Construction of 2 adjoined single storey data centres with associated office and service areas…

Application details

Planning reference

SD22A/0333

Council

South Dublin County Council

Proposal description

Construction of 2 adjoined single storey data centres with associated office and service areas with an overall gross floor area of 15,274sq.m comprising of the construction of 2 adjoined single storey data centres with a gross floor area of 12,859sq.m that will include a single storey goods receiving area / store and single storey office area (2,415sq.m) with PV panels above, located to the east of the data centres as well as associated water tower, sprinkler tank, pump house and other services; The data centres will also include plant at roof level; with 24 standby diesel generators with associated flues (each 25m high) that will be located within a generator yard to the west of the data centres; New internal access road and security gates to serve the proposed development that will provide access to 36 new car parking spaces (including 4 electric and 2 disabled spaces) and sheltered bicycle parking to serve the new data centres; New attenuation ponds to the north of the proposed data centres; Green walls are proposed to the south and east that will enclose the water tower and pump house compound; The development will also include ancillary site works, connections to existing infrastructural services as well as fencing and signage; The development will include minor modifications to the permitted landscaping to the west of the site as granted under SDCC Planning Ref. SD19A/0042 / ABP Ref. PL06S.305948 and Ref. SD21A/0042; The site will remain enclosed by landscaping to all boundaries; The development will be accessed off the R120 via the permitted access granted under SDCC Planning Ref. SD19A/0042 / ABP Ref. PL06S.305948 and SD21A/0042; An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) has been submitted with this application.

Location / address

Site within the townland of Ballymakaily, West of Newcastle Road (R120), Lucan, Co. Dublin

Application type

Permission

Received / registered

26 May 2023

Council decision

Refuse Permission

Council decision date

20 Jul 2023

Appeal lodged

15 Aug 2023

Appeal decision

Grant Permissions with Conditions

Appeal decision date

31 Jul 2025

Planning timeline

Key dated milestones from the council planning record and An Coimisiún Pleanála appeal records.

1. Application received

   26 May 2023

2. Decision: Refuse Permission

   20 Jul 2023

3. Appeal lodged with An Coimisiún Pleanála

   15 Aug 2023Official An Coimisiún Pleanála dataView appeal case

4. Appeal decision: Grant Permissions with Conditions

   31 Jul 2025Official An Coimisiún Pleanála dataView appeal case