Kildare Innovation Campus, Barnhall Road, Leixlip

What’s proposed

development 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