Planning permission for development on a c.

Application details

Planning reference

3625/20

Council

Dublin City Council

Proposal description

Planning permission for development on a c. 5.3 ha site located within the existing Poolbeg Generating Station, Pigeon House Road, Dublin 4 (Eircode D04 XD82), which is licenced by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under an Industrial Emissions (IE) Licence [Ref. P0577-03]. The development will consist of: (a) The demolition of three existing disused modern buildings with a combined floor area of 3,240 sq.m. comprising: (1) a single storey [up to 3.6 m high], c. 166 sq.m. Safety Centre (Pavilion) building; (2) a single storey [up to 4.5 m high], c. 463 sq. m. Store building; (3) a multi-storey [up to 20 m high], c. 2,611 sq.m. Store / Workshop building; (b) Works including: (1) remediation and cladding of exposed northern façade of 5-storey [up to 20.4 m high], redundant former Administration building; (2) cladding of exposed western façade of turbine hall building on eastern boundary of development site; (3) ancillary site clearance, grading and surfacing; (c) Construction and operation of a 75 MW capacity battery energy storage system (BESS) facility within a secured compound including the following elements: (1) Up to 24 battery container unit arrangements comprising: 24 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) a c. 126 sq. m., c. 4.7 m high control building; (3) industrial/ electrical plant including: (i) 3 lightning monopoles (c. 20 m high); (ii) SCADA communication mast (c. 18 m high); (iii) VAR support unit on concrete plinth (c. 24 sq. m., c. 3.4 m high); (iv) 2 bunded house transformers (c. 19.8 sq. m., c. 3.2 m high); (v) spare parts storage container (c. 36 sq. m., c. 2.6 m high); (vi) fenced transformer compound (c. 1,309 sq. m., c. 5.6 m high); (vii) cable trays (and associated service connections); (viii) pole mounted security cameras (c. 8.3 m high); (4) 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), and chainlink specification (c. 2.7 m high); (5) ancillary development works including provision of areas of hardstanding, internal access roads, onsite drainage and attenuation, temporary construction laydown areas; and connections to site services networks including: telecommunications, electrical, water supply, surface water drainage/ attenuation, and ancillary cabling. The primary access will be via the existing Poolbeg Generating Station entrance at Pigeon House Road with a temporary construction access via the existing entrance off the road immediately south of the Poolbeg Generating Station. 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 planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of Dublin City Council during its public opening hours and a submission or observation in relation to the application may be made to the Authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the Authority of the application. The application may also be viewed or downloaded on the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government's EIA Portal located at https://housinggovie.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=d7d5a3d48f104ecbb206e7e5f84b71f1.

Location / address

Poolbeg Generating Station, Pigeon House Road, Dublin 4

Application type

Permission

Received / registered

23 Oct 2020

Council decision

GRANT PERMISSION

Council decision date

7 May 2021

Final grant date

22 Jun 2021

Planning and construction timeline

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

1. Application received

   23 Oct 2020

2. Further information requested

   17 Dec 2020

3. Further information received

   15 Mar 2021

4. Decision: GRANT PERMISSION

   7 May 2021

5. Final grant

   22 Jun 2021

6. Works commenced

   8 Apr 2022Official NBCO/BCMS data

7. Works commenced

   6 May 2022Official NBCO/BCMS data

8. Completion certificate validated (1 unit)

   9 Mar 2023Official NBCO/BCMS data