Planning application · Roscommon County Council

Industrial development at Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Monksland

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Monksland, Athlone

2560264 · RoscommonGranted

up to 2 storeys · 2.78 ha · Granted · permission to Aug 2030

Planning application 2560264 to Roscommon County Council at Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Monksland, Athlone. Granted by the council on 24 July 2025. The register gives the permission's end as 27 August 2030.

Timeline

  1. Application lodged
  2. Council granted
  3. Permission ends (date on the register)

The end date is the one the council register states. An extension or a commencement changes it.

Key facts

Reference
2560264
Planning authority
Roscommon County Council
Received
30 May 2025
Decided
24 Jul 2025
Status
Granted
Use
Industrial
Floor area (estimated)
326 m²
Read from the description, not stated on the register.
Site area
2.78 ha

Proposed development

Permission for development that will consist of the construction of 1) a new 2-storey storage building extension to the north elevation of the existing Fill Finish Line Warehouse Building which comprises the construction of circa 312m² area with a maximum height of circa 9.00m to accommodate a new cold and freezer room development, associated plant room areas and external steel staircase for roof access, 2) the construction of an independent one-storey quiet space building to the north-east side of the existing Fill Finish Line Warehouse Building which comprises the construction of circa 14.25m² area with a maximum height of circa 3.00m, and 3) all associated site works, including the modifications to existing underground services at the Alexion manufacturing facility at Monksland, Co. Roscommon, N37 DH79. This development will be carried out on a site which comprises an activity requiring an Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) licence, register number P1094-01, now deemed an Industrial Emissions Licence (IEL) at

Planning status

Permission was granted on 24 Jul 2025. The four-week appeal period has passed with no appeal recorded, so the permission is final. Works can start once a commencement notice is lodged; the register gives its end as 27 Aug 2030.

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