Woodlands & Former Diamond Innovations Site, Clonshaugh Business & Technology Park, Dublin 17
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3803/20 is a planning application for permission at Woodlands & Former Diamond Innovations Site, Clonshaugh Business & Technology Park, Dublin 17, received by Dublin City Council on 25 Nov 2020 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: The proposed development comprises: 1. 2 no. 2 storey data centre buildings (each 16,576 sqm), which are 16m in height at the main parapet level. Each building to include: Office administration area, data halls, associated electrical and mechanical plant rooms, a loading bay, maintenance and storage spaces, screened plant and solar panel array at roof level, with rainwater harvesting system to support industrial water requirements. 16 no. emergency generators with emission stacks along with a single emergency house supply generator, all contained in a fenced compound adjacent to each building. Diesel storage tank, fuel filling area and associated plant. 2. 1 no. water sprinkler pump room (68 sqm), water storage tanks and humidifier tanks (175 sqm all inclusive). 3. 1 no. single storey client control building (216 sqm) and 2 no. transformers set within a fenced compound. 4. Demolition of 26 sqm substation building. 5. Partial diversion and undergrounding of ESB overhead lines. 6. Construction of internal site road network and circulation areas connecting to existing internal road network to the south, footpaths, provision of 100 no. car parking spaces, 4 no. motorcycle spaces and with 68 no. cycle parking spaces within a bicycle shelter, all accessed via existing campus to the south. 7. Temporary construction access road along western boundary. 8. Landscaping and planting including provision of planted berms to the eastern and northern boundary. 9. Perimeter security fencing, site lighting, bollards, camera poles, bin stores and all associated and ancillary site works including underground utility cables, water supply, foul and storm drainage network & over ground attenuation pond. All on an application site area measuring 11.52 hectares. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the planning application and the EIAR will be available from inspection or purchase, at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, during public opening hours at the offices of Dublin City Council. The council recorded a decision on 8 Jul 2021. The five-week observation window closed on 8 Jan 2021. A commencement notice (SN0008536DC) was lodged on 6 Jun 2023, so works have started on site. The site is zoned null under the Dublin City Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 18 other decided applications in the last five years.
Proposal
The proposed development comprises: 1. 2 no. 2 storey data centre buildings (each 16,576 sqm), which are 16m in height at the main parapet level. Each building to include: Office administration area, data halls, associated electrical and mechanical plant rooms, a loading bay, maintenance and storage spaces, screened plant and solar panel array at roof level, with rainwater harvesting system to support industrial water requirements. 16 no. emergency generators with emission stacks along with a single emergency house supply generator, all contained in a fenced compound adjacent to each building. Diesel storage tank, fuel filling area and associated plant. 2. 1 no. water sprinkler pump room (68 sqm), water storage tanks and humidifier tanks (175 sqm all inclusive). 3. 1 no. single storey client control building (216 sqm) and 2 no. transformers set within a fenced compound. 4. Demolition of 26 sqm substation building. 5. Partial diversion and undergrounding of ESB overhead lines. 6. Construction of internal site road network and circulation areas connecting to existing internal road network to the south, footpaths, provision of 100 no. car parking spaces, 4 no. motorcycle spaces and with 68 no. cycle parking spaces within a bicycle shelter, all accessed via existing campus to the south. 7. Temporary construction access road along western boundary. 8. Landscaping and planting including provision of planted berms to the eastern and northern boundary. 9. Perimeter security fencing, site lighting, bollards, camera poles, bin stores and all associated and ancillary site works including underground utility cables, water supply, foul and storm drainage network & over ground attenuation pond. All on an application site area measuring 11.52 hectares. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the planning application and the EIAR will be available from inspection or purchase, at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, during public opening hours at the offices of Dublin City Council.
- Status
- Decision Notice Issued
- Decision
- Pending
- Final grant
- 20 Aug 2021
- Site (from polygon)
- 11.80 ha
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 25 Nov 2020New applicationObservation window closed 8 Jan 2021
- 10 May 2021Further information requested
- 14 May 2021Further information received
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1 Where this is — preview
1 Deadlines still open
Appeal
Not appealed.
Commencement
- Seven day notice SN0008536DC
- Seven day notice SN0006763DC
- Seven day notice SN0006704DC
- Seven day notice SN0006528DC
Zoning at the site
Zone Z12 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028
Z6: Employment/Enterprise: To provide for the creation and protection of enterprise and facilitate opportunities for employment creation.
Zoned for employment uses. Housing is not the intended use here.
Z12: Institutional Land (Future Development Potential): To ensure existing environmental amenities are protected in the predominantly residential future use of these lands.
An established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour's objection to an overbearing extension is usually argued under.
Designations within 250 m
OPW flood extent nearby — flag only (licence); floodinfo.ie.
- EPA-licensed facility · 4
- NIAH-recorded building · 3
- Radon risk area · 1
- Recorded monument · 2
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 89008). Deadlines were computed by the store from the received / decided dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000 and are recorded as events, not recomputed here.
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