Alterations lodged for Peaker Power Plant at Grange Castle
A NEW planning application has been lodged for a previously approved development which relates to a 10-year permission for the construction of a Peaker Power Plant in a single storey building.
Applicant Grange Backup Power Ltd lodged the application with South Dublin County Council for a 1.233 hectare site at Grange Castle Business Park on Nangor Road.
The alterations to the previously approved development (Reg. Ref. SD15A/0061 & SD16A/0398) include the following alterations to the previously approved building within the eastern portion of the site as follows: an increase in the overall footprint of the building to the north-west to include office space, and staff facilities at ground floor level; and to the north-east to include a boiler room at ground floor level.
The plans include a revised roof footprint to the rear of the building, with the roof being lowered to the rear; relocation of stair cores and updates to building elevations, including the introduction of additional glazing; amendments to the external open service yard to the north of the building including the removal of the previously approved transformer rooms, addition of containerised plant and minor alterations to the location of shaft towers; a minor increase in the height (by 600mm) of the screen to the service yard.
Alterations to the western portion of the site include minor amendments to the positioning of the internal roadway; amendments to the tank bund area and tank arrangement to the west of the site, and the addition of contained plant and a pump house building; minor amendment to the location of the approved tanker unloading area; relocation of car parking spaces from the south of the site to the north of the main bund areas, with the exception of the approved accessible parking space; provision of a gas skid & support structure to the south-west of the site; provision of an enlarged plant compound to the west of the bund area and relocation of transformers to this compound; revisions to the positioning and an increase in size of the approved pipe bridge to align with services; (ix) provision of a new bicycle parking shelter comprising 8 no. parking spaces; (x) amendments to soft landscaping to accommodate the revised layout and; (xi) drainage, boundary treatments, site lighting, EV car charging ports; and all associated site development and ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development.
The capacity of the plant will be 115MW as approved under Reg. Ref. SD15A/ 0061.
This application relates to development which comprises of an activity which requires an Industrial Emissions Licence in accordance with the First Schedule of the EPA Act 1992 as amended.
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