Planning permission for development on a c.

Application details

Planning reference

3646/20

Council

Dublin City Council

Proposal description

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

Location / address

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

Application type

Permission

Received / registered

29 Oct 2020

Council decision

GRANT PERMISSION

Council decision date

18 Jun 2021

Final grant date

6 Aug 2021

Planning and construction timeline

Key dated milestones from planning, appeal and official building-control records.

1. Application received

   29 Oct 2020

2. Further information requested

   18 Dec 2020

3. Further information received

   26 Apr 2021

4. Decision: GRANT PERMISSION

   18 Jun 2021

5. Final grant

   6 Aug 2021

6. Works commenced

   24 Aug 2022Official NBCO/BCMS data

7. Completion certificate validated (1 unit)

   6 Mar 2024Official NBCO/BCMS data