The IDA Business and Technology Park, Raheen, County Limerick.
Planning application 2461160
DecisionConditional grant
Decided16 April 2025
Application typePERMISSION
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Nearby precedent
Similar nearby applications linked to this planning decision.- 2219010-year permission for development of a Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Campus with an overall floor area of 47,384 sqm. Construction of a 4-storey Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing building approx. 18,534 sqm and 33 metres high with roof-mounted plant/equipment & solar panels. A 2-storey canteen, laboratory and administration building. A 2-storey Warehouse building. A single storey Central Utilities Plant (CUP) building including 5no. Boiler stacks. A 2-storey freezer building. A single storey maintenance building. Single storey pedestrian link with roof-mounted pipe rack. Provision of car parking spaces approx. 199, accessible car parking/motorcycle spaces, EV vehicle charging, dedicated car-pooling spaces/cycle parking. Visitor car park comprising 12no. car parking spaces. Single-storey Security building. Single storey Visitor Centre building. Single storey bicycle/shower facility building. A 38kv Substation compound consisting of single storey substation building. Step-down transformers and single storey Electrical Switchroom building enclosed by security fencing and a new vehicular entrance from Roches Avenue. Firewater and Supply Water pumphouse. Minor off-site underground works include extension of foul sewer to connect to the foul water system. Single storey Waste building. Site infrastructure includes bunded tank farm, pipe-bridges, sprinkler/water tanks, surface water harvest tanks, docks/yard areas, items of plant and equipment, electrical generators, gas-reducing station, underground pumping facilities and internal roads/paths, fencing and site lighting. The development includes use of existing permanent vehicular entrance to the site off existing roundabout on Ballycummin Avenue. Proposed Landscaping, replacement of perimeter security fencing/gates. An extensive ground mounted solar array sized 27,000 sqm located to the rear and east of the site. Signage at ground level and on the building façade. The works include Temporary Contractor Compounds and carparking during construction. All Associated Site Works. Surface water management for the site consists of attenuation swales/ponds, rainwater harvest cisterns to achieve 100% recharging within the site. This application consists of a development for an activity for which a licence under Part IV of the EPA Act 1992 (as amended by the Protection of the Environment Act, 2003) is required. A Natura Impact Statement and an Environmental Impact Assessment Report accompanies this planning application / 0.1 km away / 10 October 2022Granted
- 23152Development consisting of modifications and alterations to previously permitted Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Campus(Planning Register Reference Number 22/190). The proposed development that consists of the following; (1) The relocation of the previously permitted single storey Maintenance Building, sized approximately 1,200 square metres, to the position on site of the footprint of the previously permitted Freezer Building. The previously permitted 2 storey Freezer Building, sized approximately 1,694 square metres, will not be constructed as part of this amended application. (2) The relocation of the previously permitted Tank Farm from its permitted position at the rear of the Warehouse to a revised location within the yard between the Maintenance and the Central Utilities Plant (CUP) Building including pipe bridges all located to the east of the site. The proposed Tank Farm consists of reconfigured and resized tanks. (3) The relocation of 4no. of the previously permitted Boiler Stacks and the omission of 1 no. previously permitted Boiler Stack. The 4no. relocated Boiler Stacks will be approximately 18 metres high and will be located to the north of the previously permitted Central Utilities Plant (CUP) Building. (4) The installation of 1no. additional Cooling Tower to the roof of the previously permitted Central Utilities Plant (CUP) Building, and the modification of the previously permitted acoustic screen to enclose this additional Cooling Tower and the addition of 1no. Cooling Tower at Ground Level within the Tank Farm area. (5) The construction of 1 no. new recessed Loading Dock to the north elevation of the previously permitted warehouse. (6) The relocation of 2no. previously permitted Bulk Gas Tanks from the front of the Production Facility to the position on site of the footprint of the previously permitted Maintenance Building and the installation of 1no. additional Bulk Gas Tank including local pipe bridges. (7) The proposed development also consists of minor modifications to previously permitted internal roads and footpaths, site lighting, landscaping, underground drainage system infrastructure including a reduction of roofed areas and all associated site works. This application consists of a development for an activity for which a licence under Part IV of the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 (as amended by the Protection of the Environment Act, 2003) is required / 0.2 km away / 28 April 2023Granted
- 2660084Additions, modifications and alterations to previously permitted Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Campus (Planning Register Reference Number 22190 and as amended by planning reference 23152 and 2461160) located at the IDA Business and Technology Park, Raheen, County Limerick, V94 2C04. The proposed development will consist of the following: 1. A two-storey biomass boiler house building with internal access mezzanines, sized 1,881 square meters approximately and 17.6 metres high approximately including a boiler stack approximately 21m high all located to the southeast of the existing permitted facility adjacent to Roches Avenue. It is proposed to construct this facility in two phases over five years. 2. It is proposed to relocate a previously permitted generator compound including 2No. generators to the northeast of this proposed biomass boiler house building and to reconfigure and reduce the generator compound. 3. The proposed development also includes the extension of the existing permitted pipe bridge located to the northwest of the biomass boiler house. 4. The proposed development also consists of minor modifications to previously permitted internal roads and footpaths, site lighting, fencing, landscaping and underground drainage system infrastructure. This application will not result in any storm water discharge to the public system. The existing terminal infiltration basin has sufficient capacity to accommodate the additional surface water run off generated by the proposed Biomass Building and associated works. The application relates to a modification to a development which comprises or is for the purposes of an activity requiring an industrial emissions licence under Part IV of the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 (as amended by the Protection of the Environment Act, 2003) is required / 0.3 km away / 25 March 2026Granted
- 24159The development that will comprise of erection of a single storey pitched roof marquee with a foot print of approximately 313sq.m(25 meteeres x 12.5 meters) and a pitch height of approximately 5.020m on an annual part-time basis. The marquee is intended to be used as a meeting room / 0.3 km away / 11 June 2024Granted
- 2560800A new vehicle parking area for approved used stock of circ. 0.1395 hectares and accommodating 42. no car parking spaces to the rear (south) of the existing car park and retention permission of 4 no. shed structures with a total floor area of 429 sq. metres accommodating valet, carwash and car turntable facilities and permission for the completion of the vehicle parking area to include site lighting and all ancillary site works / 0.4 km away / 06 October 2025Granted
- 211002Construction of a single storey extension and ancillary site works within the existing service yard area of building no. 98. This will be an extension to the existing staff kitchen/canteen facilities for use as catering stores and staff changing facilities / 0.4 km away / 24 August 2021Granted
- 221013A new Storage and Distribution Warehouse and Associated Office Space with an overall floor area of 5682sqm. The development will include a 13m high warehouse building with an integral and attached 2 storey office. The development will also include the access roadways, footpaths, 42 space ark park with accessible car parking, EV Vehicle Charging, Covered Cycle Parking, external water storage tank, ESB Substation and Switch Room, loading docks and all ancillary site works / 0.5 km away / 19 May 2023Granted
- 18109810 year permission for development comprising a three storey administration and laboratory building sized 10,200 square metres gross, 17.5 metres high with associated plant and equipment, a four storey car parking structure sized 18,500 square metres gross and 13.2 metres high, to accommodate 800 car parking spaces including spaces displaced by the administration/laboratory (circa 364 no.) and additional spaces required for administration/laboratory personnel, both structures located to the south of the existing facility. The conversion of three temporary contractor related facilities to permanent use; a two storey induction/training centre sized 480 square metres and 7.0 metres high, a single storey facility workshop sized 80 square metres and 3.1 metres high, and a two storey office facility sized 400 square metres and 7.0 metres high. A new two-storey administration facility sized 144 square metres and 7.0 high. The construction of a contractor’s compound with 200 car parking spaces and 2 number temporary two storey office facilities sized in total 2,000 square metres all to the north of the existing facility with a dedicated vehicular entrance off Roche’s Avenue. The works include the diversion of existing high tension electrical cables on site together with one number new steel mast structure 15 metres high and all general ancillary site works including all associated temporary construction related works, pipe bridges yard works and items of plant and equipment, including photo-voltaic cells, and cell structures on the multi storey carpark roof. New site works include the re-configuration of an existing carpark for 150 cars, landscaping, lighting and ancillary items. The works also include new site fencing, landscaping and gates. This application consists of an activity for which a license under Part IV of the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 (as amended) is required and full details of the proposed development and its anticipated environmental impacts will be notified to the Environmental Protection Agency. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report and a Natura Impact Assessment accompanies this application / 0.5 km away / 12 March 2019Granted