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Kildare County Council · 221417 · PERMISSION

Intel Leixlip Site , Collinstown Blakestown Kellystown , Collinstown Industrial Park

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Council received 28 Nov 2022We first saw it 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (1384 days after receipt — sources refresh weekly)
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221417 is a planning application for permission at Intel Leixlip Site , Collinstown Blakestown Kellystown , Collinstown Industrial Park, received by Kildare County Council on 28 Nov 2022 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: the alteration and realignment of an overhead electricity power line, located to the east side of their site and also located at adjacent properties north and south of their site at Collinstown, Leixlip, Blakestown, Kellystown, Collinstown Industrial Park, Leixlip, Co. Kildare approximate 1.1km section of existing double circuit overhead line which supports the existing Maynooth-Ryebrook and Dunfirth-Kinnegad-Rinnawade 110kV overhead line circuits. The proposed development comprises of: (1) Diversion. Diverting a section of the existing 110kV double circuit overhead line to the north of the River Rye, along the eastern edge of the Intel site at Collinstown, linking back into the existing overhead line section at the car park of the Lidl supermarket, directly south of the R148. (2) Removal of Existing Double Circuit Towers. The decommissioning and removal of 4 No existing double circuit steel lattice towers and associated electrical conductors to include the removal of the existing towers and associated electrical conductors from site. (3) Double Circuit Towers. The installation of 7 No new double circuit steel lattice towers. Two of these will be replacement towers (Towers T1 & T7). The towers will range in height from approximately 20.75m to approximately 39.75m above ground level and will support six electrical conductors (overhead lines). (4) Site Works. All ancillary site development, preparation and reinstatement works, including access, landscaping and connection to existing services and utilities and miscellaneous site works. This application consists of a variation to a previously permitted development on 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. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report ("EIAR") and a Natura Impact Statement ("NIS") accompany this application and they will be available for inspection or purchase at the office of the Planning Authority. This is a site to which the Chemicals Act (Control of Major Accident Hazards Involving Dangerous Substances) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 209 of 2015) applies. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of additional information to clarify and supplement information contained within the Environmental Impact Assessment Report and Natura Impact Statement prepared for the proposed development. The council granted permission on 15 May 2023, with conditions. The five-week observation window closed on 11 Jan 2023. The register records an appeal (ABP-317304-23), decided: conditional. Within 500 m there are 13 other decided applications in the last five years.

Appeal window closes 12 Jun 2023 closed 1189 days ago
4 weeks from the council's decision (15 May 2023) · s.37 Planning and Development Act 2000 · €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer)

Proposal

the alteration and realignment of an overhead electricity power line, located to the east side of their site and also located at adjacent properties north and south of their site at Collinstown, Leixlip, Blakestown, Kellystown, Collinstown Industrial Park, Leixlip, Co. Kildare approximate 1.1km section of existing double circuit overhead line which supports the existing Maynooth-Ryebrook and Dunfirth-Kinnegad-Rinnawade 110kV overhead line circuits. The proposed development comprises of: (1) Diversion. Diverting a section of the existing 110kV double circuit overhead line to the north of the River Rye, along the eastern edge of the Intel site at Collinstown, linking back into the existing overhead line section at the car park of the Lidl supermarket, directly south of the R148. (2) Removal of Existing Double Circuit Towers. The decommissioning and removal of 4 No existing double circuit steel lattice towers and associated electrical conductors to include the removal of the existing towers and associated electrical conductors from site. (3) Double Circuit Towers. The installation of 7 No new double circuit steel lattice towers. Two of these will be replacement towers (Towers T1 & T7). The towers will range in height from approximately 20.75m to approximately 39.75m above ground level and will support six electrical conductors (overhead lines). (4) Site Works. All ancillary site development, preparation and reinstatement works, including access, landscaping and connection to existing services and utilities and miscellaneous site works. This application consists of a variation to a previously permitted development on 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. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report ("EIAR") and a Natura Impact Statement ("NIS") accompany this application and they will be available for inspection or purchase at the office of the Planning Authority. This is a site to which the Chemicals Act (Control of Major Accident Hazards Involving Dangerous Substances) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 209 of 2015) applies. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of additional information to clarify and supplement information contained within the Environmental Impact Assessment Report and Natura Impact Statement prepared for the proposed development.

Status
APPLICATION FINALISED
Decision
Conditional on 15 May 2023
Final grant
29 Aug 2024
Permission expires
28 Aug 2029
Site (from polygon)
8.23 ha
Location precision
site (coords_polygon)

Timeline

  • 28 Nov 2022
    New application
    Observation window closed 11 Jan 2023
  • 30 Jan 2023
    Further information requested
  • 21 Mar 2023
    Further information received
  • 15 May 2023
    Decision
    Appeal window closed 12 Jun 2023
  • 9 Jun 2023
    Appeal lodged

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The register records appeal ABP-317304-23 (status unknown) but we have not matched the ACP case yet.

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    • EPA-licensed facility · 3
      P0207; Intel Ireland Limited; Intel Ireland Limited
    • Natural Heritage Area (incl. proposed) · 2
      Rye Water Valley/Carton; Royal Canal
    • Radon risk area · 3
      About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels; About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels; About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
    • Special Area of Conservation · 1
      Rye Water Valley/Carton SAC
    • Recorded monument · 4
      Ritual site - holy well; Habitation site; Excavation - miscellaneous

    Provenance

    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 128937). 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/221417/0.

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