Lands at Castlebaggot, in the townland of Kilmactalway, Newcastle, Co. Dublin.
- 14 Feb 2025Received
- 10 Apr 2025Grant permission
- 20 May 2025Final grant
- 3 Apr 2026Commenced
- 19 May 2030Permission expires
- Status
- Commenced
- Decision
- Grant permission · 10 Apr 2025
- Council
- South Dublin County Council
- Type
- Permission
- Site
- 3.27 ha
What’s proposed
The development of a Regional Network Gateway (RNG) facility (supporting infrastructure for the MS data centres) comprising the following: • Construction of a single storey main building (RNG Building - c.1,124.3 sq.m) with air handling units (AHUs). • External plant/equipment yards including 3 no. diesel generators; sprinkler tank and pump house; electrical plant rooms, PV panels. • MV substation & Stormwater attenuation pond. • 12 no. car parking spaces (2 of which are EV parking spaces and with 1 accessible parking space). Bike parking shelter and bin store. • New road access provided from adjoining permitted estate road (granted under SDCC Ref. SD24A/0107W) and including bridge over existing watercourse. • Internal road and footpath layout, perimeter fencing, security gates and retaining wall. • Landscaped and planted areas including riparian corridor and swale. • Temporary Construction compound and parking area (including temporary bridging of existing watercourse/field drain). • All associated site development works, site lighting, boundary treatments, services/utilities provision (including underground works), and all other ancillary works. Total gross floor area of the development c.1,384.2 sq.m
SD25A/0035W is a planning application to South Dublin County Council for the development of a Regional Network Gateway (RNG) facility (supporting infrastructure, received on 14 Feb 2025; permission was granted on 10 Apr 2025.
Planning details
- Reference
- SD25A/0035W
- Local authority
- South Dublin County Council
- Status
- Commenced · register status “Final Grant”
- Received
- 14 Feb 2025
- Observations close
- 21 Mar 2025 (closed 542 days ago)
- Decision due
- 10 Apr 2025 · decided 10 Apr 2025
- Decision
- Grant permission on 10 Apr 2025
- Proposed development
- The development of a Regional Network Gateway (RNG) facility (supporting infrastructure for the MS data centres) comprising the following: • Construction of a single storey main building (RNG Building - c.1,124.3 sq.m) with air handling units (AHUs). • External plant/equipment yards including 3 no. diesel generators; sprinkler tank and pump house; electrical plant rooms, PV panels. • MV substation & Stormwater attenuation pond. • 12 no. car parking spaces (2 of which are EV parking spaces and with 1 accessible parking space). Bike parking shelter and bin store. • New road access provided from adjoining permitted estate road (granted under SDCC Ref. SD24A/0107W) and including bridge over existing watercourse. • Internal road and footpath layout, perimeter fencing, security gates and retaining wall. • Landscaped and planted areas including riparian corridor and swale. • Temporary Construction compound and parking area (including temporary bridging of existing watercourse/field drain). • All associated site development works, site lighting, boundary treatments, services/utilities provision (including underground works), and all other ancillary works. Total gross floor area of the development c.1,384.2 sq.mAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 3.27 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
- Applicant
- Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register
Full planning report for 53.31283, -6.45929
Zoning, appeals, sold prices, flood and heritage constraints — everything for this area in one PDF.
No account, no payment. Not a statutory planning search.
Appeal
Not appealed.
Commencement
- Commencement notice CN0140288SD
Zoning at the site
EE: To provide for enterprise and employment related uses
Zoned for employment uses. Housing is not the intended use here.
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.
- NIAH-recorded building · 1
- Radon risk area · 1
- Recorded monument · 7
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 121201). 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/67712.
Source: npad · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
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