Saggart Waterworks, Slade Road, Saggart, Co. Dublin
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SD23A/0216 is a planning application for permission at Saggart Waterworks, Slade Road, Saggart, Co. Dublin, received by South Dublin County Council on 31 May 2024 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: The installation of a solar array in two phases, located on the roof of the new reservoir at the Saggart Waterworks, Slade Road, Saggart, Co. Dublin (permitted under Planning Reg Ref No SD18A/0180), along with associated development works below and above ground, all on a site of approximately 13.5ha. The total installation will be developed in two phases and cover a roof area of approximately 30,000 sqm, comprising approximately 11,084 no. solar PV panels and will generate approximately 28,480 MWhr of electricity per annum. The application was withdrawn on 15 Aug 2024. The five-week observation window closed on 5 Jul 2024. The site is zoned G1 — open space with recreation under the South Dublin County Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 24 other decided applications in the last five years and 6 appeals.
Proposal
The installation of a solar array in two phases, located on the roof of the new reservoir at the Saggart Waterworks, Slade Road, Saggart, Co. Dublin (permitted under Planning Reg Ref No SD18A/0180), along with associated development works below and above ground, all on a site of approximately 13.5ha. The total installation will be developed in two phases and cover a roof area of approximately 30,000 sqm, comprising approximately 11,084 no. solar PV panels and will generate approximately 28,480 MWhr of electricity per annum.
- Status
- Decision
- Decision
- Declared withdrawn on 15 Aug 2024
- Floor area
- 3.00 ha
- Site (from polygon)
- 13.56 ha
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 31 Oct 2023Further information requested
- 31 May 2024Further information received
- 31 May 2024New applicationObservation window closed 5 Jul 2024
- 15 Aug 2024DecisionAppeal window closed 12 Sept 2024
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Appeal
Not appealed.
Commencement
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Zoning at the site
OS: To preserve and provide for open space and recreational amenities
Open space with active recreational amenities — pitches, courts, play areas.
RU: To protect and improve rural amenity and to provide for the development of agriculture
Zoned to protect agriculture, rural enterprise and biodiversity. New houses are restricted to demonstrated local need.
RES: To protect and/or improve residential amenity
An established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour's objection to an overbearing extension is usually argued under.
Designations within 250 m
OPW flood extent nearby — flag only (licence); floodinfo.ie.
- EPA-licensed facility · 1
- NIAH-recorded building · 5
- Radon risk area · 4
- Recorded monument · 4
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 121839). 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: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/southdublin/application-details/64760.
Source: npad · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
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