Grange Castle Business Park, Nangor Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22
Approved in May 2021. Built and signed off.
- 2 Nov 2020Received
- 29 Mar 2021Approved
- 10 May 2021Final approval
- 30 Jul 2021Building started
- 17 May 2023Signed off
- Status
- Building started
- Decision
- Approved · 29 Mar 2021
- Council
- South Dublin County Council
- Type
- Permission
- Site
- 16.08 ha
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New administration building and two data centres at Grange Castle
The applicant wants to demolish an existing house and build a new administration building and two data centres. This includes new parking, a gas generator compound, and a new site access road.
- Demolition of an existing vacant house, garage and outhouse
- Includes 21 diesel generators and 20 gas generators
- New access road includes a bridge over the Griffeen River
- Includes a temporary construction car park with 802 spaces
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The council’s description
Demolition of existing single storey vacant house, garage and outhouse (total gross floor area (GFA) c.291.2sq.m) and removal of existing temporary construction car park; Construction of a single 1-4 storey Central Administration Building and 2 2-storey (with mezzanine) data centres (DUB14 & DUB15) all to be located west of data centres DUB9, DUB10, DUB12 & DUB13 within the MS campus; The Central Administration Building (c.6.03m to c.19.85m high) will comprise central office administration, with staff cafeteria, staff gym and reception (GFA c.3,520sq.m), with provision of PV panels on the roof; each data centre (c.15.6m high to parapet height and c.18.65m to top of roof plant) will include data halls, admin blocks (comprising offices, canteen, loading dock, storage and ancillary areas) and a variety of mechanical and electrical plant areas/structures including Modular Electrical Rooms (MERs), battery rooms and transformer areas. GFA of DUB14 is c.28,072sq.m and GFA of DUB15 is c.28,173sq.m (c.56,246sq.m in total); DUB14 will also include 21 diesel generators and associated sub-stations (E-houses) and 11 mechanical flues (each c.30.75m high); Provision of a gas generator compound (to serve DUB15) containing 20 generators, 5 E-houses and 5 flues (c.25m max height); Provision of a Gas Networks Ireland gas skid including 3 kiosk buildings; Expansion of existing electrical sub-station compound (originally granted under SD07A/0632) to provide 3 additional transformer bays. 3 E-houses and 1 control room, 2 auxiliary transformers; 2 sprinkler tank and pump house areas, 1 additional rainwater harvesting plant; Provision of 168 permanent car parking spaces and 40 cycle parking spaces; Provision of additional western access to the MS campus (to serves the Central Administration Building) from the Business Park estate road (including bridge over the Griffeen River) with existing temporary access to be extinguished; Physical integration with the remainder of the existing MS campus (including internal access roads and landscaping) with associated modifications to the western boundary of the DUB09/DUB10/DUB12/DUB13 data centre development as permitted under SD16A/0088; Provision of a new temporary construction car park (with 802 car spaces, shuttle bus stop and shelter) on site north of the main entrance to the business park; Total gross floor area of the development will be c.59,766sq.m; All associated site development works, drainage and services provision, landscaping, boundary treatments (including security fencing) and associated works; An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) has been submitted with this application; The application relates to a development which comprises an activity requiring an integrated pollution prevention and control (IE) licence
Planning details
- Reference
- SD20A/0283
- Local authority
- South Dublin County Council
- Status
- Commenced · register status “Decision Following A.I.”
- Received
- 2 Nov 2020
- Observations close
- 8 Mar 2021 (closed 2048 days ago)
- Decision due
- 29 Mar 2021 · decided 29 Mar 2021
- Decision
- Grant permission on 29 Mar 2021
- Site area
- 16.08 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
- Applicant
- Microsoft Operations Ireland Ltd. council register
Nearby 17 · 500 m · 5 years
- GrantedGrange Castle Business Park, Nangor Road, Clondalkin, Co. Dublin
- GrantedGrange Castle Business Park, Nangor Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22
- GrantedDUB07 DUB09 DUB13 and DUB14, Data Centres, Grange Castle Business Park
- GrantedUnit 74, DB03 & DB04, Grange Castle Business Park, Nangor Road, Dublin 22, D22 A259
- GrantedTakeda Ireland Limited facility, Grange Castle Business Park, Nangor Road, Grange, Dublin 22
- GrantedGrange Castle Business Park, New Nangor Road (R134), Clondalkin, Dublin 22, D22F1W8
- GrantedMicrosoft Campus, Grange Castle Business Park, Nangor Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22, D22 F1W8
- WithdrawnMicrosoft Campus, Grange Castle Business Park, Nangor Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22, D22 F1W8
Show all 17
- RefusedMicrosoft DUB Campus, Grange Castle Business Park, Dublin 22
- GrantedGrange Castle Business Park, New Nangor Road (R134), Clondalkin, Dublin 22, D22F1W8
- CommencedMicrosoft, Grange Castle Business Park, Nangor Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22.
- GrantedDUB06, Data Centre Facility, Grange Castle Business Park, Nangor Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22
- WithdrawnGrange Castle Business Park, Nangor Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22
- GrantedGrange Castle Business Park, Nangor Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22
- WithdrawnGrange Castle Business Park, Nangor Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22
- CommencedGrange Castle Business Park, Grange Castle, Dublin 22
- GrantedUnit 75 (DUB12), Grange Castle Business Park, Nangor Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22
Homes nearby
- For saleThe Grange 12th Lock Newcastle Road, The Grange, Clonburris, Co. Dublin, K78 RT20
- For saleApartment 8, The Gables, Grange Castle, Dublin 22, D22 V821
- For saleHeron's Lock Development, Lucan, Co. Dublin
- For sale9 Hansted Grove, Lucan, Co. Dublin, K78 N4V9
- For sale21 Hansted Close, Lucan, Adamstown, Co. Dublin, K78 HN66
- For sale8 Tullyhall Park, Lucan, Co. Dublin, K78 K298
Development land nearby
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- Council selling land — Land off Grange Castle Business Park, Kilmahuddrick, Dublin 22 (0.8 km)
- Public land off Grange Castle Business Park, Nangor Road, Dublin 22 (0.0 km)
- Public land off Grange Castle Business Park, Nangor Road, Dublin 22 (0.2 km)
- Public land off Grange Castle Business Park, Nangor Road, Dublin 22 (0.2 km)
- Public land off Grange Castle Business Park, Nangor Road, Dublin 22 (0.3 km)
Building started
- 28 Jan 2022 · Builder told the council work was starting (seven-day notice) SN0006860SD
- 28 Jan 2022 · Builder told the council work was starting (seven-day notice) SN0006861SD
- 28 Jan 2022 · Builder told the council work was starting (seven-day notice) SN0006862SD
- 28 Jan 2022 · Builder told the council work was starting (seven-day notice) SN0006859SD
- 26 Oct 2021 · Builder told the council work was starting CN0082685SD
- 30 Jul 2021 · Builder told the council work was starting CN0079435SD
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 · 8
- Natural Heritage Area (incl. proposed) · 1
- Recorded monument · 2
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
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Summary
SD20A/0283 is a planning application to South Dublin County Council for demolition of existing single storey vacant house, garage and outhouse (total gross, received on 2 Nov 2020; permission was granted on 29 Mar 2021.