Land parcel 6073909

Area

153,220 m² (15.32 ha, 37.86 acres)

Buildings

21 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 18,551 m².

Zoning

C2.2 Z7: Employment (Heavy) (Development Plan 2022-2028 (Variation No. 11)) The objective
G5 Z9: Amenity/Open Space Lands/Green Network (Development Plan 2022-2028 (Variation No. 11)) The objective

Townland

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Planning applications on this parcel

• 3 Jul 2025Grant permission

  The development will consist of 1 no. gas analyser kiosk, minor road extension, rooftop-mounted solar panels, modification to the entrance gate and all ancillary services and associated site work. Part of the works will include decommissioning and removal of existing PRS building, Water Baths Heaters and associated pipework.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, WEB2574/25

• 27 Jun 2025Application declared invalid

  The development will consist of 1 no. gas analyser kiosk, minor road extension, rooftop-mounted solar panels, modification to the entrance gate and all ancillary services and associated site work. Part of the works will include decommissioning and removal of existing PRS building, Water Baths Heaters and associated pipework.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, WEBPWSDZ2510/25

• 21 Mar 2025Application declared invalid

  Permission for works to an existing above ground natural gas installation. The development will consist of the construction of 1 no. 8 m CCTV pole and all associated works.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, WEB1605/25

• 13 Mar 2025Application declared inva

  Permission for works to an existing above ground natural gas installation. The works will consist of the construction of 1 no. 8 m CCTV pole and all associated works.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, WEB1532/25

• 12 Dec 2024Grant permission

  Planning Permission for the construction of 1 no. 8 m CCTV pole and all associated works

  Permission · Dublin City Council, WEB2703/24

• 10 Dec 2024Application declared inva

  Planning Permission for works to an existing above ground Natural Gas Installation - the construction of 1 no. 8 m CCTV pole and all associated works

  Permission · Dublin City Council, WEB2681/24

• 30 Jun 2023Grant permission

  The development will consist of construction of a new 220kV gas insulated switchgear (GIS) Switchboard building measuring 65.2 x 51.8m and 17m high; construction of 2no. new shunt reactor units (each within a 4.3m x 8.2m x 5.5m enclosure) and 1no. new series reactor unit (within a 4.7m x 12.7m x 16.6m enclosure), associated connections to the 220kV GIS switchboard building an decommissioning and removal of 2no. existing shunt reactors; an extension of the existing internal access road around the new GIS switchgear building and 4no. car parking spaces; all ancillary and associated works to facilitate the development including removal of existing perimeter berm and new 2.6m high boundary fence around extended substation compound, perimeter planting, 3m high lightning protection to new GIS switchboard building, surface water drainage network including an attenuation pond, lighting and laying of 2 temporary cable circuits for the construction and commissioning period connection the existing AIS building to the new GIS switchboard building and all other associated site excavation, raising of site levels, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground. Planning permission is sought for a period of 10 years. A Natura Impact (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application .

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 4057/23

• 31 Jan 2023Grant permission

  The proposed development will consist of: 1. Demolition of the existing Babcock Store building; 1 No. Hydrogen Tank; the temporary Control Building; 1 No. Water Tank within the National Oil Reserves Agency (NORA) Bunded Area 2. Construction/ installation of an OCGT generating unit and associated plant and equipment, comprising the following main components: - An exhaust stack approx. 40m in height (approx. 8m diameter and 40m H) - Gas Turbine Air Intake (approx. 24m L x 18m W x 26m H) - Generator Enclosure (approx. 24m L x 18m W x 14.5m H) - Gas turbine enclosure including Gas Turbine auxiliaries and loading / rotor turning area (approx. 53m L x 15mW x 26m H) - Exhaust Diffuser (approx. 14.5m L x 10.4m W x 10.5m H) - Gas Turbine Power Control and Electrical Control & Instrumentation (C&I) Module (approx. 24m L x 18m W x 10m H) - 9No. Fin Fan Coolers (approx.27m L x 19m W x 8m H) - Main Transformer (approx. 12.2m L x 7.5m W x 9.3m H), including - 17.5m x 18m bund; and -3No 12m high Blast Walls - Auxiliary Transformer (approx.4.9m L x4.7m W x 6.9m H) - 6.8m x 7.5m bund; and - 2No 12m high Blast Walls - Demineralised Water Treatment Plant (approx.20m L x 10m W x 5.4m H) - Demineralised Water Tank (approx.22.3m diameter and 14.6m H) - Raw/Fire Water Tank (approx.15.2m diameter and 14.6m H) - 8,000m3 Distillate Fuel (Secondary Oil Tank (approx.27.2m diameter and 17.6m H) - Including 8No 1.7m high Baffle Walls surrounding the tank - Fuel Oil Forwarding Pump (approx.8.9m L x 7.8m W x 2.2m H) - Fire Fighting Pumphouse (approx. 12m L x 7m W x 5.4m H) - 1 No. <1 MW thermal output emergency diesel generator 250KWe (approx. 10m L x 4m W x 5m H) - Generator Circuit Breaker (approx.8.8m L x5.1m W x 4m H) - 2 No. Water (replacement) Firewater Tanks for NORA (approx.13m diameter and 14.6m H) - 3-Bay 220kV Indoor Switchgear Building (approx.30m L x 18m W x 18m H) and 3 No. bolted connections (approx.12.5m L x 15m W x 15m H) - Gas Conditioning Compound (approx. 42.2m L x 11.4m W x 3.6m H) which includes: - Gas Compressor and Auxiliaries Building (approx. 24m L x 7.5m W x 5m H) - Gas Compressor Reducing Building (approx. 8m L x 6m W x 6m H); and - Gas Compressor Cooler (approx. 7m L x 4m W x 5m H) - Hydrogen Storage Compound (approx. 6m L x 3.5m W x 3m H) - Continuous Emissions Monitoring System (CEMS) (approx. 3.5m L x 2.5m W x 5m H) - CCGT Stores Building (approx. 15m Lx 14m W x 10m H) - Workshop, Stores and Administration Building (approx. 23m L x 22m W x 15m H) 3. Connection to the existing gas Above Ground Installation (AGI); 4. Connection to the National Grid via the existing 220kV Poolbeg Substation; and 5. All associated works to facilitate the development (e.g. temporary construction compound, perimeter fencing, blast and baffle walls, above-ground pipe racks, underground cables, a new lighting arrangement, lightning and telecommunication masts, parking and surface water drainage network including a new stormwater outfall. All works will take place within the grounds of the ESB Poolbeg Generating station complex. The development consists of an activity for which an Industrial Emissions Licence is required. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) which compiles with the European Union (Planning and Development) (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2018 (S.I 296 of 2018 and a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 3137/23

• 23 Oct 2020Grant permission

  The Electricity Supply Board (ESB) intends to apply for planning permission for development on a c. 5.6 ha site located within the existing Poolbeg Generating Station, Pigeon House Road, Dublin 4 (Eircode D04 XD82), which is licenced by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under an Industrial Emissions (IE) Licence [Ref. P0577-03]. The development will consist of a 75 MWe (electrical output) aero derivative gas fired turbine for the generation of electricity and will include the following elements: (a) c. 240 sq.m. aero derivative gas fired turbine module up to c. 15.6 m high with a c. 30 m high stack; (b) ancillary buildings including: c. 128 sq.m., c. 6 m high gas compressor building; c. 18 sq.m., c. 5 m high liquid fuel forwarding pumps building; c. 80 sq. m., c. 5 m high fire fighting pumps building; c. 209 sq. m., c. 5.4 m high water treatment plant building; c. 48 sq. m., c. 6 m high gas reducing building; c. 12.6 sq. m., c. 2.7 m high continuous emissions monitoring (CEMS) hut; c. 90.1 sq. m., c. 4.7 m high electrical equipment module; c. 90.1 sq. m., c. 4.7 m high control & instrumentation (C&I) communications module; c. 90.1 sq. m., c. 4.7 m high plant control module (PCM); c. 90.1 sq. m., c. 4.7 m high welfare facilities building; c. 39.6 sq. m., c. 3 m high fire suppression and compressed air system building; (c) industrial/ electrical plant including: c. 22.2 sq.m., c. 2.6 m high emergency diesel generator; c. 28 sq.m., c. 4 m high gas compressor cooler; de-mineralised water tank (c. 12 m high, c. 1,540 cubic metre capacity); c. 36 sq.m., c. 2.6 m high spare parts storage container; bunded liquid fuel tank (c. 9 m high, c. 182 cubic metre capacity); raw / fire water tank (c. 14 m high, c. 2,044 cubic metre capacity); c. 11.1 sq. m., c. 2.2 m high fire suppression cabinet; c. 3 sq. m., c. 2.4 m high liquid fuel forwarding skid; c. 7.5 sq. m., c. 1.8 m high water wash cart; c. 3.8 sq. m., c. 3.3 m high lube oil skid; c. 1,309 sq. m., c. 6.5 m high fenced transformer compound; c. 21 sq. m., c. 6.6 m high generator circuit breaker; c. 97 sq. m., c. 5 m high fin fan coolers; c. 11 sq. m., c. 3.7 m high water injection skid; c. 10.9 sq. m., c. 2.5 m high bunded house transformer; (d) various boundary and internal fencing and gates with different treatments including securi-mesh (c. 2.4 m high), palisade (c. 2.6 m high), and chainlink (c. 2.7 m high); (e) ancillary site clearance and development works including provision of areas of hardstanding and car parking, internal access roads, pipe bridges, onsite drainage and attenuation, temporary construction laydown area; and connections to site services networks including: telecommunications, gas, liquid fuel, electrical, water supply, surface water drainage/ attenuation, and wastewater. The primary access will be via the existing Poolbeg Generating Station entrance at Pigeon House Road with a temporary construction access via the existing entrance off the road immediately south of the site. The proposed development is for the purposes of an activity requiring a licence from the Environmental Protection Agency under the Industrial Emissions Directive. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) which complies with the European Union (Planning and Development) (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 296 of 2018) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. The EIAR and NIS will be available for inspection or purchase at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, during office hours at the offices of the planning authority. The planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of Dublin City Council during its public opening hours and a submission or observation in relation to the application may be made to the Authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the Authority of the application. The application may also be viewed or downloaded on the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government's EIA Portal located at https://housinggovie.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=d7d5a3d48f104ecbb206e7e5f84b71f1.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 3624/20

• 23 Oct 2020Grant permission

  Planning permission for development on a c. 5.3 ha site located within the existing Poolbeg Generating Station, Pigeon House Road, Dublin 4 (Eircode D04 XD82), which is licenced by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under an Industrial Emissions (IE) Licence [Ref. P0577-03]. The development will consist of: (a) The demolition of three existing disused modern buildings with a combined floor area of 3,240 sq.m. comprising: (1) a single storey [up to 3.6 m high], c. 166 sq.m. Safety Centre (Pavilion) building; (2) a single storey [up to 4.5 m high], c. 463 sq. m. Store building; (3) a multi-storey [up to 20 m high], c. 2,611 sq.m. Store / Workshop building; (b) Works including: (1) remediation and cladding of exposed northern façade of 5-storey [up to 20.4 m high], redundant former Administration building; (2) cladding of exposed western façade of turbine hall building on eastern boundary of development site; (3) ancillary site clearance, grading and surfacing; (c) Construction and operation of a 75 MW capacity battery energy storage system (BESS) facility within a secured compound including the following elements: (1) Up to 24 battery container unit arrangements comprising: 24 Concrete plinths (c. 110 sq. m. , c. 0.5 m high) typically supporting battery containers (c. 2.6 m high); air conditioning (A/C) unit (c. 1.8 m high); inverter unit (c. 3.8 m high); battery transformer unit (c. 3.3 m high); ring main unit (RMU) (c. 3.3 m high); (2) a c. 126 sq. m., c. 4.7 m high control building; (3) industrial/ electrical plant including: (i) 3 lightning monopoles (c. 20 m high); (ii) SCADA communication mast (c. 18 m high); (iii) VAR support unit on concrete plinth (c. 24 sq. m., c. 3.4 m high); (iv) 2 bunded house transformers (c. 19.8 sq. m., c. 3.2 m high); (v) spare parts storage container (c. 36 sq. m., c. 2.6 m high); (vi) fenced transformer compound (c. 1,309 sq. m., c. 5.6 m high); (vii) cable trays (and associated service connections); (viii) pole mounted security cameras (c. 8.3 m high); (4) Removal of existing fencing and gates, and installation of: various boundary and internal fencing and gates with different treatments including palisade specification (c. 2.6 m high), and chainlink specification (c. 2.7 m high); (5) ancillary development works including provision of areas of hardstanding, internal access roads, onsite drainage and attenuation, temporary construction laydown areas; and connections to site services networks including: telecommunications, electrical, water supply, surface water drainage/ attenuation, and ancillary cabling. The primary access will be via the existing Poolbeg Generating Station entrance at Pigeon House Road with a temporary construction access via the existing entrance off the road immediately south of the Poolbeg Generating Station. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) which complies with the European Union (Planning and Development) (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 296 of 2018) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. The EIAR and NIS will be available for inspection or purchase at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, during office hours at the offices of the planning authority. The planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of Dublin City Council during its public opening hours and a submission or observation in relation to the application may be made to the Authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the Authority of the application. The application may also be viewed or downloaded on the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government's EIA Portal located at https://housinggovie.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=d7d5a3d48f104ecbb206e7e5f84b71f1.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 3625/20

• 18 Oct 2019Application withdrawn

  Planning permission for development on a 1.1 hectare site located fully within the existing Poolbeg Generating Station, Pigeon House Road, Dublin 4 (Eircode D04 XD82), which is licenced by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under an Industrial Emissions (IE) Licence Ref. P0577-03. The development will consist of demolition and site clearance works including: the demolition of four existing modern buildings with a combined floor area of 6,146 sq.m. comprising: (1) a single storey ( up to 3.6m high), c.166 sq.m. store/administration building; (2) a single storey (up to 4.5m high), c.463 sq.m. store/workshop building; (3) a multi-storey (up to 20m high), c.2,925 sq.m. store/workshop building ; and (4) a 5-storey (up to 20.6m high), c. 2,592 sq.m. administration/office building; and all associated site clearance and development works including the removal of existing modern plant and machinery and reinstatement of the cleared site with compacted hardcore.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 4247/19

• 9 Aug 2019Application withdrawn

  Planning permission for development on a c. 3 ha site located fully within the existing Poolbeg Generating Station, Pigeon House Road, Dublin 4 (Eircode D04 XD82), which is licenced by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under an Industrial Emissions (IE) Licence [Ref. P0577-03]. The development will consist of a 75 MWe (electrical output) aero derivative gas fired turbine for the generation of electricity and will include the following elements: (a) c. 488 sq.m. turbine module building up to c. 15.5 m high (typically comprising a gas turbine platform, elevated air intake unit, vent air outlet, bleed valve plenum) with a c. 30 m high stack; (b) ancillary buildings comprising: (1) c. 60 sq. m., single storey welfare facilities building (2) c. 190 sq. m., single storey combined control / electrical room and fire suppression and compressed air system building (3) c. 50 sq. m., single storey electrical balance of plant (BoP) control room (4) c. 32 sq. m., 3.2 m high lube oil skid building (5) c. 128 sq. m., 6 m high gas compressor building and associated cooler (28 sq. m., 4 m high) (6) c. 15 sq. m., single storey de-mineralised water forwarding pumps building (7) c. 75 sq. m., single storey fire fighting pumps building (8) c. 15 sq. m., single storey liquid fuel forwarding skid building; (c) industrial / electrical plant comprising: (1) c. 11 sq. m., 2.5 m high station service transformer compound enclosed on three sides (2) c. 390 sq. m., 8.6 m high compound enclosed on three sides housing 2 transformers (3) c. 38 sq. m., 4 m high fin fan coolers (4) de-mineralised water tank (c. 12 m high, c. 1,541 cubic metre capacity) (5) raw/fire water tank (14 m high, c. 2,044 cubic metre capacity) (6) c. 900 sq.m. bunded area containing a c. 9 m high liquid fuel tank (c. 579 cubic metre capacity) (7) c. 22 sq. m., c. 2.6 m high emergency diesel generator (8) fenced gas receiving station (c. 150 sq. m.) containing various items of industrial plant, elevated pipework, etc.; (d) c. 2.6 m high boundary and internal palisade fencing and gates; and (e) ancillary site clearance and development works including provision of areas of hardstanding and car parking, internal access roads, and connections to site services networks including: gas, liquid fuel, electrical, water supply, surface water drainage/attenuation, and wastewater. The primary access will be via the existing Poolbeg Generating Station entrance at Pigeon House Road with a temporary construction access via the existing entrance off the road immediately south of the site. Planning permission is being sought for a duration of 10 years. The proposed development is for the purposes of an activity requiring an application to the EPA for a licence under the Industrial Emissions Directive. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 3714/19

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: South Dublin Bay SAC 000210
• Special Protection Area: South Dublin Bay and River Tolka Estuary SPA 004024
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: South Dublin Bay 000210

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

The EPA radon map gives no estimate at the centre of this parcel.

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_3281 (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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