RefusedDecided 09 January 2026Fingal County Council

FW25A/0480E: Planning Permission for the following developments: 1. Construction of four aviation-related cargo handling units with ancillary office space: i. Unit 1: c.10,869.7 m² (including 940.9 m² office space) ii. Unit 2: c.9,151.3 m² (including 751.3 m² office space) iii. Unit 3: c.6,024.9 m² (including 497.7 m² office space) iv. Unit 4: c.8,577.7 m² (including 751.3 m² office space) The proposed units will have an overall combined total gross floor area (GFA) of c. 34,623.6 sq.m (alongside ancillary ESB substations, 4 no. security huts with a combined GFA of 30 sqm and pumphouses). The warehouses are c. 12m in height, with the office element being c. 3.3 m in height and located within a landscaped campus on a site of c. 10.7 Ha. 2. Provision of 390 car parking spaces, including 39 EV charging points, 19 accessible spaces, and 39 motorcycle bays. 3. Provision of 230 secure bicycle parking spaces, of which 100 are short stay spaces and 130 are sheltered long stay spaces. 4. Provision of approx. 77 truck parking spaces and 5 van spaces. 5. Hard and soft landscaping, new boundary treatments, including a c. 2m high System Wire Fence to site boundary. 6. Construction of new site entrance onto the R108. 7. Wastewater treatment plant and infiltration area for 250 PE. 8. All necessary site development and engineering and ancillary site works, including provision of ESB substations and switchrooms, sprinkler tanks and pumphouses, bin store and recycle store, lighting, signage, underground services, photovoltaic panel zones at roof level and sustainable drainage systems (SuDS). An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the planning application.

Lands within the townland of Huntstown, Swords, Co. Dublin, The subjec
DecisionRefuse permission
Decided09 January 2026
Application typePermission
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