Land parcel 5591590

Area

10,523 m² (1.05 ha, 2.6 acres)

Buildings

3 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 5,457 m².

Zoning

C2.2 Z7: Employment (Heavy) (Development Plan 2022-2028 (Variation No. 11)) The objective

Townland

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Planning applications on this parcel

• 26 Jun 2026Registered application

  Four external beer storage tanks located to the west of the existing Brewhouse which is located centrally within the brewery. The proposals include a high-level stairs and gantry providing access to instrumentation located at the top of tanks. The overall height of the proposed tank structure is c. 18m (22.1m OD). And all associated works. The proposal is located within a site which has an approved IE (Industrial Emissions) License (Ref. no. P0301-04).

  Permission · Dublin City Council, WEB2597/26

• 11 Nov 2024Grant permission

  PROTECTED STRUCTURE: The proposed development comprises a 10 year permission for works to facilitate the decarbonisation of the brewery and water recovery on site. Demolition and removal of the Old Keg Plant Building and Export Warehouse (part single storey, part two storey buildings – 6,482m2) and associated works including removal of a section of a steel pipe bridge structure. Construction of an Energy Centre comprising a two storey building containing electrical boiler room LV, MCC and HV Rooms with a primary parapet height of 15.15m and including 3 no. flues to a height of 23.65m (28.1m O.D) and external plant compound (72m2) containing transformer equipment. The overall GFA of the Energy Centre (2) Building is c. 788m2. A blue roof (for rainwater attenuation) is proposed at roof level. Construction of a two-storey Water Recovery Plant (WRP) Building with a primary parapet height of 17.35m containing WRP plant and ancillary staff facilities. The overall GFA of the WRP Building is 1,576m2. A blue roof is proposed at roof level. The Water Recovery Plant also includes the following external plant elements: External Equalisation Tank with height of 13.25m including external access stairway; 2 no. Biogas Scrubbers with a height of 6.3m above parapet level and 1 no. emergency flare at a height of 7.5m above parapet level. 2 no. anaerobic treatment tanks to a height of c. 21m above ground level and external odour control plant. Aerobic treatment aeration tank to a height of 12.04m (+17.33 O.D.) with external access stairway, external renewable Biogas Balloon, other external items including ancillary plant / equipment, enclosing bund walls and circulation infrastructure. Demolition and removal of the former Flaking Plant (c. 46m / 11 storey equivalent in height) located centrally within the site (3,001m2), 1 no. two-storey prefabricated building, 1 no. single storey electrical distribution room, 6 no. single storey cabins / containers, vehicular concrete ramp and section of steel pipe bridge structure (691m2). Construction of a Utilities Hub comprising a proposed split-level building comprising a single storey structure (at lower ground level) ranging in height from 4.2m to 9.2m containing heat pumps, workshop, staff accommodation and ancillary plant, and a single-storey structure (at upper ground level) for use as Energy Centre (1) containing electrical boiler room to a height to parapet level of 8.72m, 2 no. flues to a height of 17.22m above upper ground level and including external plant compounds containing transformer equipment at the upper ground level (258m2), and 3 no. external vessels 15m in height at lower ground level. A blue roof is proposed at roof level. External stairs, ancillary site works, hard and soft landscaping are proposed. The Utilities Hub will comprise a GFA of c. 1,996.2m2. The proposed development includes associated site development works including hard and soft landscaping and the extension of new site services routes (both underground and above ground) including ancillary pipe racks, providing electrical and utilities infrastructure, above and below ground drainage. An additional 26 no. bicycle parking spaces are proposed. The application site is located in the curtilage of a number of Protected Structures. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the planning application and the EIAR and NIS will be available for inspection or purchase at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy at the offices of the Planning Authority. The proposal is located within a site which has an approved IE (Industrial Emissions) Licence (Ref: P0301-04).

  Permission · Dublin City Council, WEB2472/24

• 16 Dec 2021Grant permission

  The proposed development will consist of a new extension to the existing beer processing plant to include a two storey building and six processing tanks. The proposed two storey extension has a total GFA of c. 1,024 sq.m and a building height to parapet level pof c. 14.4 m (20.9m OD). The building will be accessed via ground level doors and serviced through roller shutter doors on the southern elevation. The extension will be designed using new composite brown metal cladding similar to existing building materials within the brewery. The extension has a flat roof with a small plant area (c. 24 sq.m) screened by metal cladding panels and supportive steel frames. Six processing tanks c.24.52m (30.47m OD) are proposed to the north of the proposed extension. These tanks will be smaller than but visually match the existing tanks on site to the east. There will also be associated drainage connections to be made. The proposed development is located centrally within the brewery and is in accordance with the continued use of the site as a brewery. The proposal is located within a site which has an approved IE (Industrial Emissions) Licence (Ref No. P0301-04).

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 4104/21

• 7 Dec 2021Application declared inva

  The proposed development will consist of a new extension to the existing beer processing plant to include a two storey building and six processing tanks. The proposed two storey extension has a total GFA of c.1,024 sq.m and a building height to parapet level of c. 14.4 m (20.9m OD). The building will be accessed via ground level doors and serviced through roller shutter doors on the southern elevation. The extension will be designed using new composite brown metal cladding similar to existing building materials within the brewery. The extension has a flat roof with a small plant area (c.24 sq.m) screened by metal cladding panels and supportive steel frames. Six processing tanks c.24.52m (30.47m OD) are proposed to the north of the proposed extension. These tanks will be smaller than but visually match the existing tanks on site to the east. There will also be associated drainage connections to be made. The proposed development is located centrally within the brewery and is in accordance with the continued use of the site as a brewery. The proposal is located within a site which has an approved IE (Industrial Emissions) Licence (Ref No. P0301-04)

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 4020/21

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

• Guinness Brewery, gate lodge, 1870–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached five-bay two-storey gate house, built c.1875, having central pedimented stepped breakfront to front (north) elevation. Hipped slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, brown brick chimneystacks with granite coping, raised granite parapet and cast-iron rainwater goods. Brown brick, laid in Flemish bond, to walls, with carved granite cornice and platband, red brick platband at eaves course, cut granite quoins, platband at ground floor sill level over cut granite wall and carved plinth course. Cut granite to breakfront, with pedimented cornice to top, carved cornice at first floor sill level, and decorative corner panels. Segmental-headed window openings with carved granite surrounds having dropped keystones, granite sills and one-over-one pane timber sash windows. Cast-iron railings to ground floor windows, having red brick surrounds to windows to east and west elevations. Secondary glazing to interior. Segmental-headed door openings with carved granite surrounds having keystones, windows inserted to upper halves, with cast-iron railings, timber risers and granite steps. Segmental-arched central carriage arch to breakfront, with cut granite voussoirs, dropped keystone, timber framed window inserted to upper half, steel grille, granite sill and red brick riser. Flanked by boundary walls of Guinness brewery.

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 gives no landslide susceptibility class here. Parts of the land are made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3206 (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.