SD16A/0214: Construction of a single storey data centre (4,435sq.m) with plant at roof level: associated support services and 6 standby generators with associated flues (each 15m high): and single storey office and loading bay (1,341sq.m) as well as an electricity sub-station (63sq.m) with a total floor area of 5,839sq.m. The development will also include ancillary site works, including attenuation tank, to connect to existing Grange Castle infrastructural services as well as fencing, signage, services road, entrance gate, 26 car parking spaces including 2 disabled car parking spaces, as well as sheltered bicycle parking. The development will be enclosed with landscaping to all frontages. An Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) has been submitted with this application. An application for enabling works to facilitate this development has been made under Reg. Ref. SD16A/0176.
The Grange, Newcastle Road, Lucan, Co. Dublin.
DecisionGrant permission
Decided11 August 2016
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Similar nearby applications linked to this planning decision.- SD17A/0027Amendment of permission granted under SD16A/0345 that will relocate the temporary gas powered generation plant from lands to the rear of the Takeda Ireland complex to the east of the site, to lands to the immediate north of Phase 1 data hall and single storey office granted under SD16A/0214 and to the south of the ESB substation and transformer yard that was permitted under SD16A/0345. The relocated temporary gas powered generation plant will be enclosed within a walled yard containing 12 generator units with associated flues (each 15m high). The development will also include new vehicular access to the temporary generator plant off the permitted service road as granted under SD16A/0214. The development will be enclosed with revised landscaping from that granted under SD16A/0214. An Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) has been submitted with this application. / 0.0 km away / 04 April 2017Granted
- SD16A/0345Construction of a new single storey data hall of 4,176sq.m as an extension to the immediate south of the data hall and single storey office (5,776sq.m) permitted under Reg. Ref. SD16A/0214 to create an overall development of 9,952sq.m. The new data hall will include plant at roof level, associated support services, 5 standby generators with associated flues (each 15m high) and services road. The development will also include a temporary gas powered generation plant within a walled yard containing 12 generator units with associated flues (each 15m high) to be located within and to the rear of the Takeda Ireland complex to the east side of the site. The development will also include a new two storey ESB substation (507sq.m) with associated transformer yard and single storey transformer building (157.5sq.m) to replace aforementioned temporary gas generation plant and will be located to north of entrance into the site from Grange Castle. The development will also include ancillary site works, including attenuation pond, connections to existing Grange Castle infrastructural services as well as fencing, signage, and will include new vehicular access to the generator farm and sub-station off the permitted service road as granted under Reg. Ref. SD16A/0214. The development will be enclosed with landscaping to all frontages. An Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) has been submitted with this application. / 0.0 km away / 25 November 2016Granted
- SD17A/0141Construction of a new stand-alone data hall of 1,515sq.m that will be located to the north of the data hall and its extension, and to the west of the temporary gas powered generation plant permitted under Reg. Ref. SD16A/0214 and SD16A/0345 and to the immediate east of the R120. The new data hall will include plant at roof level; associated support services, 4 standby generators with associated flues (each 15m high). The development will also include ancillary site works, a new water tower, pump room and connections to existing Grange Castle infrastructural services as well as fencing, signage, and will include an extension to the permitted service road as granted under Reg. Ref. SD16A/0214 to provide vehicular access as well as 3 car parking spaces to serve this development. It will include modifications to the permissions granted under SD16A/0214 and SD16A/0345 that will include new and revised landscaping to all frontages as well as modifications to the attenuation pond and will maintain local access to the rear of the property to the south of the former access off the R120. An Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) has been submitted with this application. / 0.0 km away / 04 July 2017Granted
- SD18A/0298Amendment and completion of the permissions granted under Reg. Ref. SD16A/0214, SD16A/0345, SD17A/0141 and SD17A/0392 as well as the construction of two new single storey data halls and associated office areas and plant, with a gross floor area of 5,823sq.m. 1 new single storey data hall (1,857sq.m) plus single storey offices (719sq.m) will be located to the immediate east of the data hall that was permitted and subsequently extended under Reg. Ref. SD17A/0141 and SD17A/0392. The new data hall will include plant at roof level; associated support services, 4 standby generators with associated flues (each 15m high) and service road. 1 new single storey data hall (3,005sq.m) plus delivery bay (242sq.m) will be located to the north of the extended data centre granted under Reg. Ref. SD17A/0141 and SD17A/0392 and to the south of the permitted attenuation pond. The new data hall will include plant at roof level; associated support services, 8 standy generators with associated flues (each 15m high) and service road. Relocation and redesign of the two storey ESB substation (556sq.m) with associated transformer yard and single storey transformer building (180sq.m) permitted under SD16A/0345 to the immediate north of the entrance into the site from Grange Castle Business Park. The development will also include a revised location for the sprinkler tank and pump room permitted under SD17A/0392, as well as a revision and extension to the permitted service road to provide vehicular access to all data halls and relocation of the 3 car parking spaces permitted under SD17A/0392 as well as the creation of 14 new spaces (17 spaces overall) and sheltered bicycle parking to serve this element of the development. The development will also include modifications to the attenuation pond, and to the landscaping previously permitted. The development will continue to include ancillary site works, connections to the existing Grange Castle infrastructural services as well as fencing and signage. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) has been submitted with this application. / 0.0 km away / 16 October 2018Granted
- SD17A/0392Amendment and completion of the permission granted under SD17A/0141 to facilitate a 125sq.m extension to the north and south of the permitted stand-alone single storey data hall of 1,515sq.m to create an extended stand-alone single storey data hall of 1,640s.qm. The permitted data hall will remain located as per SD17A/0141 - that is to the north of the data hall and its extension and to the west of the temporary gas powered generation plant permitted under Reg. Ref. SD16A/0214, SD16A/0345 and SD17A/0027 and to the immediate east of the R120. This amendment application will increase the height of the compound and data hall building by 1.2m - 1.96m and it will remain single storey. Internal alterations to the data hall layout are also proposed. No changes are proposed to the plant at roof level; associated support services, with a slight repositioning to the north of the 4 no. standby generators with associated flues (each 15m high). The development will include a revised location for the sprinkler tank and pump room, as well as revisions and extensions to the permitted service road and new access gate to provide vehicular access to the data hall and 3 car parking spaces permitted under SD17A/0141. The development will also include modifications to the landscaping to all frontages permitted under SD16A/0214, SD16A/0345 and SD17A/0141. This application also includes for revisions to the former access off the R120 that will allow emergency access only from this point into the site. It will continue to maintain local access to the rear of the property to the south of this former access as permitted and will reduce the number of car parking spaces permitted under SD16A/0214 from 26 to 25 car parking spaces. The development will continue to include ancillary site works, connections to existing Grange Castle infrastructural services as well as fencing and signage. No changes to the permitted attenuation pond is proposed. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) has been submitted with this application. / 0.0 km away / 19 December 2017Granted
- SD22A/0009Retention and completion of amendments to the permitted internal road layout, internal fencing and other ancillary internal layout amendments that were permitted under SDCC Planning Ref. SD18A/0298. / 0.1 km away / 22 August 2022Granted
- SD22A/0025Retention and continuance of the use for a further two years of the temporary gas powered generation plant, that is located to the rear of the Takeda Ireland complex, that is sited within a walled year of 2,836sq.m containing 12 generator units with associated flues (each 15m high), which was permitted initially for a period of three years under Reg Ref. SD16A/0345 and was subsequently extended for an additional period of 2 years from the 4th February 2020 under Condition no. 2 of permission granted under SD19A/0342 Vehicular access to the generation plan will remain from the permitted service road into Edgeconnex site and Grange Castle Business Park as originally permitted. / 0.1 km away / 28 March 2022Granted
- SD19A/0342Retention and continuance of the use for a further two years of the temporary gas powered generation plant which is located to the rear of the Takeda Ireland complex, is sited within a walled yard of 2,836sq.m containing 12 generator units with associated flues (each 15m high) which was permitted for a period of three years on the 10th January 2017 under Condition no.3 of permission granted under Reg. Ref. SD16A/0345; vehicular access to the generation plant will remain from the permitted service road into the EdgeConneX site and Grange Castle Business Park as originally permitted. / 0.1 km away / 19 December 2019Granted