Great Connell, Newbridge, Co. Kildare.
Planning application 211248
DecisionConditional grant
Decided22 October 2021
Application typePERMISSION
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Nearby precedent
Similar nearby applications linked to this planning decision.- 2460657For development at a site of c. 3.8 hectares at Greatconnell, Newbridge, Co. Kildare, and includes lands within the ownership of Kildare County Council along the Newbridge South Orbital Relief Road (c. 0.26 ha). The site is principally bounded by: Pfizer campus to the northwest; Keurig Dr Pepper manufacturing facility to the northeast; Newbridge South Orbital Relief Road to the southeast; and greenfield lands in the ownership of the applicant to the southwest. The proposed development primarily comprises the demolition of an existing car park and associated site clearance works and the construction of a distribution warehouse with ancillary office accommodation with a cumulative gross floor area (GFA) of c. 10,801 sqm. The development will consist of: 1 No. warehouse building (c. 10,801 sq m GFA, c. 160 m length, c. 65 m width, and c. 17 m height) inclusive of 1,242 sq m of office space which will include reception areas, conference/meeting rooms, breakout areas, canteens, and overnight truck driver accommodation; Truck yard comprising some 12 No. docking bays, HGV parking bays (13 No. between docks, 6 No. to the rear of the yard, 12 No. trailer-only parking bays to the east of the yard), associated circulation space, wash area, outdoor breakout area with smoking shelter, bin store, and sprinkler tank compound area; 2 No. site access points/roads off Newbridge South Orbital Relief Road to facilitate HGV and LGV access; Some 86 No. car parking spaces, including some 6 No. customer collection spaces, and some 17 No. EV car parking spaces; 44 No. bicycle spaces; Attenuation pond; Electricity substation and switch room along eastern access road (c. 32 sq m); Relocation of existing bus stop c. 100 m west along Newbridge South Orbital Relief Road to facilitate HGV and LGV access; and All ancillary works including drainage, SuDS, signage, cycle lanes, solar PV panels, fire tender access road, fencing, landscaping, lighting, plant and equipment, and all other associated works above and below ground / 0.2 km away / 02 September 2024Granted
- 2460108For modifications to the development previously permitted under KCC Planning Ref. 21/1248. The retention elements of the development consist of: i. Alterations to the outdoor smoking shelter providing for reduced dimensions of 2.23m (L) x 4.68m (W) x 2.65m (H), together with its relocation from the north-east of the warehouse building to the car park area west of the main office entrance; and ii. 3 additional car parking spaces within the overflow car park. The development will also consist of: i. Modifications to the northern (front) elevation to facilitate a new external entrance to the lift; ii. Revisions to the 2 entrance totem signs to provide for illuminated totem poles at each vehicular site access, the sign to the HGV/Truck entrance is 5.25m (H) x 1.5m (W) x 300mm (D) and the sign to the car park entrance is 3.25m (H) x 1m (W) x 200mm (D); iii. Changes to the permitted branding signage on the northern elevation of the warehouse building and north elevation of the Recovery Recycling Unit building to provide for signs with dimensions of 15m x 2.9m; iv. Wayfinding, directional and health and safety signs ranging from 0.36 sq.m to 1.68 sq.m, to be placed at 16 locations within the site; and v. all ancillary site development works / 0.2 km away / 08 April 2024Granted
- 20259A seven-year permission for development for the change of use of the (distribution) warehouse element of the development (identified as Blocks B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, K1 and L) to beverage manufacturing use, including construction of additional development identified as Blocks K2 and M, respectively, and for ancillary works; and for retention permission for development (for the retention of an additional 376 sqm of office accommodation in the permitted three-storey office block (Block A), and for the retention of an additional 789 m of development in the permitted warehouse) (Blocks B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, K1 and L), on a site of 7.42 ha approximately, at the former Lidl Distribution Centre, Great Connell Business Park, Greatconnell, Newbridge, County Kildare, W12 NN23. (The permitted use of the existing office block (Block A) (4,138 sq m, inclusive of the retention area) is not affected.) The gross floor area of the premises (inclusive of retention areas) will increase from 31,986 sq m to 34,191 sq m, an increase of 2,205 sq m. The beverage manufacturing facility is designed to be delivered in two phases, identified as Phases 1 and 2 respectively. (An overflow carpark located to the south west of the subject site does not form part of the Application.) etc. Please see Newspaper Notice for full description: The development will also consist of the construction of; revised vehicular, cyclist and pedestrian access; reconfiguration of part of the existing permitted car parking to provide 209 No. car parking spaces (inclusive of electric car charging points), 40 No. bicycle parking spaces and associated infrastructure; goods’ intake and storage areas; external chiller and condensing units and associated louvre screening; a tank farm comprising of 10 No. tanks and associated stairs, gantries, and enclosures to a tank height of 4.5m above yard level (Block K2); a wastewater treatment plant (consisting of 2 No. aeration and 2 No. equalisation tanks with associated pipework, stairs, gantries, and enclosures to a tank height of 5.5 metres above yard level) (Block M); 1 No. sludge press, DAF water treatment, associated chemical storage, blower and plant room building to a height of 4 metres above yard level and 1 No. sprinkler tank, 5.5 metres above yard level, and associated pump house and site wide ancillary barrier and bollard protections; the provision of revised lighting, etc. Please see Newspaper Notice for full description / 0.2 km away / 13 August 2020Granted
- 2231Development on a site of 7.42 ha approximately. The development consists of internal and external alterations to the beverage manufacturing facility (formerly the Lidl Distribution Centre) permitted under Kildare County Council Planning Register Reference 20/259. The external alterations for which retention permission is sought consist of: alterations to permitted landscaping including alterations to the southeast boundary berm (14m in width and 2.6m in height) and southern corner of the site and provision of 2 No. additional grass berms (10m in width and 2.6m in height) to the northwest boundary of the site; alterations to the dimensions of the permitted sprinkler tank (the permitted tank was 16.5m in diameter and 4m in height; the new tank is 13.3m in diameter and 10m in height) and pump house to the northwest corner of the site; replacement of permitted underground firewater attenuation tank with above ground firewater attenuation tank (the new tank is 13.3m in diameter and 12m in height) and associated pump with protective barrier to the front (1.1m in height), to the northwest boundary of the site; alterations to permitted chiller units and fencing (2.4m in height) to northwest of the site; alterations to permitted wastewater treatment plant (the permitted plant was 7.3m in height; the new plant is 8m in height at maximum) including provision of associated 1 No. storey control and air blower building (117 sqm) to northeast of the site; alterations to permitted tank farm (the permitted tank farm was 4.8m in height; the new tank farm is 8.5m in height at maximum), and provision of truck unloading zone and partially buried sump tank (9m in length, 4m in width and 0.5m in height) with protective railings (1.5m in height) to southeast of the site; alterations to the road alignment to the south of the site to provide for improved fire tender access; provision of an additional Gas Networks Ireland gas skid and palisade fence (2.4m in height) resulting in the loss of 1 No. car parking space to the southern corner of the site; alterations to layout of permitted Electric Vehicle parking spaces and bicycle stands to the southwest of the site; provision of extended plant area at roof level and associated supporting structure to facilitate larger Air Handling Units to the southwest of the site; provision of additional doors (2 No. on northwest elevation; 1 No. on southwest elevation; and 2 No. on southeast elevation); provision of additional access stairs contd. / 0.3 km away / 03 March 2022Granted
- 211543For replacement of existing roof to accommodate a first floor extension along with remodeling of existing ground floor layout and front façade to include a canopy and bay windows along with removal of existing septic tank and connection to the mains sewer and all associated site works / 0.3 km away / 15 December 2021Granted
- 2460379For the replacement of existing roof to accommodate a first floor extension along with the remodelling of existing ground floor layout and front façade to include a canopy and bay windows along with removal of existing septic tank with permissions to connect to public foul sewer. Retention of change of use of existing detached bungalow for use as a residential care home, and proposed change of use for proposed development for use as a residential care home, retention of single storey detached garage as constructed and all associated site works / 0.3 km away / 02 October 2024Granted
- 2360087(a) The construction of new 2-storey extensions to the south-west (extension 1—proposed floor area of 81.9 m2) and north-east (extension 2—proposed floor area of 106.6 m2) ends of the existing 2-storey offices to the rear of the existing fabrication workshop to provide additional office and ancillary accommodation. (b) The construction of an internal pedestrian walkway link at first floor level (proposed floor area of 45.8 m2) within the existing fabrication workshop to connect the existing offices to the rear to the existing offices to the front that face the Newbridge South Orbital Relief Road (NSORR). (c) Modifications to the existing fabrication workshop & rear offices to include: • Replacement of all existing external windows & doors in the existing rear offices with new windows & doors. • Widening of some existing window openings in the existing rear offices to facilitate larger window openings. • Replacement of existing external wall finishes of the existing rear offices—forticrete blockwork at ground floor level and profiled metal cladding at first floor level—with new insulated cladding panels. • Amendments to the north-east elevation of the existing fabrication workshop to include new insulated cladding panels and new windows and doors. • Internal modifications to the existing rear offices and fabrication workshop to facilitate the proposed extension works and connection of the proposed internal pedestrian walkway link between the front and rear offices. (d) The provision of 5 additional car parking spaces to serve the proposed extension works. (e) The provision of 5 additional bicycle parking spaces to serve the proposed extension works. (f) The connection to existing services on site—i.e. connection into existing foul, surface water, & water main networks serving the existing building. (g) All associated ancillary site development works. Please note all other planning items relating to the overall Murphy International headquarters and site are to be completed as per details agreed under previously approved planning permission register reference no.: 21/1780. Development works agreed under this previous grant of permission are ongoing. / 0.4 km away / 26 September 2023Granted
- 211780Works to the existing Murphy International Limited Headquarters to accommodate two new industrial buildings, comprising a Steel Fabrication building and a Pipe Ancillary building, and associated development and works. The Steel Fabrication Building of 2,495 sqm is 13.1 metres in height and accommodates a fabrication area of 2,229 sqm and a staff welfare area of 133 sqm at ground floor level, and an ancillary office of 133 sqm at first floor level. The Pipe Ancillary Building of 760 sqm is single storey and 9.3 metres in height, and will accommodate workshops. Solar photovoltaic panels are proposed on the roofs of both buildings. It is proposed to demolish 4 No. existing buildings including an Office (300sqm), Lean-to Warehouse (240 sqm), Warehouse (415 sqm), and a Storage Barn (112 sqm), and to demolish the existing boundary walls on Great Connell Road and on part of the existing access road. It is proposed to upgrade the existing access road to provide a 7.5 metre carriageway, 1.5 metre grass verge, 2 metre cycle lane, 2 metre footpaths, tree planting and a 2.5 metre boundary wall to the subject site, and to upgrade the boundary on Great Connell Road by removing the existing entrances and providing a 1.5 metre grass verge, 2 metre cycle lane, 2 metre foot path, tree planting and a 2.5 metre acoustic timber fence. It is proposed to provide 84 No. car parking spaces and 33 No. bike parking spaces, 3 No. signs of 5.2 sqm each are proposed; 1 No. on the southwest elevation of the Steel Fabrication Building, 1 No. on the northeast elevation of the Pipe Ancillary Building, and 1 No. on the northwest elevation of the Pipe Ancillary Building. The existing yard will be extended by 0.9 ha. These and all ancillary works including the regrading of an existing drainage ditch, all water infrastructure, internal roads, and landscaping are proposed on a site of 4.7 ha. / 0.4 km away / 25 May 2022Granted