Energy · Co. Dublin
Removal of the existing Air Insulated Switchgear electrical…, Dublin 4, Co. Dublin
Granted 24 Jul 2024
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Key facts
- Planning application PWSDZ3791/24 at Dublin 4, Co. Dublin: Removal of the existing Air Insulated Switchgear electrical…
- It was received by Dublin City Council on 30 May 2024.
- Status: Granted 24 Jul 2024.
- Work started on site on 31 Jul 2026, according to the commencement notice. It does not say which contractors or suppliers are appointed.
Source: the Dublin City Council planning register, as last seen on 13 Oct 2026. Open the council's file
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Council register
The council's register shows: Granted on 24 Jul 2024.
Application details as we last saw them in the national register on 13 Oct 2026.
What and where
Removal of the existing Air Insulated Switchgear electrical…
PERMISSION for development at this c 2.4 ha site on ESB lands located to the south of the existing Ringsend 110 kV Substation on the Poolbeg Peninsula, Southbank Road, Ringsend, Dublin 4. The development will consist of the removal of the existing Air Insulated Switchgear (AIS) electrical substation and the construction of a new 110 kV Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) electrical substation and will include the following elements: a. Construction of a new substation compound of approximately 3916 m², with a c. 2.6 m high palisade fence around the entire perimeter of the substation. The compound comprises a new indoor 20 bay GIS building measuring c. 1,090 sq.m (c. 44.5 (m) x c. 24.5 (m) x c. 16.3 (m); b. Provision of new electrical plant and equipment within the substation including: -2 no. Transformer bunds (Length (c. 22.9m) x Width (c. 10.9m) x Height (c. 7.0m)); -2 no. 110 kV electrical transformers and associated outdoor electrical equipment to facilitate underground cable connections between the existing transmission circuits and the proposed GIS building: c. Provision of site services including compound lighting, telecommunications, access roads and drainage; d. Subsurface ground surface water attenuation tank (c. 143 m²); e. All associated and ancillary site development works to accommodate the construction of the substation and transferring of the cable circuits from the existing AIS to the new GIS Building; and f. Retirement and removal of the above ground elements associated with the existing AIS. The application is partially located within Poolbeg West Strategic Development Zone (SDZ) Planning Scheme area. Planning permission is being sought for a period of 10 years. The application includes a Natura Impact Statement (NIS).
- Location
- Dublin 4, Co. Dublin Map
- Council
- Dublin City Council
- Planning reference
- PWSDZ3791/24
- Application type
- Permission
Numbers and dates
- Floor area
- 5,149 m²
- Project type
- Energy
- Received
- 30 May 2024
- Granted
- 24 Jul 2024
- Site start
- 31 Jul 2026
Timeline
- Application received
- Granted
- Site start
Outlook
What happens next
Work packages named so far
Documents and evidence
Check the record
- Council planning fileThe application file PWSDZ3791/24 on planning.agileapplications.ie: drawings, reports and the decision.Open the council's file
How we know this
From the Dublin City Council planning register, as last seen on 13 Oct 2026. The council's own file is the official record.
Site starts
Commencement notices for this permission
- 31 Jul 2026Work started · The development will consist of the removal of the existing Air Insulated Switchgear...View the site start
A commencement notice tells the council that building work is about to start. A completion certificate is filed when it is finished.
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