Aungierstown and Ballybane
Aungierstown and Ballybane is a townland in the civil parish of Kilmactalway, barony of Newcastle, Co. Dublin. Its name in Irish is Baile Áinséir agus An Baile Bán.
Parcel 5450494
- Area
- 16,513 m² (1.65 ha, 4.08 acres)
- Buildings
- 2 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 1,239 m².
- Zoning
- C2.1 EE (South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028) The objective
- Townland
- Aungierstown and Ballybane
Planning applications on this parcel
21 Jan 2021Grant permission
The proposed development primarily comprises the provision of two 110kV transmission lines and a 110kV Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) substation compound along with associated and ancillary works and is described as follows: The proposed 110kV GIS Substation Compound is to be located on lands to the north-east of the two storey data centre facility and associated three storey office block that was permitted under SDCC Reg. Ref. SD18A/0134/An Bord Pleanála Ref. ABP-302813-18, and within an overall landholding bound to the north by the Grange Castle South Business Park access road; to the west by the Baldonnel Road and to the south by 3 residential properties and the Baldonnel Road; and to the east by the Google data centre facility within the Grange Castle South Business Park, Baldonnel, Dublin 22. The site of the proposed development has an area of c. 0.9163 hectares. The proposed 110kV Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) Substation Compound includes the provision of a two storey GIS Substation building (with a gross floor area of 1,307.2sqm) (known as the Aungierstown Substation), two transformers, lighting and lightning masts, car parking, associated underground services and roads within a 2.6m high fenced compound and all associated construction and ancillary works. Two proposed underground single circuit 110kV transmission lines will connect the proposed Aungierstown 110kV GIS Substation to the existing 220kV / 110kV Castlebaggot Substation to the immediate north-east. The proposed transmission lines cover a distance of approximately 120m and 140m within the townlands of Ballybane, and Aungierstown and Ballybane. The development includes the connections to the two substations (existing and proposed), changes to landscaping permitted under SDCC Reg. Ref. SD18A/0134 / An Bord Pleanála Ref. ABP-302813-18 and all associated construction and ancillary works. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report has been prepared in respect of this application. The planning application and the Environmental Impact Assessment Report may be inspected free of charge or purchased on payment of a specified fee (which fee shall not exceed the reasonable cost of making such copy) during public opening hours for a period of seven weeks commencing on the 21st January 2021 at the following locations: The Offices of An Bord Pleanála, 64 Marlborough Street, Dublin 1. South Dublin County Council, County Hall, Town Centre, Tallaght, Dublin 24. The application may also be viewed/downloaded on the following website: www.aungierstown-substation.com Submissions or observations may be made only to An Bord Pleanála ('the Board'), 64 Marlborough Street, Dublin 1 during the above-mentioned period of seven weeks relating to: the implications of the proposed development for proper planning and sustainable development, and the likely effects on the environment of the proposed development, and the likely significant effects of the proposed development on a European site, if carried out. Any submissions/observations must be accompanied by a fee of €50 (except for certain prescribed bodies) and must be received by the Board not later than 5.30p.m. on the 10th March 2021. Such submissions/observations must also include the following information: The name of the person making the submission or observation, the name of the person acting on his or her behalf, if any, and the address to which any correspondence relating to the application should be sent, The subject matter of the submission or observation, and The reasons, considerations and arguments on which the submission or observation is based in full. (Article 217 of the Planning & Development Regulations refers). Any submissions or observations which do not comply with the above requirements cannot be considered by the Board. The Board may at its absolute discretion hold an oral hearing on the application. (For further details see ‘A Guide to Public Participation in Strategic Infrastructure Development' on the Board’s website www.pleanala.ie). The Board may in respect of an application for permission/ approval decide to (a) (i) grant the permission/approval, or (ii) make such modifications to the proposed development as it specifies in its decision and grant permission/approval in respect of the proposed development as so modified, or (iii) grant permission/approval in respect of part of the proposed development (with or without specified modifications of it of the foregoing kind), and any of the above decisions may be subject to or without conditions, or (b) refuse to grant the permission/approval. Any enquiries relating to the application process should be directed to the Strategic Infrastructure Development Section of a Bord Pleanála (Tel. 01- 8588100). A person may question the validity of any such decision by the Board by way of an application for judicial review, under Order 84 of the Rules of the Superior Courts (S. I. No.15 of 1986, as amended), in accordance with section 50 of the Planning and Development Act, 2000, as amended. Practical information on the review mechanism can be accessed under the heading Information on cases / Weekly lists - Judicial review of planning decisions on the Board's website www.pleanala.ie or on the Citizens Information Service website www.citizensinformation.ie.
Strategic infrastructure application · South Dublin County Council, ABP-309146-21
16 Jul 2020Grant permission
Permission for a period of ten years for development at this site of 16.5 hectares that is located within lands in the Grange Castle South Business Park and includes the residential property of Ballybane, Old Nangor Road on land within the townlands of Milltown; Ballybane and; Aungierstown and Ballybane; and bounding Baldonnel Road to the west; both the Old and New Nangor Road to the north; and Grange Castle South Access Road to the South, Baldonnel, Dublin 22. The development will consist of the following: (1) The demolition of the existing two storey dwelling of Ballybane and associated farm buildings (565sq.m) and the construction of 3 two storey data centres with mezzanine floors at each level of each facility and associated ancillary development that will have a gross floor area of 80,269sq.m on an overall site of 16.5hectares. (2) 1 two storey data centre (Building A) that will be located to the south-west of the site and will have a gross floor area of 28,573sq.m. and will include 26 emergency generators located at ground floor level within a compound to the northern side of the data centre with associated flues that will be 25m in height. The facility will also include 26 ventilation shafts which will be located above the northern end of each emergency generator that will measure 20m in height. (3) 1 two storey data centre (Building B) which will be located to the north-west of the site, and to the immediate north of Building A and will have a gross floor area of 21,725sq.m and which will include 18 emergency generators located at ground floor level within a compound to the northern side of the data centre with associated flues that will be 25m in height. The facility will also include 18 ventilation shafts which will be located above the southern end of each emergency generator that will measure 20m in height. (4) 1 two storey data centre (Building C) which will be constructed last, will be located to the eastern part of the site on a north-south axis and will have a gross floor area of 28,573sq.m. It will include 26 emergency generators located at ground floor level within a compound to the western side of the data centre with associated flues that will be 25m in height. The facility will also include 26 ventilation shafts that will be located above the western end of each emergency generator that will measure 20m in height. (5) Each of the three data centres will include data storage rooms, associated electrical and mechanical plant rooms, loading bays, maintenance and storage spaces, office administration areas, and plant including PV panels at roof level as well as a separate house generator for each facility which will provide emergency power to the admin and ancillary spaces. Each data centre will also include a diesel tank and a refuelling area to serve the proposed emergency generators. (6) The overall height of each data centre apart from the flues and plant at roof level is c. 19.85m above the finished floor level. (7) 1 temporary and single storey substation (29sq.m). (8) 3 single storey MV buildings (each 249sq.m - 747sq.m in total) which manage the supply of electricity from the substations to each data centre and are located to the immediate west of the generator compound within buildings A and B, and to the south of the generator compound withing building C. (9) 8 prefabricated containerised electrical rooms (65sq.m each and 520sq.m overall) that are stacked in pairs to the immediate south of the temporary substation. (10) Ancillary site development works, which will include attenuation ponds and the installation and connection to the underground foul and storm water drainage network and installation of utility ducts and cables which will include the drilling and laying of ducts and cables under Baldonnel stream. Other ancillary site development works will include hard and soft landscaping, lighting, fencing, signage, service road, entrance gate, sprinkler tank house (72sq.m), security hut (30sq.m) and 150 car parking spaces and 78 sheltered bicycle parking spaces. The development will be enclosed with landscaping to all frontages including a wetland to the west. The development will be accessed from the Grange Castle South Access Road from the south via the Baldonnel Road. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) has been submitted with this application.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD20A/0121
14 Oct 2008Part 8 approved by council
Construct Baldonnell Road Improvement Scheme & Access Road to Proposed Milltown Business and Technology Park, Clondalkin, Dublin 22 as described below: construction of 300 linear metres of new widened carriageway on Baldonnell Road complete with grass verge on either side of the road; construction of Cycletracks and Footpaths; construction of 1 no. roundabout at the Entrance to the proposed Milltown Business and Technology Park ; construction of 200 metres of dual carriageway within the proposed Milltown Business and Technology Park; construction of 150 metres of single carriageway within the proposed Milltown Business and Technology Park; construction of 2 no. Roundabouts within the proposed Milltown Business and Technology Park; upgrade of Baldonnell Road/Aylmer Road Junction as a small roundabout; demolition of existing house and provision of ancillary service works. Plans and particulars of the proposed developments are available for inspection, or purchase at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at:- South Dublin County Council, County Hall, Tallaght, Dublin 24, between the hours of 9.00 am - 5.00 pm Monday to Thursday and 9.00 am - 4.30 pm Friday (inspection and purchase); South Dublin County Council, Civic Offices ,Clondalkin, Dublin 22, between the hours of 9.00 am - 5.00 pm Monday to Thursday and 9.00 am - 4.30 pm Friday (inspection and purchase); Clondalkin Library, Monastery Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22, between the hours of 9.45am 8.00pm Monday to Thursday and 9.45 4.30pm Friday and Saturday (inspection only) from Monday 21st July to Monday 1st September 2008. Submissions and observations with respect to this matter, dealing with the proper planning and sustainable development of the area, in which the development would be situated may be made in writing to: Senior Executive Officer, Roads Department, South Dublin County Council, County Hall, Tallaght, Dublin 24. Closing date for receipt of submissions is up to and including 4.30 pm on Friday 19th September 2008.
Application under part 8 · South Dublin County Council, SD088/0010
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- At the centre of this parcel, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3005 (ZIP).
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.
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Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 25.1 ha
- 62 acres
- Land parcels
- 15
- registered freehold, median 6,028 m² (0.6 ha, 1.49 acres)
- Zoning
- C2.1
- EE
- Planning
- 30
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
15 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Aungierstown and Ballybane, from 41 m² to 80,693 m² (8.07 ha, 19.94 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 17 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- C2.1EE (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 22 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1RU (Agriculture)
South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028, South Dublin · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
19 Aug 2026Referral
Installation of a new external steel access platform to facilitate generator flue exhaust emissions testing; lighting; creation of a new door opening in the existing northern building façade to provide access to the platform, and all associated ancillary works; The development is for the purposes of an activity requiring an Industrial Emissions Licence granted by the Environmental Protection Agency (reference no. P1189-01).
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD26A/0200W
2 Apr 2026Grant extension of duration of permission
Amendments and modifications to the permitted data centre development granted under Reg. Ref. SD18A/0134 - ABP Ref. ABP-302813-18 and the temporary substation permission granted under SD19A/0300 to include: Demolition of the two storey dwelling of Weston House; single storey dwelling and outbuildings/ stables of Weston Lodge; and the single storey dwelling and converted garage of Kent Cottage. Retention of sprinkler tank and pump house to the south-west of Building A Data Centre to replace 4 sprinkler tanks; Retention of 40kW(p) PV panels on the roof of Building A Data Centre; Retention of revised size of northern attenuation pond and loss of permitted landscaping to its south; Retention of ramped access to rear of temporary substation permitted under SD19A/0300; Retention of revised flue arrangement for Building A Data Centre from 2 associated flues per generator to 1 associated flue per generator (16 in total) and grouped into 8 towers of two flues each (each 20m high); Retention of revised position of security fence to north, west and south of Building A Data Centre; and retention and modifications of landscape berm along Baldonnel Road and to east of Weston House. Development will consist of new works to include: Modifications of permitted vehicular entrance to the data centre to include a new single storey guard house (37sq.m) and two internal entrance gates; Modification to car parking so that the permitted entrance to the parking area from the east is closed off; Modifications of flue arrangement for Building B Data Centre from 2 associated flues per generator to 1 associated flue per generator (16 in total) and grouped into 8 towers of two flues each (each 20m high); Modifications to permitted landscape scheme to north and south of Building A Data Centre; Removal of roadside entrance to Erganagh House (demolished), Kent Cottage, and the former scaffolding yard; and removal of roadside entrance to Weston House and its replacement with a new agricultural gate and fence to be erected to facilitate access for maintenance and security purposes only all on a site of 9.7Ha located within lands in the Grange Castle South Business Park and the residential properties of Weston House, Kent Cottage and Weston Lodge as well as the former scaffolding yard on land within the townlands of Aungierstown and Ballybane; Ballybane; and Milltown and bounding Baldonnel Road to the west and south and Grange Castle South access road to the north, Baldonnel, Dublin 22.
Extension of duration of permission · South Dublin County Council, SD20A/0295/EP
28 Jun 2024Refuse permission
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.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD24A/0164W
15 Sept 2023Grant extension of duration of permission
Demolition of the existing single storey house of 'Erganagh' and the construction of a two storey data centre and delivery bays with associated three storey office block and services that will have a gross floor area of 35,426sq.m on an overall site of 9.2 hectares. The two storey data centre facility and delivery bay (32,419sq.m) will be separated into two adjoined blocks over two floors with a single data hall on each floor of each data centre with service and technical space around each data hall (4 data halls overall) with a two storey delivery bay attached to the east of the data centre block. A three storey office block and delivery bay (2,882sq.m) is attached to the west of the data centre block. The data centre will be served by services and plant to the north of the data centre blocks that will include 32 standby generators with 2 associated flues per generator (64 in total) and grouped into 16 towers of flour flues each (each 20m high). There are proposed to be 32 acoustically attenuated chillers located on the upper level plant gantries to the north of the data hall blocks (eight on each gantry). The development will also include a new substation with associated transformer yard and single storey transformer building (125sq.m) that will be located to the northeast of the site. The development will be accessed from the Grange Castle South Access Road from the north via the Baldonnel Road and will also include ancillary site development works, including 2 attenuation ponds, to connect to existing Grange Castle infrastructural services as well as fencing, signage, services road, entrance gate, 70 car parking spaces including 3 disabled car parking spaces, and 30 sheltered bicycle parking spaces. The development will be enclosed with landscaping to all frontages including a wetland to the west all on a site (9.2ha) located within lands in the Grange Castle Business Park South and the residential properties of Erganagh, Kent Cottage and Weston Lodge on land with the townlands of Aungierstown and Ballybane; Ballybane; and Milltown and bounding Baldonnel Road to the west and south and Grange Castle South Access Road to the north, Baldonnel, Dublin 22. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) has been submitted with this application.
Extension of duration of permission · South Dublin County Council, SD18A/0134/EP2
14 Jul 2023Refuse ext. of duration of permission
Demolition of the existing single storey house of 'Erganagh' and the construction of a two storey data centre and delivery bays with associated three storey office block and services that will have a gross floor area of 35,426sq.m on an overall site of 9.2 hectares. The two storey data centre facility and delivery bay (32,419sq.m) will be separated into two adjoined blocks over two floors with a single data hall on each floor of each data centre with service and technical space around each data hall (4 data halls overall) with a two storey delivery bay attached to the east of the data centre block. A three storey office block and delivery bay (2,882sq.m) is attached to the west of the data centre block. The data centre will be served by services and plant to the north of the data centre blocks that will include 32 standby generators with 2 associated flues per generator (64 in total) and grouped into 16 towers of flour flues each (each 20m high). There are proposed to be 32 acoustically attenuated chillers located on the upper level plant gantries to the north of the data hall blocks (eight on each gantry). The development will also include a new substation with associated transformer yard and single storey transformer building (125sq.m) that will be located to the northeast of the site. The development will be accessed from the Grange Castle South Access Road from the north via the Baldonnel Road and will also include ancillary site development works, including 2 attenuation ponds, to connect to existing Grange Castle infrastructural services as well as fencing, signage, services road, entrance gate, 70 car parking spaces including 3 disabled car parking spaces, and 30 sheltered bicycle parking spaces. The development will be enclosed with landscaping to all frontages including a wetland to the west all on a site (9.2ha) located within lands in the Grange Castle Business Park South and the residential properties of Erganagh, Kent Cottage and Weston Lodge on land with the townlands of Aungierstown and Ballybane; Ballybane; and Milltown and bounding Baldonnel Road to the west and south and Grange Castle South Access Road to the north, Baldonnel, Dublin 22. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) has been submitted with this application.
Extension of duration of permission · South Dublin County Council, SD18A/0134/EP
19 May 2023Grant permission
Amendment and modification of SD21A/0241 including the replacement of the permitted 2 sprinkler tanks and pump room with a two storey battery energy storage system (435.56sq.m) over a single level basement that will contain a sprinkler system, water tanks and pump room that will serve the overall permitted development as granted under Ref. SD21A/0241; A single additional car parking space will be provided adjacent to the new building that will be accessed via permitted access road from Falcon Avenue within Profile Park that was granted under Ref. SD21A/0241; 2 new transformers to be located to the north of the permitted switch rooms; 1 life safety generator to be located adjacent to the permitted step up transformer compound within the site.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD23A/0035
6 Sept 2022Grant permission
Modifications to the existing main site entrance to comprise of minor realignment of the internal access road with adjusted road marking and roadside bollards; Removal of 3 existing security traffic arms; Installation of 3 new security traffic arms and installation of 3 underground lifting security road blockers together with associated communications and electrical services; Provision of 2 set-down only parking spaces and all associated site drainage and installation works.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD22A/0349
21 Mar 2022Grant permission
Demolition of the abandoned single storey dwelling and associated outbuilding (206sqm); construction of 2 two storey data centers with plant at roof level of each facility and associated ancillary development which will have a gross floor area of 40,589sq.m consisting of 1 two storey data center (Building 11) which will be located to the south of the site and will have a gross floor area of 24,667sq.m. including 22 emergency generators located at ground floor level within a compound to the western side of the data center with associated flues that will be 22.3m in height; 1 two storey data center (Building 12) which will be located to the north of the site, and to the immediate north of Building 11 and will have a gross floor area of 12,915sq.m including 11 emergency generators located at ground floor level within a compound to the western side of the data center with associated flues that will be 22.3m in height; each of the two data centers will include data storage rooms, associated electrical and mechanical plant rooms, loading bays, maintenance and storage spaces, office administration areas, and plant including PV panels at roof level as well as a separate house generator for each facility which will provide emergency power to the admin and ancillary spaces; each generator will include a diesel tank and there will be a refuelling area to serve the proposed emergency generators; the overall height of each data center apart from the flues and plant at roof level is c. 14.23m above the finished floor level; the overall height of each data center apart from the flues and plant at roof level is c. 14.23m above the finished floor level; single storey step-up substation (38sq.m) as well as 2 single storey switch substations (121sq.m); AGI Gas Regulator compound that include 3 single storey buildings (134sq.m); construction of a gas powered generation plant in the form of a 13m high single storey building with a gross floor area of 2,714sq.m that will contain 10 gas generators with associated flues that will be 25m in height, and grouped in pairs and threes; the Gas Plant will be located to the west of Building 11; ancillary site development works, that will include reorientation of the Baldonnel Stream, biodiversity management initiatives, attenuation ponds and the installation and connection to the underground foul and storm water drainage network, and installation of utility ducts and cables, that will include the drilling and laying of ducts and cables under the internal road network within Profile Park; other ancillary site development works will include hard and soft landscaping, lighting, fencing, signage, services road, entrance gates, sprinkler tanks and pump room; a temporary gas powered generation plant within a fenced yard containing 21 generator units in containers, each with associated flues (each 25m high), 12 transformers and 10 containers of controls to be located to the west of, and associated with the first phase of Building 11, and will be required for a period of up to 2 years if connection to the national grid is delayed; this temporary plant will not be built if the connection to the national grid is in place prior to the operation of Building 11 at this site that includes an abandoned single storey residential property on the New Nangor Road (R134), Dublin 22; and on land within the townlands of Ballybane and Kilbride within Profile Park, Clondalkin, Dublin 22 on an overall site of 8.7 hectares.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD21A/0241
25 Feb 2022Declared not exempt
Entrance upgrade comprising: (1) 3 heavy duty barriers & controls with 3 new smaller traffic arms and 3 road blockers; (2) Upgrade includes removal of existing island and construction of a smaller central island in a new position and all ancillary works in relation to the upgrade.
Declaration of exemption sect. 5 · South Dublin County Council, ED22/0001
17 Feb 2021Grant permission & grant retention
Amendments and modifications to the permitted data centre development granted under Reg. Ref. SD18A/0134 - ABP Ref. ABP-302813-18 and the temporary substation permission granted under SD19A/0300 to include: Demolition of the two storey dwelling of Weston House; single storey dwelling and outbuildings/ stables of Weston Lodge; and the single storey dwelling and converted garage of Kent Cottage. Retention of sprinkler tank and pump house to the south-west of Building A Data Centre to replace 4 sprinkler tanks; Retention of 40kW(p) PV panels on the roof of Building A Data Centre; Retention of revised size of northern attenuation pond and loss of permitted landscaping to its south; Retention of ramped access to rear of temporary substation permitted under SD19A/0300; Retention of revised flue arrangement for Building A Data Centre from 2 associated flues per generator to 1 associated flue per generator (16 in total) and grouped into 8 towers of two flues each (each 20m high); Retention of revised position of security fence to north, west and south of Building A Data Centre; and retention and modifications of landscape berm along Baldonnel Road and to east of Weston House. Development will consist of new works to include: Modifications of permitted vehicular entrance to the data centre to include a new single storey guard house (37sq.m) and two internal entrance gates; Modification to car parking so that the permitted entrance to the parking area from the east is closed off; Modifications of flue arrangement for Building B Data Centre from 2 associated flues per generator to 1 associated flue per generator (16 in total) and grouped into 8 towers of two flues each (each 20m high); Modifications to permitted landscape scheme to north and south of Building A Data Centre; Removal of roadside entrance to Erganagh House (demolished), Kent Cottage, and the former scaffolding yard; and removal of roadside entrance to Weston House and its replacement with a new agricultural gate and fence to be erected to facilitate access for maintenance and security purposes only all on a site of 9.7Ha located within lands in the Grange Castle South Business Park and the residential properties of Weston House, Kent Cottage and Weston Lodge as well as the former scaffolding yard on land within the townlands of Aungierstown and Ballybane; Ballybane; and Milltown and bounding Baldonnel Road to the west and south and Grange Castle South access road to the north, Baldonnel, Dublin 22.
Permission and retention · South Dublin County Council, SD20A/0295
21 Jan 2021Grant permission
The proposed development primarily comprises the provision of two 110kV transmission lines and a 110kV Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) substation compound along with associated and ancillary works and is described as follows: The proposed 110kV GIS Substation Compound is to be located on lands to the north-east of the two storey data centre facility and associated three storey office block that was permitted under SDCC Reg. Ref. SD18A/0134/An Bord Pleanála Ref. ABP-302813-18, and within an overall landholding bound to the north by the Grange Castle South Business Park access road; to the west by the Baldonnel Road and to the south by 3 residential properties and the Baldonnel Road; and to the east by the Google data centre facility within the Grange Castle South Business Park, Baldonnel, Dublin 22. The site of the proposed development has an area of c. 0.9163 hectares. The proposed 110kV Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) Substation Compound includes the provision of a two storey GIS Substation building (with a gross floor area of 1,307.2sqm) (known as the Aungierstown Substation), two transformers, lighting and lightning masts, car parking, associated underground services and roads within a 2.6m high fenced compound and all associated construction and ancillary works. Two proposed underground single circuit 110kV transmission lines will connect the proposed Aungierstown 110kV GIS Substation to the existing 220kV / 110kV Castlebaggot Substation to the immediate north-east. The proposed transmission lines cover a distance of approximately 120m and 140m within the townlands of Ballybane, and Aungierstown and Ballybane. The development includes the connections to the two substations (existing and proposed), changes to landscaping permitted under SDCC Reg. Ref. SD18A/0134 / An Bord Pleanála Ref. ABP-302813-18 and all associated construction and ancillary works. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report has been prepared in respect of this application. The planning application and the Environmental Impact Assessment Report may be inspected free of charge or purchased on payment of a specified fee (which fee shall not exceed the reasonable cost of making such copy) during public opening hours for a period of seven weeks commencing on the 21st January 2021 at the following locations: The Offices of An Bord Pleanála, 64 Marlborough Street, Dublin 1. South Dublin County Council, County Hall, Town Centre, Tallaght, Dublin 24. The application may also be viewed/downloaded on the following website: www.aungierstown-substation.com Submissions or observations may be made only to An Bord Pleanála ('the Board'), 64 Marlborough Street, Dublin 1 during the above-mentioned period of seven weeks relating to: the implications of the proposed development for proper planning and sustainable development, and the likely effects on the environment of the proposed development, and the likely significant effects of the proposed development on a European site, if carried out. Any submissions/observations must be accompanied by a fee of €50 (except for certain prescribed bodies) and must be received by the Board not later than 5.30p.m. on the 10th March 2021. Such submissions/observations must also include the following information: The name of the person making the submission or observation, the name of the person acting on his or her behalf, if any, and the address to which any correspondence relating to the application should be sent, The subject matter of the submission or observation, and The reasons, considerations and arguments on which the submission or observation is based in full. (Article 217 of the Planning & Development Regulations refers). Any submissions or observations which do not comply with the above requirements cannot be considered by the Board. The Board may at its absolute discretion hold an oral hearing on the application. (For further details see ‘A Guide to Public Participation in Strategic Infrastructure Development' on the Board’s website www.pleanala.ie). The Board may in respect of an application for permission/ approval decide to (a) (i) grant the permission/approval, or (ii) make such modifications to the proposed development as it specifies in its decision and grant permission/approval in respect of the proposed development as so modified, or (iii) grant permission/approval in respect of part of the proposed development (with or without specified modifications of it of the foregoing kind), and any of the above decisions may be subject to or without conditions, or (b) refuse to grant the permission/approval. Any enquiries relating to the application process should be directed to the Strategic Infrastructure Development Section of a Bord Pleanála (Tel. 01- 8588100). A person may question the validity of any such decision by the Board by way of an application for judicial review, under Order 84 of the Rules of the Superior Courts (S. I. No.15 of 1986, as amended), in accordance with section 50 of the Planning and Development Act, 2000, as amended. Practical information on the review mechanism can be accessed under the heading Information on cases / Weekly lists - Judicial review of planning decisions on the Board's website www.pleanala.ie or on the Citizens Information Service website www.citizensinformation.ie.
Strategic infrastructure application · South Dublin County Council, ABP-309146-21
24 Sept 2020Grant permission for retention
Retention of single storey client control room (248.5sq.m) associated with the planned future substation that will be located to the north-east of the permitted data centre development granted under Reg. Ref. SD18A/0134/ABP Ref. ABP-302813-18; the development will form an amendment and modification of the permission granted for a single storey transformer building (125sq.m) under Reg. Ref. SD18A/0134/ABP Ref. ABP-302813-18; no other changes to the permission granted under this decision are proposed under this application on a site within the townland of Aungierstown & Ballybane.
Retention · South Dublin County Council, SD20A/0244
16 Jul 2020Grant permission
Permission for a period of ten years for development at this site of 16.5 hectares that is located within lands in the Grange Castle South Business Park and includes the residential property of Ballybane, Old Nangor Road on land within the townlands of Milltown; Ballybane and; Aungierstown and Ballybane; and bounding Baldonnel Road to the west; both the Old and New Nangor Road to the north; and Grange Castle South Access Road to the South, Baldonnel, Dublin 22. The development will consist of the following: (1) The demolition of the existing two storey dwelling of Ballybane and associated farm buildings (565sq.m) and the construction of 3 two storey data centres with mezzanine floors at each level of each facility and associated ancillary development that will have a gross floor area of 80,269sq.m on an overall site of 16.5hectares. (2) 1 two storey data centre (Building A) that will be located to the south-west of the site and will have a gross floor area of 28,573sq.m. and will include 26 emergency generators located at ground floor level within a compound to the northern side of the data centre with associated flues that will be 25m in height. The facility will also include 26 ventilation shafts which will be located above the northern end of each emergency generator that will measure 20m in height. (3) 1 two storey data centre (Building B) which will be located to the north-west of the site, and to the immediate north of Building A and will have a gross floor area of 21,725sq.m and which will include 18 emergency generators located at ground floor level within a compound to the northern side of the data centre with associated flues that will be 25m in height. The facility will also include 18 ventilation shafts which will be located above the southern end of each emergency generator that will measure 20m in height. (4) 1 two storey data centre (Building C) which will be constructed last, will be located to the eastern part of the site on a north-south axis and will have a gross floor area of 28,573sq.m. It will include 26 emergency generators located at ground floor level within a compound to the western side of the data centre with associated flues that will be 25m in height. The facility will also include 26 ventilation shafts that will be located above the western end of each emergency generator that will measure 20m in height. (5) Each of the three data centres will include data storage rooms, associated electrical and mechanical plant rooms, loading bays, maintenance and storage spaces, office administration areas, and plant including PV panels at roof level as well as a separate house generator for each facility which will provide emergency power to the admin and ancillary spaces. Each data centre will also include a diesel tank and a refuelling area to serve the proposed emergency generators. (6) The overall height of each data centre apart from the flues and plant at roof level is c. 19.85m above the finished floor level. (7) 1 temporary and single storey substation (29sq.m). (8) 3 single storey MV buildings (each 249sq.m - 747sq.m in total) which manage the supply of electricity from the substations to each data centre and are located to the immediate west of the generator compound within buildings A and B, and to the south of the generator compound withing building C. (9) 8 prefabricated containerised electrical rooms (65sq.m each and 520sq.m overall) that are stacked in pairs to the immediate south of the temporary substation. (10) Ancillary site development works, which will include attenuation ponds and the installation and connection to the underground foul and storm water drainage network and installation of utility ducts and cables which will include the drilling and laying of ducts and cables under Baldonnel stream. Other ancillary site development works will include hard and soft landscaping, lighting, fencing, signage, service road, entrance gate, sprinkler tank house (72sq.m), security hut (30sq.m) and 150 car parking spaces and 78 sheltered bicycle parking spaces. The development will be enclosed with landscaping to all frontages including a wetland to the west. The development will be accessed from the Grange Castle South Access Road from the south via the Baldonnel Road. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) has been submitted with this application.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD20A/0121
24 Sept 2019Grant permission
Single storey ESB substation (27sq.m) that will be accessed from the north off the Grange Castle South Access Road via the Baldonnel Road and off the permitted internal road granted under Reg. Ref. SD18A/0134, An Bord Pleanála Ref. ABP-302813-18 to the south; the proposal will result in a minor and temporary amendment to the landscaping and fencing permitted under Reg. Ref. SD18A/0134, An Bord Pleanála Ref. ABP-302813-18 that granted permission for a two storey data centre and delivery bays with associated three storey office block and services within the overall lands; no other changes to the permission granted under this decision are proposed under this application.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD19A/0300
30 Jul 2018Grant permission
Demolition of the existing single storey house of 'Erganagh' and the construction of a two storey data centre and delivery bays with associated three storey office block and services that will have a gross floor area of 35,426sq.m on an overall site of 9.2 hectares. The two storey data centre facility and delivery bay (32,419sq.m) will be separated into two adjoined blocks over two floors with a single data hall on each floor of each data centre with service and technical space around each data hall (4 data halls overall) with a two storey delivery bay attached to the east of the data centre block. A three storey office block and delivery bay (2,882sq.m) is attached to the west of the data centre block. The data centre will be served by services and plant to the north of the data centre blocks that will include 32 standby generators with 2 associated flues per generator (64 in total) and grouped into 16 towers of flour flues each (each 20m high). There are proposed to be 32 acoustically attenuated chillers located on the upper level plant gantries to the north of the data hall blocks (eight on each gantry). The development will also include a new substation with associated transformer yard and single storey transformer building (125sq.m) that will be located to the northeast of the site. The development will be accessed from the Grange Castle South Access Road from the north via the Baldonnel Road and will also include ancillary site development works, including 2 attenuation ponds, to connect to existing Grange Castle infrastructural services as well as fencing, signage, services road, entrance gate, 70 car parking spaces including 3 disabled car parking spaces, and 30 sheltered bicycle parking spaces. The development will be enclosed with landscaping to all frontages including a wetland to the west all on a site (9.2ha) located within lands in the Grange Castle Business Park South and the residential properties of Erganagh, Kent Cottage and Weston Lodge on land with the townlands of Aungierstown and Ballybane; Ballybane; and Milltown and bounding Baldonnel Road to the west and south and Grange Castle South Access Road to the north, Baldonnel, Dublin 22. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) has been submitted with this application.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD18A/0134
6 May 2016Grant permission
The painting of 5 murals max. 12.25m high totalling (1,192sq.m) on external walls of existing building, smaller images on 3 external flues (total 10sq.m) also mural painting on a 7.5m high external sprinkler tank (surface area 250sq.m). The installation of an external fence1.8m high x 18m long inside the existing perimter fence at external dining area with mural painted on the internal face (area 33sq.m) Total area of all murals is 1485sq.m. The murals will be lit with light fittings either on the building or nearby poles or ground.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD16A/0148
19 Dec 2014Grant permission
Alterations to previously granted Reg. Ref. SD14A/0023 consisting of alterations to the position of the security gatehouse and security gates, internal roads layout, attenuation ponds, access road to the two storey substation; alterations to the double height warehouse elevations plus an additional internal mezzanine level (floor area 165sq.m); alterations to the single storey substation building (increase in additional floor area of 88sq.m and compound area; alterations to the height of the Load Bank Garage Building; additional 27 car parking spaces; removal of previously granted MV substation to north west of site; all associated site development works required as part of the above mentioned alterations.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD14A/0284
18 Feb 2014Grant permission
Construction of a two storey data storage facility (30,361sq.m.), a double height warehouse building (1,670 sq.m) and a HV Substation area with two buildings; 1 no. 2 storey building (968sq.m.) and 1 no. single storey building (190 sq.m) and associated site development works. Permission is also sought for a new site access and entrance gates, a security gatehouse, security gates, load bank garage, perimeter fencing, internal roadways, sprinkler tank, pump house, 10KV substation, water and fuel tanks, attenuation ponds, hard and soft landscaping, 83 no. new car parking spaces and bicycle shelter with ancillary site works. The highest point of any of the buildings is within 20m of the original ground level with the 25 no. stacks at 25m. Provision for a temporary construction entrance and haul road off the Baldonnel Road to the south of the site has been allowed for; an EIS (Environmental Impact Statement) will be submitted with this application, all on a 11.25 ha site.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD14A/0023
15 Nov 2011Grant extension of duration of permission
Provision of roads and services infrastructure to facilitate the future development of a business park, to be known as 'Profile Park' on these lands. The development includes the provision of 1,675 metres of internal distributor roads consisting of 267 metres to dual carriageway standard (at the main entrance) with a further 1,408 metres to single carriageway standard and one internal roundabout. The development also includes surface water drainage, foul drainage and water supply infrastructure, associated landscaping and all ancillary works, on a site of 39.84 hectares. Access to the site will be provided at the northern boundary off the existing roundabout to Kilcarbery Business Park. This application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Statement.
Extension of duration of permission · South Dublin County Council, SD06A/0568/EP
18 May 2011Grant permission
Change of use of an existing logistics/distribution warehouse facility (approved under planning ref. no. SD08A/0052) to an electronic technology facility, associated works including modifications to existing structure. The development will consist of the following works and modifications to the existing building: installation of external plant over two storeys along the east and west elevations of the building on a new steel support system clad with acoustic louvered screens to match existing cladding colours; installation of a new first floor to provide additional plant areas; extension to the administration area at ground floor level with new windows to the south elevation to match existing; installation of additional windows at upper level over the existing administration area and existing roof lights removed; removal of existing doors to north facade and replacement with new cladding to colour match existing; associated internal alterations. Extent of site works includes: a sprinkler tank and pump house to the north east corner; extension of existing single storey substation in the south east corner to include a customer switch room; provision of a new main entrance to the east of the existing entrance to Unit 502, a new road layout, entrance gates and new entrance gates south of the building to access the car park; block existing main entrance to Unit 502 to provide set down area to access the ESB substation; construct a single storey security building to the east of the site with new gates and new visitor car parking; remove one existing dock leveller and an on-grade roller shutter door from the north west corner of the building with the existing depressed loading dock filled in; installation of self contained emergency stand by generators and other plant to the north west corner of the site, including all supporting structures for flues, and a 1.8m high fence and gate to generator enclosure; construct roadway around the building to the west, north and east of the site; boundary fencing around site with site landscaping; existing site entrance to Unit 503 to be retained as an alternative access point; divert existing culvert along eastern side of the site to facilitate development; install a bicycle shelter to the south west of the site; increase in site area from 9131sq.m. to 13925sq.m.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD11A/0121
16 May 2011Part 8 approved by council
Construct a new access road off the Nangor Road, Clondalkin Dublin 22 as described below:- • Construction of new single and dual carriageway in 2 phases; • Construction of cycletracks and footpaths; • Provision of drainage and associated features; • Provision of public lighting and signing; • Relocation of services where necessary; • Provision of other services where necessary. Plans and particulars of the proposed development are available for inspection at:- South Dublin County Council, County Hall, Tallaght, Dublin 24, between the hours of 9:30am - 12:45pm and 2:00pm - 4:30pm Monday to Thursday and 9.00 am -4.00 pm Friday and South Dublin County Council, Civic Offices, Clondalkin, Dublin 22 between the hours of 9:30am -12:45pm and 2:00pm - 4:30pm Monday to Thursday and 9.30 am -4.00 pm Friday from Monday 16th May 2011-Monday 27th June 2011. Submissions and observations with respect to this matter, dealing with the proper planning and sustainable development of the area, in which the development would be situated, may be made in writing to: The Senior Executive Officer, Corporate Services South Dublin County Council, County Hall, Tallaght, Dublin 24 or by email to : developdept@sdublincoco.ie. Closing date for receipt of submissions is up to and including 12.00 noon on Monday 11th July, 2011.
Application under part 8 · South Dublin County Council, SD118/0001
6 May 2010Grant permission & grant retention
Retention of the existing 15-meter high telecommunications support structure carrying antennas & link dishes together with associated equipment container & security fence with access over existing access track.
Permission and retention · South Dublin County Council, SD09A/0267
25 Mar 2010Grant permission
New 8m diameter sprinkler tank (8.5m in height) and pump house (floor area 30sq.m) to the rear of existing semi detached warehouse unit and associated site works on prviously approved development Reg. Ref. SD08A/0052 on a 0.45 Ha site.
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD10A/0063
14 Oct 2008Part 8 approved by council
Construct Baldonnell Road Improvement Scheme & Access Road to Proposed Milltown Business and Technology Park, Clondalkin, Dublin 22 as described below: construction of 300 linear metres of new widened carriageway on Baldonnell Road complete with grass verge on either side of the road; construction of Cycletracks and Footpaths; construction of 1 no. roundabout at the Entrance to the proposed Milltown Business and Technology Park ; construction of 200 metres of dual carriageway within the proposed Milltown Business and Technology Park; construction of 150 metres of single carriageway within the proposed Milltown Business and Technology Park; construction of 2 no. Roundabouts within the proposed Milltown Business and Technology Park; upgrade of Baldonnell Road/Aylmer Road Junction as a small roundabout; demolition of existing house and provision of ancillary service works. Plans and particulars of the proposed developments are available for inspection, or purchase at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at:- South Dublin County Council, County Hall, Tallaght, Dublin 24, between the hours of 9.00 am - 5.00 pm Monday to Thursday and 9.00 am - 4.30 pm Friday (inspection and purchase); South Dublin County Council, Civic Offices ,Clondalkin, Dublin 22, between the hours of 9.00 am - 5.00 pm Monday to Thursday and 9.00 am - 4.30 pm Friday (inspection and purchase); Clondalkin Library, Monastery Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22, between the hours of 9.45am 8.00pm Monday to Thursday and 9.45 4.30pm Friday and Saturday (inspection only) from Monday 21st July to Monday 1st September 2008. Submissions and observations with respect to this matter, dealing with the proper planning and sustainable development of the area, in which the development would be situated may be made in writing to: Senior Executive Officer, Roads Department, South Dublin County Council, County Hall, Tallaght, Dublin 24. Closing date for receipt of submissions is up to and including 4.30 pm on Friday 19th September 2008.
Application under part 8 · South Dublin County Council, SD088/0010
24 Jan 2008Grant permission
(a) 2 no. semi-detached logistics / distribution warehouse units with ancillary offices (total floor c.3,574sq.m.) and associated site works including storm water attenuation, water services, boundary fencing; (b) extension of estate road previously permitted (SD07A/0280); (c) temporary access haul road previously permitted (SD07A/0280).
Permission · South Dublin County Council, SD08A/0052
The 25 most recent of 30 applications.
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Aungierstown and Ballybane.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Aungierstown and Ballybane.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Aungierstown and Ballybane.
Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Aungierstown and Ballybane, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3005 (ZIP).
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Aungierstown and Ballybane with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Dublin.
The townland
- Name
- Aungierstown and Ballybane · Baile Áinséir agus An Baile Bán
- Area
- 251,124 m² (25.11 ha, 62.05 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmactalway, and its townlands
- Barony
- Newcastle
- Electoral division
- Clondalkin Village, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 9,388 people lived in 3,201 households in the Clondalkin Village electoral division. 75% of households owned their home. 11% of homes were built since 2001. 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballybane, Kilbride, Kilmactalway
- Placenames
- Aungierstown and Ballybane on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland
Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address. Old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.