Planning application details ref: RA150605 Meath CoCo

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Planning Application: RA150605 (Meath CoCo)
File Number: RA150605
Application Type: PERMISSION Planning Status: APPLICATION FINALISED
Received Date: 15/06/2015 Decision Due Date: 09/08/2015
Validated Date: 15/06/2015 Invalidated Date:
Further Info Requested: Further Info Received:
Withdrawn Date: Extend Date:
Decision Type: Conditional Decision Date: 23/07/2015
Leave to Appeal: Appeal Date: 19/08/2015
Commenced Date: Submissions By: 19/07/2015

Applicant Details

Applicant name: Runways Information Services Limited
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Proposed Development

Development Description: development on this site: Lands within the townlands of Portan, Gunnocks and Clonee, County Meath - site bounded to the south by the R147, to the west by the Kilbride Road, to the north by The Mayne and to the east by lands at Damastown Industrial Park. The development will consist of: Construction of a data centre campus in two phases within 10 years which consists of the following: In Phase 1: Construction of two data centre buildings containing 8 no. data halls with a gross floor area of 50,800 m2 and with a data capacity of 36MW per building (each building is 25,400 m2 and contains 4 no. data halls) together with associated mechanical and electrical spaces and parking. 1 No. single storey ancillary administration/office building with gross floor area of 6,424 m2 linking and accessing the data centre buildings. Ground-level emergency back-up generators (with internal fuel tanks). New site access and temporary construction access and car parking arrangements (including utilisation of existing farm access) off the Kilbride Road (L5028). Closure of existing accesses (following the demolition of 2no. residential units). Site infrastructure to include entrance gates and appropriate signage, security hut (36m2), internal roadways & footpaths, 217 car parking spaces in total across the site in both phases, bicycle shelter, a water sprinkler tank, pumping facilities, water tanks, drainage networks, attenuation ponds and a connection to the public sewer on the R147. Bridges and culverts over the Pace and Portan streams. Hard and soft landscaping. Demolition of two existing residential dwellings on Kilbride Road (L0528), 150 metres northeast of R147/L5028. Upgrade to L5028 Kilbride Road to provide cycle path and pedestrian footpath between the R147 and the proposed new site access. Installation of temporary electrical infrastructure to service the data centre campus before final connection. Ancillary site works including underground electricity 20kV cables between substation and data centres. There is a separate planning application and associated Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on lands enclosed by the data centre application. It is a Strategic Infrastructure Development (SID) application to An Bord Pleanala under Section 182A of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended). The application comprises the construction of a new 220 kV substation compound and associated loop-in connection to the existing .........
Development Address: Lands at Portan, Gunnocks and Clonee, County Meath
Architect Name: Una Somerville Location Key: PORTAN & CLONEE
Electoral Division: Incorrect Icl Voter Recor Planner: None
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IPC Licence Required: No Waste Licence Required: No
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Decision

Decision Date: 23/07/2015 Manager Order: R846/15
Decision Type: Conditional Number of Conditions: 20
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Section 47 Apply?: Part 5 Apply?:
Expiry Date: 21/10/2020
Decision Description: development on this site: Lands within the townlands of Portan, Gunnocks and Clonee, County Meath - site bounded to the south by the R147, to the west by the Kilbride Road, to the north by The Mayne and to the east by lands at Damastown Industrial Park. The development will consist of: Construction of a data centre campus in two phases within 10 years which consists of the following: In Phase 1: Construction of two data centre buildings containing 8 no. data halls with a gross floor area of 50,800 m2 and with a data capacity of 36MW per building (each building is 25,400 m2 and contains 4 no. data halls) together with associated mechanical and electrical spaces and parking. 1 No. single storey ancillary administration/office building with gross floor area of 6,424 m2 linking and accessing the data centre buildings. Ground-level emergency back-up generators (with internal fuel tanks). New site access and temporary construction access and car parking arrangements (including utilisation of existing farm access) off the Kilbride Road (L5028). Closure of existing accesses (following the demolition of 2no. residential units). Site infrastructure to include entrance gates and appropriate signage, security hut (36m2), internal roadways & footpaths, 217 car parking spaces in total across the site in both phases, bicycle shelter, a water sprinkler tank, pumping facilities, water tanks, drainage networks, attenuation ponds and a connection to the public sewer on the R147. Bridges and culverts over the Pace and Portan streams. Hard and soft landscaping. Demolition of two existing residential dwellings on Kilbride Road (L0528), 150 metres northeast of R147/L5028. Upgrade to L5028 Kilbride Road to provide cycle path and pedestrian footpath between the R147 and the proposed new site access. Installation of temporary electrical infrastructure to service the data centre campus before final connection. Ancillary site works including underground electricity 20kV cables between substation and data centres. There is a separate planning application and associated Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on lands enclosed by the data centre application. It is a Strategic Infrastructure Development (SID) application to An Bord Pleanala under Section 182A of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended). The application comprises the construction of a new 220 kV substation compound and associated loop-in connection to the existing .........

Appeal Details


Appeal Details
Notification Date: 20/08/2015 BP Reference #: PL.17.245347
Appeal Type: THIRD PARTY File Forward Date:
Submission Due Date: 16/09/2015 Submission Sent Date: 15/09/2015
Appeal Decision: CONDITIONAL Decision Date: 22/10/2015
Withdrawn Date: Dismissed Date:
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