For demolition of all existing buildings on the site (c.9,949sq.m) and north…

Proposed development

For demolition of all existing buildings on the site (c.9,949sq.m) and north and north-western boundary wall. Provision of new Electric Vehicle Charging Hub for 36 vehicles (all under canopy measuring 3.22m high) along with 8 no. EV bus/HGV charging spaces. Construction of 8 no. buildings (total gfa 10,527.59sq.m) as follows: Distribution centre: single storey structure including offices (gross floor area 9,383.85sq.m) with a maximum height of 19.5m. It includes 13 no. loading bays, Service station – single storey building (759.5sq.m) including net retail area of 99.7sq.m, 3 no. food offers, seating area, drive-thru hatch, toilets, back of house area and external storage compound. The maximum height is 8.55m high. Drive-thru café – single storey building (256.70 sq.m) including kitchen, back of house, seating area and drive-thru hatch. The maximum height will be 6.24m. Substation (gfa 33.54sq.m). External generator (gfa 37.58sq.m) Service compound (gfa 37.58sq.m) Water pump house (gfa 12sq.m) Refuse compound (gfa 6.84sq.m) There will be signage on the distribution centre, service station and drive-thru café buildings. Free standing signage is also proposed within the site and a totem sign measuring 17.5m high and an information sign measuring 6.8m high at the perimeter of the site. All ancillary development including fuel pumps under canopy (5.6m high), underground tanks, vent pipes, HGV fuel pumps (5.6m high), modified vehicular entrance off Maudlins roundabout, replacement entrance off Johnstown Road with new slip lane, new spine road, car parking (169 – including EV parking and accessible spaces), cycle parking (46) with canopy over (3.1m high), HGV/Bus parking (16 no. – including 8 no. EV parking spaces, HGV only parking 3 no.), drainage infrastructure, boundary treatments, hard and soft landscaping (including detention basins), internal roads, footpaths and cycle lanes, outdoor exercise areas, outdoor eating/picnic areas, covered smoking area, overground tank, roof mounted solar panels, new internal roundabout junction, internal control sliding gate, underground fire water storage tank and lighting. All associate site works. The proposed development also includes works on lands in the ownership of Kildare County Council as part of the Key development Area Master Plan and Access Strategy agreed with Kildare County Council, to include: 1. Provision of a left slip lane from the R445 (Dublin Road) to the Monread Road at the Dublin Road Roundabout

What happens next

Permission was granted on 7 Mar 2025. Third parties may appeal within four weeks; after that the permission is final and works can start once a commencement notice is lodged.

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