Kildare Innovation Centre, Barnhall Road, Leixlip
Planning application 2560200
DecisionConditional grant
Decided27 June 2025
Application typePERMISSION
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Nearby precedent
Similar nearby applications linked to this planning decision.- 21623The proposed development which specifically relates to Building No. 4 located to the northeast of the centre of the site. The development for which retention permission is sought consists of the retention of the mezzanine area (121 sqm) on the first- floor level. This consists of office space, toilets, and a canteen. Retention permission is sought for any associated site works that would have occurred due to the construction of the mezzanine / 0.1 km away / 02 July 2021Granted
- 23690Will consist of erection of Six 3m diameter x 10m high raw material storage silos in the open yard to the rear of Buildings, 2, 3 and 4. Two new fire exit doors (double doors) to Building 2 (South West Elevation). Retention of the erection of Two 3m diameter x 10m high raw material storage silos in the open yard to the rear of Buildings 2, 3 and 4 / 0.1 km away / 18 September 2023Granted
- 2360047Will consist of Demolition of existing Buildings No’s 7, 8 and 9 (total gfa c. 84,838sqm). - Existing Buildings No’s 1 – 6 will be retained for deep tech and innovation related uses (total gfa c.42,862sqm) - Construction of 2 no. new deep tech buildings and 4 no. new data centre buildings, all including ancillary office spaces. The deep tech buildings will have an overall maximum height of c.16m and vary in size from30,945sqm – 41,190sqm with a combined total gfa of c. 72,135 sqm. The data centres will be c.15 m in height to parapet and c.16.5m in height to top of roof plant screening. The data centres will vary in size from 13,225 sqm – 21,000 sqm with a combined total gfa of c. 76,225sqm. All buildings will be provided with Solar PV panels at roof level and green walls along selected elevations. - The new deep tech buildings (A1 & A2) will be provided with service yard areas, loading docks, car parking, access roads, security fencing/gates and landscaping. The deep tech buildings will include rainwater harvesting tanks and green roofs over office areas. - Each data centre (B1, C1, C2 & C3) will include data halls, admin blocks (comprising offices, breakroom, loading dock, storage, and ancillary areas) and a variety of mechanical and electrical plant areas/structures including battery storage rooms and mechanical rooms. Car parking, access roads, security fencing/gates, gate houses and landscaping will also be provided. - B1 will include 14 no. fuel oil generators, MV rooms and associated mechanical flues. C1 – C3 will each include 22 no. fuel oil generators, MV rooms and associated mechanical flues (each c.18.6m high). Car parking, access roads, security fencing/gates, gate houses and landscaping will also be provided. - 2 no. district heating pump house areas and inground piping for district heating system. - Construction of a Replacement 110kV Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) Substation adjacent to the existing 110kV Rinawade Substation. The current Air Insulated Switchgear (AIS) substation known as the Rinawade 110kV sub is fed by 2 x 110kV Overhead lines. The new substation will connect to these overhead lines via short runs of underground cable. The replacement 110kV substation will include 6 No. transformers, with client control building and a 2 storey GIS substation building within a 2.4m high fenced compound. - Decommissioning and removal of the existing 110kV Rinawade substation. - Construction of an on-site energy centre to provide to the nation / 0.2 km away / 07 September 2023Granted
- 2060The proposed development specifically relates to Building No. 3 and Building No. 4 located to the north-east of the centre of the site. (No alteration to the balance of the development is sought by this Application). The development for which retention permission is sought consists of: the change of use of Building No. 3 from its permitted warehouse use (Reg. Ref. 95/923) to manufacturing use (4,421 sq. m gross floor area including ancillary offices at ground floor and first floor level); and the change of use of part of Building No. 4 from its permitted manufacturing use (Reg. Ref. 95/923) to office use (9,002 sq. m gross floor area ). The development for which retention permission is sought also consists of: the provision of ancillary office space at first floor level within Building No. 4 (246 sq. m gross floor area); and all other associated site development works above and below ground. The site is principally bounded by; Barnhall Road to the north; Celbridge Road to the east; Barnhall Rugby Football Club to the south; and by grounds associated with Castletown House to the west / 0.3 km away / 23 March 2020Granted
- 2179The change of use of the existing and permitted (Reg. Ref:. 95/923) Ancillary Production Support Office associated with part of Building No. 2 to a standalone independent Office use including break room and tea station (c. 1,139sqm). The proposed development specifically relates to Building No. 2 located to the north-east of the centre of the site. (No alteration to the balance of the development is sought by this Application.) The site is principally bounded by: Barnhall Road to the north; Celbridge Road to the east; Barnhall Rugby Football Club to the south; and by grounds associated with Castletown House to the west. At a site of c.80.56 hectares at Liffey Business Campus (formerly known as the Hewlett Packard Campus) / 0.4 km away / 18 March 2021Granted
- 221096Development of 4 No. 20 kV ESB double substations at four sites of c. 591 sqm in total (Site 1, c. 138 sqm adjacent to Building 4; Site 2, c. 138 sqm adjacent to Building 2 and Building 5; Site 3, c. 138 sqm adjacent to Building 5; and Site 4, c. 177 sqm partially within Building 9, at the Kildare Innovation Campus (formerly known as the Hewlett Packard Campus) Barnhall Road, Leixlip, Co. Kildare. The wider Kildare Innovation Campus is c. 80 hectares. The wider Campus is principally bounded by: Barnhall Road to the north; Celbridge Road to the east; Barnhall Rugby Football Club to the south; and grounds associated with Castletown House to the west. The proposed development will consist of: the construction of 3 No. standalone ESB double substations and associated LV switch rooms (Substations No. 1-3) of c. 3m in height, c. 4.8m in depth, and c. 17.8m in width, with an individual gross floor area of 57.5 sqm; and all associated works above and below ground. Substation No. 4 (gross floor area of 57.5 sqm) will include: internal alterations to the existing Campus Building No. 9; associated LV switch rooms; the removal of existing louvre and replacement with substation access doors on the southeast elevation; access path; and all associated works above and below ground. The cumulative gross floor area of the development will be 230 sqm / 0.5 km away / 01 February 2023Granted
- 18300606STRATEGIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT (ABP Decision) consisting of 450 no. new residential units; a childcare facility (538sqm); a new roundabout on the Celbridge Road (R404) and associated road realignment to facilitate vehicular access to the application site with revised entrance arrangement to the Wonderful Barn Complex (a Protected Structure), and incorporating landscape features and signage to the Wonderful Barn Complex (a Protected Structure); associated internal roads, pedestrian and cycle paths and linkages; open space; and, all associated site and development works. The residential development consists of the following: 16 no. one-bed, two-storey, own door apartments, 54sqm and 56 sqm Gross Floor Area (GFA) each (Type 1B1 & 1B2); 42 no. two-bed apartments, 83.7sqm GFA each (Type 2B1), with 42 no. three bed duplex units above, ranging in size from 119.2 to 120.4sqm GFA (Type 3B1 & 3B2), in three-storey terraces; 48 no. two-bed, two-storey terraced houses, 86.6sqm each (Type F1 & F2); 187 no. three-bed, two-storey terraced, semi-detached and detached houses, ranging in size from 110.7sqm to 126.4sqm GFA (Types D1-7, E1-5 & H1-4); 2 no. three-bed, single storey, detached houses, 113.7sqm each (Type J); 97 no. four-bed, two-storey, semi-detached and detached houses ranging in size from 130.2sqm to 206sqm (Types A, B1, B4, C1, C2 & G1-3); 16 no. four-bed, three-storey semi-detached houses ranging in size from 216.5sqm to 219.7sqm (Types C3 & C4). A total of 929 no. car parking spaces, including 875 no. spaces serving the residential units and 54 no. visitor spaces dispersed throughout the scheme (of which 13 no. spaces are designated for use by the childcare facility), are proposed. The associated site and infrastructural works include foul and surface water drainage, attenuation areas, open space, landscaping buffer with the Wonderful Barn parkland, boundary walls and fences, internal roads, cycle paths and footpaths including linkages towards the Wonderful Barn Complex (a Protected Structure) and to established residential areas to the north of the site. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report has been prepared in respect of the proposed development. / 0.6 km away / 09 March 2018Granted
- 20873The construction of a logistics warehouse with ancillary office accommodation (total c. 25,268 sqm) to an overall height of 14.86 metres. The warehouse element of the development is principally single storey including an ancillary mezzanine level (554 sqm). The ancillary offices, comprising c. 1,737 sqm, are provided over three storeys and include toilets, change rooms, showers, cafeteria, gym, plant areas and circulation spaces. The proposed development will also include: the provision of a new vehicular access from Barnhall Road roundabout with ancillary associated entry/exit gates, access road and footpath; 179 no. surface car parking spaces including electric vehicle charging stations and 18 no. bicycle parking; solar pv panels on the warehouse roof; hard and soft landscaping; signage; sprinkler storage tanks and pump house; an electrical substation (c. 54 sqm); and all ancillary works including boundary treatments, street lighting, site excavation and development works above and below ground. The site is principally bounded by: Liffey Business Campus to the north; Barnhall Road to the east; Barnhall Rugby Football Club to the south; and by grounds associated with Castletown House to the west. At this site of c. 8.19 hectares at Liffey Business Campus (formerly known as the Hewlett Packard Campus) / 0.6 km away / 17 December 2020Granted