Infrastructure · Co. Kildare
10-year permission for the expansion of the brewery facility, Newbridge, Co. Kildare
Granted 24 Mar 2026 (final grant issued 29 Apr 2026)
Key facts
- Planning application 2561298 at Newbridge, Co. Kildare: 10-year permission for the expansion of the brewery facility.
- The applicant is Diageo Ireland. The agent is John Spain.
- It was received by Kildare County Council on 17 Nov 2025.
- Status: Granted 24 Mar 2026 (final grant issued 29 Apr 2026).
- Work started on site on 21 May 2026, according to the commencement notice. It does not say which contractors or suppliers are appointed.
Source: the Kildare County Council planning register, checked 2 Jun 2026. Open the council's file
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What and where
10-year permission for the expansion of the brewery facility
for a 10-year permission for the expansion of the brewery facility (permitted under Reg. Ref: 22/1291 and ABP Ref.: 316491 (referred to below as Brewery 1) and described as follows: Brewery 2 Building: (c.9,333 m²) Single and two-storey building including brewhouse, storage and handling areas, lab, control room, workshop, plant rooms/areas (internal and external roof-mounted), storage rooms/areas, process areas, utilities and services areas, circulation, office and welfare facilities, and all associated ancillary areas. Building height to a maximum of c.18.4m comprised of ground floor area (c.8,483 m²), 1st floor (c.850 m²). External Yard adjacent to the Brewery 2 Building: 36 No. new storage vessels/silos/tanks, with associated access platforms, to a maximum height of c.23.3m. Provision of external pipe bridges to a maximum height of c.7.7m. Extension to Brewery 1 - Raw Materials Handling (RMH) Facility to serve Brewery 2: Comprising a 4-storey c.22.3m high extension to Brewery 1. The extension is c. 1,242 m² and includes a raw materials deliveries area (open area with canopy - c.248 m² in extent), 12 no storage vessels plus 3 no. grain silos with truck set down area, pipe bridge connection between the RMH and Brewery 2 (brewhouse) partially covered for pedestrian movement between Brewery 1 and 2. Relocation of approved backlit “Diageo” lettering sign (size 0.9m high 4.275m wide) on existing northern façade to proposed RMH Extension. Tanker filling station expansion (open areas under canopies): 2 no. additional covered tanker bays to be added to permitted Tanker Filling Station (under 22/1291) (c.270 m²) with a further 2 no. covered tanker bays to be located adjacently (c.270 m²). Roaster Building: 4-storey building (c.3,010 m²), to a height of c.19.4m, above part-basement to accommodate plant and equipment associated with the roasting process and including ancillary facilities such as roast handling, barley intake, control room, workshop and associated staff rooms, internal and external plant and 12 No external silos with associated access stairs and platforms. Biogas Filling Station and ancillary external plant compound: c. 1,265 m² of yard area including containerised control room (11 m²) to a height of c.3m. Fire Fighting Systems (external compound): comprising back-up generator, fire water tanks, pump equipment. Extension to Permitted Water Utilities Plant: including single storey building containing water treatment and recovery plant (c.359 m²) to a height of
Description as published by the council. Its text starts part-way through a sentence.
- Location
- Newbridge, Co. Kildare Map
- Council
- Kildare County Council
- Planning reference
- 2561298
- Applicant
- Diageo Ireland
- Agent
- John Spain
Numbers and dates
- Floor area
- 483 m²
- Project type
- Infrastructure
- Received
- 17 Nov 2025
- Decision to grant
- 24 Mar 2026
- Final grant
- 29 Apr 2026
- Site start
- 21 May 2026
Timeline
- Application received
- Decision to grant
- Final grant issued
- Site start
Site history
This site's history
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Earlier permission 221291 for this site: granted 28 Mar 2023.
for a purpose-built brewery as follows: - Main Brewery Facility (c.9,148m2) including brew house, storage and handling areas, labs, control… Named in this application's description
Earlier records are the planning references this application names, records at the same address, and records within 50 m of the same map point. An address or a map point can cover more than one property, so check the council's file before relying on a match.
Outlook
What happens next
Work packages named so far
Documents and evidence
Check the record
- Council planning fileThe application file 2561298 on eplanning.ie: drawings, reports and the decision.Open the council's file
How we know this
From the Kildare County Council planning register, checked 2 Jun 2026. We link to the council's own file so you can check the official record before you act.
Site starts
Commencement notices for this permission
- 21 May 2026Work started · phase 1 · Contractor's site compound, site setup, temporary entrances and general enabling civil...View the site start
- 24 Jul 2026Work started · phase 2 · This application shall refer to proposed New ESB Substation (c.36.8m2) at IDA Newbridge...View the site start
- 24 Jul 2026Work started · phase 3 · This application shall refer to proposed Brewery 02 (c.8470m2) at IDA Newbridge Business...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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