former Jacobs/Allied Biscuits Site, Belgard Road, Tallaght, Dublin 24

What’s proposed

(1) The redevelopment of the former single storey c. 20,892sq.m Jacob's factory building for use as electrical rooms for electronic operations, mechanical plant rooms and support areas including loading bays, stores, offices and welfare facilities. The development will also contain new external plant areas including; (2) back up generators; (3) two electrical substations; (4) an electrical transformer compound with associated control rooms; (5) a sprinkler water tank and pump house; (6) a humidifier water tank compound and pump house; (7) a fuel tank compound and pump house; (8) a security entrance kiosk; (9) two new vehicular and pedestrian entrances including a main entrance at Airton Road and an emergency entrance at Mayberry Road; (10) 120 car parking spaces; (11) the refurbishment of boundary railings, fencing, landscaping and (12) sundry ancillary works. Mechanical plant at roof level of the main building is screened from view on all sides. The combined gross floor area of all proposed buildings is 22,147sq.m . A seperate application for planning permission for the demolition of existing buildings has been lodged with South Dublin County Council - Reg. Ref. SD16A/0086