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Kildare County Council · 221291

IDA Newbridge Business & Technology Park (Littleconnell) , within the townlands of Greatconnell Littleconnell and Clownings , Newbridge

  1. 28 Oct 2022Received
  2. 28 Mar 2023Conditional
  3. 8 Dec 2023Final grant
  4. 7 Dec 2028Permission expires
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Status
Appeal decided — granted
Decision
Conditional · 28 Mar 2023
Council
Kildare County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Site
21.60 ha

What’s proposed

for a purpose-built brewery as follows: - Main Brewery Facility (c.9,148m2) including brew house, storage and handling areas, labs, control rooms, workshops, plant rooms/areas (internal and external/roof), storage rooms/areas, process areas and valve blocks, utilities and services areas, circulation, office/admin and welfare facilities, and all associated ancillary areas. Building height ranging up to c.24.3m and including ground floor area (c.7,325m2), part basement (c.72m2), 1st floor (c.1,213m2), 2nd floor (c.270m2) and 3rd floor (c.268m2). Tanker filling station (open area with canopy c.462m2) and raw materials deliveries area (open area with canopy c.138m2 in extent), 92 no. new storage vessels/silos/tanks, with associated access platforms, ranging in height up to c.23.3m. 2 no. external substation buildings (total area 60m2 and building height c.3.8m). Provision of external pipe bridges ranging up to c.7.7m in height. Provision of PV panels on roofs (c.1,171m2 in extent). Provision of external building signage (total area c.12m2). - Renewable Heating Plant Building (c.1,644m2, with height up c.15.9m) including ground floor area (c.1,358m2), part basement (c.286m2) and including internal plant area, turbine room, fuel store, electrical distribution, office/admin areas, externally located Electrostatic Precipitators (ESPs), and 2 no. flue stacks (each c.20m total height). - Utilities Area including Welfare & Control Room building, external electrical plant area, electrical container plant rooms, combined heat and power container plant room (with a flue stack c.11m in total height), fire water tanks (2 no. up to c.4.5m in height) and pump house room. Total floor area of Utilities Area buildings c.142m2 and building height up to c.4.2m. - Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) area with associated tanks (9 no. ranging in height up to c.22.25m) with associated plant rooms/areas (including biogas infrastructure and chemical storage areas), electrical container plant rooms, and dewatering building. Total floor area of WWTP buildings c.55m2 and building height up to c.8.1m. - Water Recycling Plant (WRP) area with main plant building (with external open area with canopy), 2 no. tanks (each c.10m in height), external plant and equipment. Total floor area of WRP buildings c.195m2 and building height up to 7.5m. - Water Treatment Plant (WTP) with 3 no. tanks (ranging in height up to c.17.4m) with associated plant rooms and external plant areas & electrical container

221291 is a planning application to Kildare County Council for for a purpose-built brewery as follows: - Main Brewery Facility (c.9,148m2) including, received on 28 Oct 2022; permission was granted with conditions on 28 Mar 2023.

Planning details

Reference
221291
Local authority
Kildare County Council
Status
Appeal decided — granted · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED
Received
28 Oct 2022
Observations close
2 Dec 2022 (closed 1382 days ago)
Decision due
30 Mar 2023 · decided 28 Mar 2023
Decision
Conditional on 28 Mar 2023
Proposed development
for a purpose-built brewery as follows: - Main Brewery Facility (c.9,148m2) including brew house, storage and handling areas, labs, control rooms, workshops, plant rooms/areas (internal and external/roof), storage rooms/areas, process areas and valve blocks, utilities and services areas, circulation, office/admin and welfare facilities, and all associated ancillary areas. Building height ranging up to c.24.3m and including ground floor area (c.7,325m2), part basement (c.72m2), 1st floor (c.1,213m2), 2nd floor (c.270m2) and 3rd floor (c.268m2). Tanker filling station (open area with canopy c.462m2) and raw materials deliveries area (open area with canopy c.138m2 in extent), 92 no. new storage vessels/silos/tanks, with associated access platforms, ranging in height up to c.23.3m. 2 no. external substation buildings (total area 60m2 and building height c.3.8m). Provision of external pipe bridges ranging up to c.7.7m in height. Provision of PV panels on roofs (c.1,171m2 in extent). Provision of external building signage (total area c.12m2). - Renewable Heating Plant Building (c.1,644m2, with height up c.15.9m) including ground floor area (c.1,358m2), part basement (c.286m2) and including internal plant area, turbine room, fuel store, electrical distribution, office/admin areas, externally located Electrostatic Precipitators (ESPs), and 2 no. flue stacks (each c.20m total height). - Utilities Area including Welfare & Control Room building, external electrical plant area, electrical container plant rooms, combined heat and power container plant room (with a flue stack c.11m in total height), fire water tanks (2 no. up to c.4.5m in height) and pump house room. Total floor area of Utilities Area buildings c.142m2 and building height up to c.4.2m. - Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) area with associated tanks (9 no. ranging in height up to c.22.25m) with associated plant rooms/areas (including biogas infrastructure and chemical storage areas), electrical container plant rooms, and dewatering building. Total floor area of WWTP buildings c.55m2 and building height up to c.8.1m. - Water Recycling Plant (WRP) area with main plant building (with external open area with canopy), 2 no. tanks (each c.10m in height), external plant and equipment. Total floor area of WRP buildings c.195m2 and building height up to 7.5m. - Water Treatment Plant (WTP) with 3 no. tanks (ranging in height up to c.17.4m) with associated plant rooms and external plant areas & electrical container
As published by the register.
Site area
21.60 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant
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Appeal

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    Zoning at the site

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    Provenance

    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 129621). 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. Council register: http://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/221291/0.

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