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South Dublin County Council · SD24A/0164W · Permission

Grange Castle Business Park South and Profile Park,, Baldonnell, Dublin, D22 X602

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Council received 28 Jun 2024We first saw it 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (806 days after receipt — sources refresh weekly)
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SD24A/0164W is a planning application for permission at Grange Castle Business Park South and Profile Park,, Baldonnell, Dublin, D22 X602, received by South Dublin County Council on 28 Jun 2024 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: Ten-year planning permission is sought for the expansion of existing Google Ireland Limited operations at Grange Castle Business Park South, Dublin, including the development of a 72,400m² data storage facility which will incorporate data halls with associated support areas, a high voltage compound, offices and staff facilities, a loading area, mechanical and electrical yards, internal and external utilities, security fence and gates, landscaping including acoustic screening, 2 no. stormwater attenuation ponds, additional internal vehicle and pedestrian infrastructure, together with ancillary buildings and site infrastructure. The development also includes the creation of a new active travel thoroughfare connecting Grange Castle Business Park South and Profile Park Road. The council refused permission on 22 Aug 2024. The five-week observation window closed on 2 Aug 2024. Appeal 320852 is before An Coimisiún Pleanála (lodged 18 Sept 2024). The site is zoned C2.1 — economic development and employment under the South Dublin County Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 5 other decided applications in the last five years and 3 appeals.

Appeal window closes 19 Sept 2024 closed 723 days ago
4 weeks from the council's decision (22 Aug 2024) · s.37 Planning and Development Act 2000 · €220 to An Coimisiún Pleanála (€110 observer)

Proposal

Ten-year planning permission is sought for the expansion of existing Google Ireland Limited operations at Grange Castle Business Park South, Dublin, including the development of a 72,400m² data storage facility which will incorporate data halls with associated support areas, a high voltage compound, offices and staff facilities, a loading area, mechanical and electrical yards, internal and external utilities, security fence and gates, landscaping including acoustic screening, 2 no. stormwater attenuation ponds, additional internal vehicle and pedestrian infrastructure, together with ancillary buildings and site infrastructure. The development also includes the creation of a new active travel thoroughfare connecting Grange Castle Business Park South and Profile Park Road.

Status
Appeal Report Sent to ABP
Decision
Refuse permission on 22 Aug 2024
Floor area
3.81 ha
Site (from polygon)
19.41 ha
Location precision
site (coords_polygon)

Timeline

  • 28 Jun 2024
    New application
    Observation window closed 2 Aug 2024
  • 22 Aug 2024
    Decision
    Appeal window closed 19 Sept 2024
  • 18 Sept 2024
    Appeal lodged

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Appeal

ACP 320852 · Planning Appeal · pending
received by the Commission 18 Sept 2024

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    Zoning at the site

    C2.1 — Economic development and employment

    EE: To provide for enterprise and employment related uses

    Zoned for employment uses. Housing is not the intended use here.

    P1 — Rural

    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.

    Designations within 250 m

    OPW flood extent nearby — flag only (licence); floodinfo.ie.

    • EPA-licensed facility · 5
      P1184; P1189; P1196
    • NIAH-recorded building · 1
      Casement Aerodrome
    • Radon risk area · 2
      About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels; About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
    • Recorded monument · 3
      Castle - unclassified; R149451; R183274

    Provenance

    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 122213). 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/66435.

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