 May 2024

PERMISSION The development will consist of a 220kV underground cable measuring approximately 4.0m in length, from the Ringsend Open Cycle Gas Turbine (OCGT) plant permitted under application ref: PWSDZ3074/23 and the existing Irishtown 220kV substation, to facilitate electricity generated to be transferred to the national grid, and includes all associated works to facilitate the development.

Adjacent to the National Oil Reserve Agency (NORA), Ringsend oil farm, Shellybanks Road, Dublin, Co. Dublin

275m
3249/23APPLICATION DECLARED INVA22 Feb 2023

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: PERMISSION: For a sorting building at their construction and demolition recycling facility. The northern and western boundary wall of the permises are within the curtilage of a listed Protected Structure in the current City Development Plan. The facility has a current Waste Licence (WFP-DC-10-0020-01).

84, Pigeon House Road, Ringsend

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3417/23GRANT PERMISSION22 Mar 2023

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: permission for a single storey sorting building and canopy to the rear of the site of their construction and demolition recycling facility. The northern and western boundary walls of the premises are within the curtilage of a listed protected structure in the currently City Development Plan. The facility has a current waste licence ( WFP-DC-10-0020-01).

84 Pigeon House Road, Ringsend, Dublin 4

361m
5319/22GRANT PERMISSION30 Nov 2022

Permission for development on this site at the Ringsend Waste Water Treatment Plan, located on Pigeon House Road, Ringsend, Dublin 4. The proposed development consists of 2 no. units comprising a Combined Heat and Power Engine and Steam Generator unit with roof top plant areas; The Combined Heat and Power unit has gross floor area of approximately 30sq m, and a height of approximately 2.6 m. The rooftop plant area will have a height of approximately 3.2m giving an overall height of approximately 5.8m. The Steam Generator unit has a gross floor area of approximately 30 sq m, and a height of approximately 2.6 m; The rooftop plant area will have a height of approximately 3.2m giving an overall height of approximately 5.8m. All associated site works and utility connections.

Ringsend Waste Water Treatment Plan, Pigeon House Road, Ringsend, Dublin 4

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3646/20GRANT PERMISSION29 Oct 2020

Planning permission for development on a c. 3.5 ha site bounded by Shellybanks Road to the east and by South Bank Road to the south; being also to the south of the existing Dublin Bay Power Station, Pigeon House Road, Dublin 4, D04 Y5N2. The development will consist of: A 30 MW capacity battery energy storage system (BESS) facility within a secured compound and will include the following elements: (a) Up to 11 battery container unit arrangements comprising: (1) 6 Concrete plinths (c. 110 sq. m., c. 0.5 m high) typically supporting battery containers (c. 2.6 m high); air conditioning (A/C) unit (c. 1.8 m high); inverter unit (c. 3.8 m high); battery transformer unit (c. 3.3 m high); ring main unit (RMU) (c. 3.3 m high); (2) 5 Concrete plinths (c. 123 sq. m., c. 0.5 m high) typically supporting battery containers (c. 2.6 m high); air conditioning (A/C) unit (c. 1.8 m high); inverter unit (c. 3.8 m high); battery transformer unit (c. 3.3 m high); ring main unit (RMU) (c. 3.3 m high); (b) a c. 135 sq. m., c. 4.7 m high control building; (c) industrial/electrical plant including: (i) SCADA communications mast (c. 18 m high); (ii) c. 1,309 sq. m., c. 5.6 m high fenced transformer compound; (iii) VAR support unit on a concrete plinth (c. 24 sq. m., c. 3.4 m high); (iv) 4 lightning monopoles (c. 20 m high); (v) c. 19.8 sq. m., c. 3 m high bunded house transformer; (vi) cable trays and associated service connections; (vii) pole mounted security cameras (8.3 m high); (d) Removal of existing fencing and gates, and installation of: various boundary and internal fencing and gates with different treatments including palisade specification (c. 2.6 m high), chainlink specification (c. 2.7 m high), and wall mounted blunt top railing and gates (c. 2.6 m high); (e) ancillary site clearance and development works including provision of areas of hardstanding, internal access roads, onsite drainage and attenuation, temporary construction laydown areas; and (f) connections to site services networks including telecommunications, electrical, water supply, surface water drainage / attenuation, and ancillary cabling. These encompass connections within the aforementioned Dublin Bay Power Station (licenced by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under an Industrial Emissions (IE) Licence [Ref. P0486-02] and a Lower Tier COMAH site and therefore falling under the requirements of the Control of Major Accident Hazard (COMAH) Regulations, 2015). Access will be from South Bank Road on the southern boundary and via the existing access to the east from Shellybanks Road. A minor part of the application – being a minor area of land identified for use as a temporary construction laydown area and for access, relates to development in the Poolbeg West Strategic Development Zone (SDZ). An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) which complies with the European Union (Planning and Development) (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 296 of 2018) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. The EIAR and NIS will be available for inspection or purchase at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, during office hours at the offices of the planning authority. The application may also be viewed or downloaded on the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government’s EIA Portal located at http://housinggovie.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=d7d5a3d48f104ecbb206e7e5f84b71f1

Dublin Bay Power Station, Pigeon House Road, Dublin 4, D04 Y5N2

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WEB1840/25GRANT PERMISSION15 Apr 2025

PERMISSION The development will consist of: (i) demolition and removal of existing temporary reefer gantry (c. 6m in height; c. 1.5m wide, c. 23.8m long northern section and c. 13m long southern section); (ii) installation of a new steel frame reefer gantry (c. 7.26m in height; c. 2m wide; c. 24.3m long northern section and c. 13.5m long southern section) with associated reinforced concrete pad foundations; and (iii) all ancillary site development works.

Site at MTL Terminal, Dublin Port, Sean Moore Road and Pigeon House Road, Ringsend, Dublin 4

464m
PWSDZ3074/23GRANT PERMISSION20 Jan 2023

PERMISSION:The proposed development will consist of the following elements: 1.Demolition of two storage buildings and demolition of four oil tanks within the bunded area of the NORA Ringsend oil farm 2.Construction/installation of an Open Cycle Gas Turbine (OCGT) generating unit and associated plant and equipment, comprising the following main components: • Gas Turbine Air Intake (approx. 24m L x 18m W x 26m H) • Generator Enclosure (approx. 24m L x 18m W x 14.5m H) • Gas turbine enclosure including Gas Turbine auxiliaries and loading/ rotor turning area (approx. 53m L x 15m W x 26m H) • Exhaust Diffuser (approx. 14.5m L x 10.4m W x 10.5m H) • An exhaust stack 40m in height (approx. 8.0m diameter and 40m H) •Gas Turbine Power Control and Electrical Control & Instrumentation(C&I) Module (approx.24m L x 18m W x 10m H) •10 No. Fin Fan Coolers (approx. 45m L x 12.7 m W x 8m H) •Main Transformer (approx. 12.2 m L x7.5m W x 9.3 m H) • Main Transformer Bund including 3no blast walls (approx. 19.3 m L x 18.9 m W x 12m H) •Auxiliary Transformer (approx. 4.7m L x 4.0m W x 6.9m H) • Auxiliary Transformer Bund including 2no blast walls (approx.8.9m L x 8.5m W x 12m H) • Demineralised Water Treatment Plant (approx. 20m L x 10m W x 5.4m H) • Demineralised Water Tank (approx. 22.2m diameter and 14.7m H) • Water Supply / Gas Supply Rack (approx. 89.8m L x 102m W x 7m H) •Raw/Fire Water Tank (approx. 15.2m diameter and 14.7m H) • Fuel Oil Forwarding Pumps (approx. 10m L x 4m W x 5m H) •Combined Fire Fighting and Demin Water Forwarding Pumphouse (approx. 12m L x 5m W x 5.4m H) • 1No <1MW thermal output emergency diesel generator-250KWe (approx. 10m L x 4m W x 5m H) • Generator Circuit Breaker (approx. 8.8m L x 5.1m W x 4m H) •Gas Conditioning Compound (approx. 33.4m L x 25.3m W x 3.6m H), which includes: Gas Compressor and Auxiliaries Building (approx. 24m L x 7.5m W x 5m H) Gas Compressor Reducing Building (approx. 8m L x 6m W x 6m H) Gas Compressor Cooler (approx. 7m L x 4m W x 5 m H) Gas Compressor Blast Wall (approx. 30m L x 20m W x 8m H) • Continuous Emissions Monitoring System (CEMS) (approx. 3.5m L x 2.5m W x 5m H) •220kV Indoor Switchgear Building (approx. 30m L x 18m W x 18m H) and 3No bolted connections (approx. 12.5m L x 15m W x 15m H) •Hydrogen Storage Compound (approx. 6.5m L x 3.5m W x 3m H) • Containerised Office Building (approx. 12.2m L x 2.4m W x 2.6m H) • Containerised Storage (approx. 12.2m L x 2.4m W x 2.6m H) •Cable Joint Chamber (Underground) (approx. 5m L x 3m W) 3.Construction of bund wall between the proposed OCGT and NORA oil farm (approx. 69m L x 1.2m W x 3.5m H) 4.Connection to the existing gas Above Ground Installation (AGI) 5. All associated works to facilitate the development e.g. temporary construction compound, security fencing and gates, baffle walls, underground cables, new lighting arrangement, lightning and telecommunication masts, parking and surface water drainage network. The development consists of an activity for which an Industrial Emissions Licence is required. The application is located within lands which are categorised as Lower Tier and Upper Tier COMAH sites (Dublin Bay Power Station and NORA oil farm respectively) and therefore fall under the requirements of the Control of Major Accident Hazard (COMAH) Regulations, 2015. The application is partially located within Poolbeg West Strategic Development Zone (SDZ) Planning Scheme area. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) which com- plies with the European Union (Planning and Development) (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2018 (S.I 296 of 2018) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. The EIAR and NIS will be available for inspection or purchase at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, during office hours at the offices of the planning authority.

Adjacent to the Dublin Bay Power Generating Station, Pigeon House Road, Dublin, D04 Y5N2

467m
3647/20GRANT PERMISSION29 Oct 2020

Planning permission for development on a c. 6.1 ha site to the south of the existing Dublin Bay Power Station, Pigeon House Road, Dublin 4, D04 Y5N2, and bounded by South Bank Road to the south. The development will consist of a 75 MWe (electrical output) aero derivative gas fired turbine for the generation of electricity and will include the following elements: (a) c. 240 sq.m. aero derivative gas fired turbine module up to c. 15.6 m high with a c. 30 m high stack; (b) ancillary buildings including: c. 9 sq.m., c. 5 m high demineralised water forwarding pumps building; c. 90.1 sq.m., c. 4.7 m high plant control module (PCM); c. 39.6 sq.m., c. 3 m high compressed air and fire suppression building; c. 90.1 sq.m., c. 4.7 m high control & instrumentation (C&I) communications module; c. 90.1 sq.m., c. 4.7 m high welfare facilities building; c. 90.1 sq.m., c. 4.7 m high electrical equipment module; c. 18 sq.m., c. 5 m high liquid fuel forwarding pumps building; c. 48 sq.m., c. 6 m high gas reducing building; c. 128 sq.m., c. 6 m high gas compressor building; c. 12.6 sq.m., c. 2.4 m high continuous emissions monitoring system (CEMS) hut; (c) industrial/electrical plant including: c. 3 sq.m., c. 2.4 m high liquid fuel forwarding skid; c. 3.8 sq.m., c. 3.3 m high lube oil skid; demineralised water tank (c. 14.4 m high and 1,923 cubic metre capacity); c. 1,309 sq.m., c. 6.5 m high fenced transformer compound; c. 22.2 sq.m., c. 2.6 m high emergency diesel generator; fire ring main; bunded liquid fuel tank (c. 9 m high and 477 cubic metre capacity); c. 28 sq.m., c. 4 m high gas compressor cooler; c. 11.1 sq.m., c. 2.2 m high gaseous fire suppression cabinet; c. 97 sq.m., c. 5 m high fin fan coolers; c. 7.5 sq.m., c. 1.8 m high water wash cart; c. 11 sq.m., c. 3.7 m high water injection skid; c. 21 sq.m., c. 6.6 m high generator circuit breaker; c. 10.9 sq.m., c. 2.5 m high bunded house transformer; (d) Removal of existing fencing and gates, and installation of various boundary and internal fencing and gates with different treatments including securi-mesh (c. 2.4 m high), palisade (c. 2.6 m high), chainlink (c. 2.7 m high), and wall mounted blunt top railing and gates (c. 2.6 m high); (e) ancillary site clearance and development works including provision of areas of hardstanding and car parking, internal access roads, pipe bridges, onsite drainage, temporary construction laydown area; and (f) connections to site services including telecommunications, gas, electrical, liquid fuel, water supply, surface water drainage, and wastewater. These encompass connections within the aforementioned Dublin Bay Power Station (licenced by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under an Industrial Emissions (IE) Licence [Ref. P0486-02] and being a Lower Tier COMAH site and therefore falling under the requirements of the Control of Major Accident Hazard (COMAH) Regulations, 2015). Liquid fuel connections are also proposed including into the existing National Oil Reserves Agency (NORA) Ltd site, Shellybanks Road, Ringsend, Dublin 4 (this being an Upper Tier COMAH site and therefore falling under the requirements of the Control of Major Accident Hazard (COMAH) Regulations, 2015); and between the aforementioned Dublin Bay Power Station fuel oil storage tanks and the aforementioned National Oil Reserves Agency Ltd (NORA) site. Access will be via the two existing access points located on the southern boundary, from South Bank Road. A minor part of the application – being a minor area of land identified for use as a temporary construction laydown area and for the construction of connections to site services, relates to development in the Poolbeg West Strategic Development Zone (SDZ). The proposed development is for the purposes of an activity requiring a licence from the Environmental Protection Agency under the Industrial Emissions Directive. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) which complies with the European Union (Planning and Development) (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 296 of 2018) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. The EIAR and NIS will be available for inspection or purchase at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, during office hours at the offices of the planning authority. The application may also be viewed or downloaded on the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government’s EIA Portal located at http://housinggovie.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=d7d5a3d48f104ecbb206e7e5f84b71f1

Dublin Bay Power Station, Pigeon House Road, Dublin 4, D04 Y5N2

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