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Kildare County Council · 221457 · PERMISSION

PFIZER , GREATCONNELL , NEWBRIDGE

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Council received 8 Dec 2022We first saw it 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (1374 days after receipt — sources refresh weekly)
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221457 is a planning application for permission at PFIZER , GREATCONNELL , NEWBRIDGE, received by Kildare County Council on 8 Dec 2022 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: for development on lands within Pfizer Newbridge, Greatconnell, Newbridge, County Kildare, W12 HX57 consisting of extension to the existing Baroda substation. The extension will consist of an enlarged compound of c. 198 m2, surrounded by a palisade fence with new gates. The extended compound will include the following: new c. 75m2 switchgear building (c.6m above ground /basement level), 2 No. 110kV/MV transformers and transformer bunds, 1 No. 15m high lightning monopole, 2 No. house transformers, surface water drainage with new attenuation tank and discharge to the public surface water sewer, internal roadway, cable ducting and installation, and all associated site works. (For information: This application represents for a modified version of the design approved in the extant planning permission KCC Reg. Ref. 17/1472 which expires in mid-2023). The council granted permission on 15 Mar 2023, with conditions. The five-week observation window closed on 23 Jan 2023. Within 500 m there are 3 other decided applications in the last five years.

Appeal window closes 12 Apr 2023 closed 1250 days ago
4 weeks from the council's decision (15 Mar 2023) · s.37 Planning and Development Act 2000 · €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer)

Proposal

for development on lands within Pfizer Newbridge, Greatconnell, Newbridge, County Kildare, W12 HX57 consisting of extension to the existing Baroda substation. The extension will consist of an enlarged compound of c. 198 m2, surrounded by a palisade fence with new gates. The extended compound will include the following: new c. 75m2 switchgear building (c.6m above ground /basement level), 2 No. 110kV/MV transformers and transformer bunds, 1 No. 15m high lightning monopole, 2 No. house transformers, surface water drainage with new attenuation tank and discharge to the public surface water sewer, internal roadway, cable ducting and installation, and all associated site works. (For information: This application represents for a modified version of the design approved in the extant planning permission KCC Reg. Ref. 17/1472 which expires in mid-2023)

Status
APPLICATION FINALISED
Decision
Conditional on 15 Mar 2023
Final grant
12 Jun 2023
Permission expires
11 Jun 2028
Site (from polygon)
2.99 ha
Location precision
site (coords_polygon)

Timeline

  • 8 Dec 2022
    New application
    Observation window closed 23 Jan 2023
  • 2 Feb 2023
    Further information requested
  • 20 Feb 2023
    Further information received
  • 15 Mar 2023
    Decision
    Appeal window closed 12 Apr 2023

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    Provenance

    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 128981). 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/221457/0.

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