Planning permission for development on a c.

Application details

Planning reference

3647/20

Council

Dublin City Council

Proposal description

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

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 timeline

Key dated milestones from the planning record.

1. Application received

   29 Oct 2020

2. Further information requested

   17 Dec 2020

3. Further information received

   26 Apr 2021

4. Decision: GRANT PERMISSION

   18 Jun 2021

5. Final grant

   6 Aug 2021