Profile Park, Baldonnel, Dublin 22
Approved in Aug 2022. Building started in 2023.
- 25 Jun 2021Received
- 19 Jul 2022Approved
- 30 Aug 2022Final approval
- 4 Apr 2023Building started
- Status
- Building startedi
- Decision
- Approved · 19 Jul 2022
- Council
- South Dublin County Council
- Type
- Permission
- Site
- 6,687 m²
What’s proposed
In plain English
Construction of a gas fired power plant in Profile Park
The applicant wants to build a gas fired power plant with an electrical output of up to 125MW. This includes several buildings, storage tanks, and an exhaust stack.
- Includes an exhaust stack with a height of 31.8m
- Features an engine hall building 18.9m high
- Adds 2 new access points onto the existing private road network
- Includes 12 parking spaces and landscaping
Written by AI from the council’s description
An AI model rewrote the council’s description below in everyday words on 9 Oct 2026. It was told to use only that text, and every number it wrote was checked against it. It says nothing about whether the application will be approved. The council’s wording and planning file are the record.
The council’s description
Construction of a gas fired power plant with an electrical output of up to 125MW with associated balance of plant, equipment and buildings including; an Engine Hall building with a height of 18.9m, comprising 6 gas engines and ancillary infrastructure; an Electrical Annex Building with a height of 18.7m; a Workshop building with a height of 5. 1m; a Tank Farm building with a height of 5.68m; a Security hut with a height of 3.27m; an Exhaust Stack with a height of 31.8m; a Gas AGI including a kiosk with height of 3.3m; Radiator Coolers with a height of 8.46m; 2 electrical transformers with a height of 4.98m; Tanks including 2 x Diesel Oil Storage Tanks (volume of 2500m3 combined); SCR Urea Tank (26m3); Lube Oil Storage Tank (26m3); Lube Oil Maintenance Tank (26m3); Pilot Oil Tank (26m3); Fire Water Storage Tank (1000m3); Effluent Collecting Tank (26m3); Underground Surface Water Attenuation Tank (490m3); 2 new access onto the existing private road network with Profile Park; 12 parking spaces, footpaths, landscaping; fencing and all other associated site development plant and equipment and other works including surface water and foul wastewater drainage. An EIAR was submitted with this application
Planning details
- Reference
- SD21A/0167
- Local authority
- South Dublin County Council
- Status
- Commenced · register status “Decision Following A.I.”
- Received
- 25 Jun 2021
- Decision due
- 19 Jul 2022 · decided 19 Jul 2022
- Decision
- Grant permission on 19 Jul 2022
- Site area
- 6,687 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Nearby 3 · 500 m · 12 months
- GrantedGoogle Ireland Limited, Grange Castle Business Park South, Clondalkin, D22X602
- GrantedGrangecastle Motor Company site, at Profile Park, Ballybane, Dublin 22
- GrantedProfile Park (in the townland of Kilbride), Clondalkin, Dublin 22
- CommencedProfile Park (in the townland of Kilbride), Clondalkin, Dublin 22
- GrantedUnit 7, Kilcarbery Business Park, New Nangor Road, Ballybane, Dublin 22
- CommencedProfile Park, New Nangor Road (R134), Clondalkin, Dublin 22
- Appeal decidedGrange Castle Business Park South and Profile Park,, Baldonnell, Dublin, D22 X602
- CommencedLands south of the New Nangor Road (R134), Profile Park, Dublin 22
- CommencedProfile Park, Baldonnell, Dublin 22, D22 C7W4
- GrantedSite at Profile Park, south of new Nangor Road (R134), within the townlands of Kilbride & Ballybane, Dublin 22
- GrantedAt Profile Park, To the South of the New Nangor Road (R134), Dublin 22
- GrantedGrange Castle Business Park, Nangor Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22
- CommencedOn lands to the south of the New Nagor Road, Dublin 22
- WithdrawnGrange Castle Business Park, Nangor Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22
- Appeal decidedSite within the townlands of Ballybane & Kilbride, Clondalkin, Dublin 22
- GrantedDublin Google Data Centre, Grange Castle Business Park South, 22, Baldonnel Road, Dublin 22
- Appeal decidedPlot 100, Profile Park, Nangor Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22
- RefusedTownlands of Aungierstown & Ballybane, lying at the entrance of the existing facility in, Newcastle, Clondalkin, Dublin 22.
- RefusedKilcarberry Business Park, Nangor Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22
Homes nearby
- For saleBaldonnell House on c. 3.5 Acres, Baldonnell Lower, Grange Castle, Dublin 22, D22 N1N2
- For sale41 Rowan Walk, Kilcarbery Grange, Clondalkin, Dublin 22
- For sale11 Rowan Walk, Kilcarbery, Dublin 22, D22 T0H7
- For sale40 Castlegrange Green, Clondalkin, Dublin 22, D22 A402
- For sale3 Rowan Park, Kilcarbery, Dublin 22, D22 A2C1
- For sale61 Grangeview Place, Clondalkin, Dublin 22
Development land nearby
- Council selling land — Land at Kilcarbery (0.6 km)
Building started
- 1 Feb 2024 · Builder told the council work was starting CN0109355SD
- 30 Jun 2023 · Builder told the council work was starting (seven-day notice) SN0008644SD
- 30 Jun 2023 · Builder told the council work was starting (seven-day notice) SN0008645SD
- 4 Apr 2023 · Builder told the council work was starting (seven-day notice) SN0008309SD
Zoning
Zoned for employment uses. Housing is not the intended use here.
Protections nearby 250 m
Flood area nearby (OPW maps). floodinfo.ie ↗
- EPA-licensed facility · 4
Where this comes from
National planning feed (NPAD), fetched 14 Oct 2026, 01:45.
Source: National Planning Application Database · fetched 14 Oct 2026, 01:45
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
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| National Planning Application Database | CC BY 4.0 | 14 Oct 2026, 01:45 | open |
Summary
SD21A/0167 is a planning application to South Dublin County Council for construction of a gas fired power plant with an electrical output of up to 125MW with, received on 25 Jun 2021; permission was granted on 19 Jul 2022.