The site is situated to the west of the Bohernatounish Road (and of existing buildings…

Proposed development

The site is situated to the west of the Bohernatounish Road (and of existing buildings within the Business and Technology Park), to the east of the Outrath Road and Loughboy Industrial Estate, and to the south of the Kilkenny Ring Road(N10) and an existing office development. Permission is sought for the following development: • Expansion of the existing Central Utilities Building compound to facilitate construction of 38kV substation (as required by the ESB) to accommodate 2 no. electrical transformers, a single storey client switchroom building (with a parapet height of c.5.8m), and a single storey control room building (with a parapet height of c. 5.8m).• The control room building will accommodate a gas insulated switchgear room, control room, battery room, storeroom and WC. • The development includes all associated landscaping and ancillary works, services, protection masts, and boundary treatments. Retention permission is sought for the following alterations to the development permitted under Reg. Ref.: 22/662:• Amendments to the permitted industrial building including to the building footprint and the area of the ancillary office space and reception / dining areas (resulting in a decrease of c. 593 sq.m. in gross floor area (GFA) in total).• Associated amendments to the internal layout of the industrial building, to the building facades (including alterations to entrance / exit doors and fenestration), and roof plan (including rooflights), and the location of ancillary structures and landscaping in the vicinity of the ancillary office area, to reflect the altered building layout. • Relocation of one stair core along the northern building façade southward to sit within the massing of the building. • Construction of a of pump house, tanks for rainwater harvesting, smoking shelter, provision of a gabion wall around the outdoor dining area, omission of waste storage structure, relocation of pallet storage to the northeastern corner of the service yard, and relocation and alterations to permitted signage (including the omission of building signage on the southern elevation, provision of signage to the northern, western, and eastern elevation, campus and directional signage, and 3 no. flagpoles adjacent to the southern site entrance). • Amendments to the northern access point to the site, to remove the permitted vehicular access and provide for pedestrian and cycle access • Amendments to the Central Utilities Yard including relocation of 2 no. sprinkler

What happens next

Permission was granted on 17 Apr 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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