Pfizer, Greatconnell, Newbridge
Approved in Jun 2023. Building started in 2025.
- 8 Dec 2022Received
- 15 Mar 2023Conditional
- 12 Jun 2023Final approval
- 28 Oct 2025Building started
- Status
- Building startedi
- Decision
- Conditional · 15 Mar 2023
- Council
- Kildare County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Site
- 2.99 ha
What’s proposed
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)
Planning details
- Reference
- 221457
- Local authority
- Kildare County Council
- Status
- Commenced · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
- Received
- 8 Dec 2022
- Decision due
- 19 Mar 2023 · decided 15 Mar 2023
- Decision
- Conditional on 15 Mar 2023
- Site area
- 2.99 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Nearby 2 · 500 m · 12 months
- GrantedBuilding 4 Pfizer Ireland Pharmaceuticals , Great Connell Road Littleconnell , Newbridge
- CommencedLittleconnell Greatconnell and Clownings (IDA Newbridge Business & Technology Park (Littleconnell)) , Newbridge , Co. Kildare
- GrantedPfizer Ireland PharmaceuticalsOld Great Connell Road , Littleconnell , Newbridge
- Appeal decidedGreat Connell , Newbridge , Co. Kildare
- CommencedIDA Newbridge Business & Technology Park (Littleconnell) , within the townlands of Greatconnell Littleconnell and Clownings , Newbridge
- GrantedOld Great Connell Road , Littleconnell , Newbridge
- CommencedLidl Regional Distribution Centre , Littleconnell , Newbridge Co. Kildare.
- GrantedGreat Connell Business Park , Great Connell , Newbridge
Homes nearby
- For saleTower Green, Newbridge, Co. Kildare
- For sale4 Saint Conleth's Avenue, Naas Road, Newbridge, Co. Kildare, W12 HD40
- For saleCapella House, Clownings, Newbridge, Co. Kildare, W12 DX80
- For sale31 Old Connell Weir, Newbridge, Co. Kildare, W12 Y938
- For sale66 Wellesley Manor, Newbridge, Co. Kildare, W12 KW58
- For sale10 Roseberry Terrace, Mill Lane, Newbridge, Co. Kildare, W12 XC66
Building started
- 28 Oct 2025 · Builder told the council work was starting CN0134975KE
Zoning
Zoned for waterfront and harbour-related development.
Protections nearby 250 m
- Recorded monument · 2
Where this comes from
National planning feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51.
Source: National Planning Application Database · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
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| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 | open |
Summary
221457 is a planning application to Kildare County Council for for development on lands within Pfizer Newbridge, Greatconnell, Newbridge, County, received on 8 Dec 2022; permission was granted with conditions on 15 Mar 2023.