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Data centre proposed at Unit 74, DB03 & DB04, Co. Dublin
9 July 2025 · Permission.ie Planning Wire · from the South Dublin County Council planning register · published 25 August 2026
An applicant lodged plans with South Dublin County Council on 9 July 2025 for a data centre at Unit 74, DB03 & DB04. A decision is due by 5 August 2025.
Key facts
- Reference
- ED25/0053
- Planning authority
- South Dublin County Council
- Location
- Unit 74, DB03 & DB04, Grange Castle Business Park, Nangor Road, Dublin 22, D22 A259
- Received
- 9 July 2025
- Application type
- Declaration of Exemption Sect. 5
- Site area
- 0.7 hectares
- Status
- Decision
- Decision
- Declared Exempt
- Decision date
- 5 August 2025
In context
It is one of 3 data centre applications South Dublin County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 3 nationally. Of the 14 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 86% were granted.
What happens next
The five-week window for public submissions has closed. The council is due to decide by 5 August 2025, unless it requests further information, which stops the clock.
The development description, as lodged
Verbatim from the South Dublin County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.
The erection of 3. no platforms at the DB03 and DB04 data centres for the purpose of monitoring flue emissions.
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Source: Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, "Data centre proposed at Unit 74, DB03 & DB04, Co. Dublin", 9 July 2025. https://www.permission.ie/news/south-dublin-county-council/ED25%2F0053
<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/south-dublin-county-council/ED25%2F0053">Data centre proposed at Unit 74, DB03 & DB04, Co. Dublin</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 9 July 2025.</p>
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