Intel Leixlip Site , Collinstown Blakestown Kellystown , Collinstown Industrial Park
- 28 Nov 2022Received
- 15 May 2023Conditional
- 29 Aug 2024Final grant
- 28 Aug 2029Permission expires
- Status
- Appeal decided — granted
- Decision
- Conditional · 15 May 2023
- Council
- Kildare County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Site
- 8.23 ha
What’s proposed
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
221417 is a planning application to Kildare County Council for the alteration and realignment of an overhead electricity power line, located to the, received on 28 Nov 2022; permission was granted with conditions on 15 May 2023.
Planning details
- Reference
- 221417
- Local authority
- Kildare County Council
- Status
- Appeal decided — granted · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
- Received
- 28 Nov 2022
- Observations close
- 11 Jan 2023 (closed 1343 days ago)
- Decision due
- 15 May 2023 · decided 15 May 2023
- Decision
- Conditional on 15 May 2023
- Proposed development
- 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 developmentAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 8.23 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
- Applicant
- Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register
Full planning report for 53.37215, -6.51064
Zoning, appeals, sold prices, flood and heritage constraints — everything for this area in one PDF.
No account, no payment. Not a statutory planning search.
Appeal
The register records appeal ABP-317304-23 (status unknown) but we have not matched the ACP case yet.
Commencement
No commencement notice matched to this reference.
Zoning at the site
No zoning objective covers this site in the current plan.
Designations within 250 m
OPW flood extent nearby — flag only (licence); floodinfo.ie.
- EPA-licensed facility · 3
- Natural Heritage Area (incl. proposed) · 2
- Radon risk area · 3
- Special Area of Conservation · 1
- Recorded monument · 4
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.
Source: npad · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
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