Dublin City Council grants permission for 4.4-hectare solar farm at Mondelez Europe Services GMBH, Old Malahide Road, Dublin

In context

It is one of 32 solar farm applications Dublin City Council has received in the past twelve months, against 349 nationally. Of the 572 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 92% were granted.

What happens next

The applicant, or anyone who made a submission on the application, can appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála within four weeks of 19 September 2023. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.

The development description, as lodged

Verbatim from the Dublin City Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: PERMISSION: Permission to erect 9,724.00 m2m2 or 1.77MV of photovoltaic panels on the roof of the buildings in our factory, in the complex called Cadbury's chocolate factory, with all associates site works at Mondelez Europe Services GMBH, Old Malahide Road, Malahide Road, Dublin 5, D05 TOH4. That currently operates under an Industrial Emissions (IE) License (P0809-01). Exist a protecting structure on the owner's land (Ref. No: 4861. Volume 4 of the 2022-2028 Dublin City Plan) and the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (NIAH) consider the Cadbury's chocolate factory to be a 'Regionally' important complex of architectural, social, and technical interest, (NIAH Ref: 50130221), however both records are not affecting the area of the solar panel's installation.