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  Dublin Bay Power Station Pigeon House Road Dublin 4 D04 Y5N2

Oct 29 2020

Application Received

Dec 18 2020

Further Info. Requested

Apr 26 2021

Further Info. Received

Jun 18 2021

Decision Due

Jun 18 2021

Decision

Aug 06 2021

Granted

Aug 16 2022

Commencement Notice

Aug 24 2022

Commencement Started
  • Submitted to Dublin City Council, 29 / 10 / 2020
  • Application Type: Permission
  • Current Status: Decision Notice Issued
  • Decision Text: GRANT PERMISSION
  • Decision Summary: Granted
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Development:
Planning permission for development on a c. 3.5 ha site bounded by Shellybanks Road to the east and by South Bank Road to the south; being also to the south of the existing Dublin Bay Power Station, Pigeon House Road, Dublin 4, D04 Y5N2. The development will consist of: A 30 MW capacity battery energy storage system (BESS) facility within a secured compound and will include the following elements: (a) Up to 11 battery container unit arrangements comprising: (1) 6 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) 5 Concrete plinths (c. 123 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); (b) a c. 135 sq. m., c. 4.7 m high control building; (c) industrial/electrical plant including: (i) SCADA communications mast (c. 18 m high); (ii) c. 1,309 sq. m., c. 5.6 m high fenced transformer compound; (iii) VAR support unit on a concrete plinth (c. 24 sq. m., c. 3.4 m high); (iv) 4 lightning monopoles (c. 20 m high); (v) c. 19.8 sq. m., c. 3 m high bunded house transformer; (vi) cable trays and associated service connections; (vii) pole mounted security cameras (8.3 m high); (d) 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), chainlink specification (c. 2.7 m high), and wall mounted blunt top railing and gates (c. 2.6 m high); (e) ancillar... Signup to read full development description
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    430m 15/01/2024 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Pigeon House Road Dublin 4 D04 FP28 PERMISSION & RETENTION : Permission for development consisting of the construction of plant, comprising silos and blender, compressor room, cooling tank and pump room, storage, feed conveyors, retaining walls, new palisade fencing encompassing an increased site area, incorporating both a new vehicular sliding access gate, replacing the existing vehicular swing gates and the repositioning of the existing vehicula... login required. Details...
    430m 27/11/2023 APPLICATION DECLARED INVALID Pigeon House Road Dublin 4 D04 FP28 RETENTION & PERMISSION: Permission for development consisting of the construction of plant, comprising silos and blender, compressor room, cooling tank and pump room, storage, feed conveyors, retaining walls, new palisade fence and gates, the revision of existing entrance and egress and car park layout, toge... login required. Details...
    320m 08/06/2023 GRANT PERMISSION Corner of South Bank Road and Whitebank Road Ringsend Dublin DO4TC98 PERMISSION: Permission for development at our existing molasses storage terminal at the Corner of South Bank Road and Whitebank Road, Ringsend, Dublin, D04 TC98. Site located in the Poolbeg West Strategic Development Zone. The development will cons... login required. Details...
    210m 22/03/2023 GRANT PERMISSION 84 Pigeon House Road Ringsend Dublin 4 PROTECTED STRUCTURE: permission for a single storey sorting building and canopy to the rear of the site of their construction and demolition recycling facility. The northern and western bo... login required. Details...
    210m 22/02/2023 APPLICATION DECLARED INVALID 84 Pigeon House Road Ringsend PROTECTED STRUCTURE: PERMISSION: For a sorting building at their construction and demolition recycling facility. The northern and western boundary wall of the per... login required. Details...
    30m 20/01/2023 GRANT PERMISSION Adjacent to the Dublin Bay Power Generating Station Pigeon House Road Dublin D04 Y5N2 PERMISSION:The proposed development will consist of the following elements: 1.Demolition of two storage buildings and demolition of four oil tanks within the bunded area of the NORA Ringsend oil farm 2.Construction/installation of an Open Cycle Gas Turbine (OCGT) generating unit and associated plant and equipment, comprising the following main components: • 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 15m W x 26m H) • Exhaust Diffuser (approx. 14.5m L x 10.4m W x 10.5m H) • An exhaust stack 40m in height (approx. 8.0m diameter and 40m H) •Gas Turbine Power Control and Electrical Control & Instrumentation(C&I) Module (approx.24m L x 18m W x 10m H) •10 No. Fin Fan Coolers (approx. 45m L x 12.7 m W x 8m H) •Main Transformer (approx. 12.2 m L x7.5m W x 9.3 m H) • Main Transformer Bund including 3no blast walls (approx. 19.3 m L x 18.9 m W x 12m H) •Auxiliary Transformer (approx. 4.7m L x 4.0m W x 6.9m H) • Auxiliary Transformer Bund including 2no blast walls (approx.8.9m L x 8.5m W x 12m H) • Demineralised Water Treatment Plant (approx. 20m L x 10m W x 5.4m H) • Demineralised Water Tank (approx. 22.2m diameter and 14.7m H) • Water Supply / Gas Supply Rack (approx. 89.8m L x 102m W x 7m H) •Raw/Fire Water Tank (approx. 15.2m diameter and 14.7m H) • Fuel Oil Forwarding Pumps (approx. 10m L x 4m W x 5m H) •Combined Fire Fighting and Demin Water Forwarding Pumphouse (approx. 12m L x 5m W x 5.4m H) • 1No <1MW thermal output emergency diesel generator-250KWe (approx. 10m L x 4m W x 5m H) • Generator Circuit Breaker (approx. 8.8m L x 5.1m W x 4m H) •Gas Conditioning Compound (approx. 33.4m L x 25.3m 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) Gas Compressor Cooler (appro... login required. Details...
    310m 30/11/2022 GRANT PERMISSION Ringsend Waste Water Treatment Plan Pigeon House Road Ringsend Dublin 4 Permission for development on this site at the Ringsend Waste Water Treatment Plan, located on Pigeon House Road, Ringsend, Dublin 4. The proposed development consists of 2 no. units comprising a Combined Heat and Power Engine and Steam Generator unit with roof top plant areas; The Combined Heat and Power unit has gross floor area of approximately 30sq m, and a height of approximately 2.6... login required. Details...
    240m 08/03/2022 GRANT PERMISSION South Bank Road Irishtown Dublin 4 Planning permission for the continuation of use of an existing concrete batching plant and associated facilities (previously granted under Reg. Refs. No 2482/19; 2209/13 & ABP Ref. No PL29S.241965; 1420/04 & AB... login required. Details...
    240m 23/02/2022 APPLICATION DECLARED INVALID South Bank Road Irishtown Dublin 4 Planning permission for the continuation of use of an existing concrete batching plant and associated facilities (previously granted under Reg Refs No 2482/19; 2209/13 & ABP Ref No PL29S.241... login required. Details...
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