10 Nov 2025
Construction of a standalone ESB sub-station and adjoining switch room, with adjacent site works to facilitate access and maintenance, as part of the infrastructure phase of the Esprit Logistics Park development, Moortown, Co. Kildare.
A 9.8 Ha site in the townlands of Moortown and Crodaun, Celbridge, County Kildare, including part of the carpark serving Blocks C and D of the M4 Interchange Business Park and a dwelling known as “Mariposa”. The lands are generally bounded to the north by the M4 Motorway; to the east by greenfield lands; to the south-east by the Celbridge Community School and M4 Business Park beyond; to the south and south-west by Unit 1 Esprit Logistics Park, the R405 with residential dwellings and Salesian College beyond; and to the west by Blocks C and D of the M4 Interchange Business Park.
The development, which will have a gross floor area of 27,034 sq m, will comprise the demolition of an existing dwelling known as “Mariposa” (c.270 sq.m) and the construction of 11 No. Warehouse and Light Industrial units with ancillary offices, staff facilities and associated development as follows; Unit A (Warehouse) will have a maximum height of 16 metres with a gross floor area of 2,708 sq m including a warehouse area (2,221 sq m), ancillary office areas and staff facilities (487 sq m); Unit B (Warehouse) will have a maximum height of 16 metres with a gross floor area of 2,622 sq m including a warehouse area (2,296 sq m), ancillary office areas, and staff facilities (326 sq m); Unit E (Light Industrial) will have a maximum height of 10 metres with a gross floor area of 1,298 sq m including a warehouse area (1,151 sq m), ancillary office areas and staff facilities (147 sq m); Unit F (Light Industrial) will have a maximum height of 10 metres with a gross floor area of 1,237 sqm including a warehouse area (1,097 sq m), ancillary office areas and staff facilities (141 sqm); Unit G (Light Industrial) will have a maximum height of 10 metres with a gross floor area of 1,500 sq m including a warehouse area (1,359 sqm), ancillary office areas and staff facilities (141 sqm); Unit H (Light Industrial) will have a maximum height of 10 metres with a gross floor area of 1,798 sq m including a warehouse area (1,649 sq m), ancillary office areas and staff facilities (141 sq m); Unit I (Light Industrial) will have a maximum height of 16.2 metres with a gross floor area of 2,512 sq m including a warehouse area (2,222 sq m), ancillary office areas and staff facilities (290 sq m); Unit J (Light Industrial) will have a maximum height of 16.2 metres with a gross floor area of 2,868 sq m including a warehouse area (2,579 sq m), ancillary office areas and staff facilities (289 sq m); Unit K (Warehouse) will have a maximum height of 16.2 metres with a gross floor area of 3,149 sq m including a warehouse area (2,847 sq m), ancillary office areas and staff facilities (302 sq m); Unit L (Warehouse) will have a maximum height of 16.2 metres with a gross floor area of 3,487 sq m including a warehouse area (3,189), ancillary office areas and staff facilities (298 sq m); and Unit M (Warehouse) will have a maximum height of 16.2 metres with a gross floor area of 3,864 sq m including a warehouse area (3,560 sq m), ancillary office areas and staff facilities (303 sq m).
The development will also include: road upgrade works including a new entrance and roundabout at the R449 frontage for HGV access to the proposed development; modifications to the existing entrance (permitted under KCC Reg. Ref. 211170) to the R405 to provide and overhead entrance portal with height restrictor (preventing HGV entry at this access point), pedestrian crossing and pedestrian island; shared pedestrian/cycle track segregated from motorised vehicular traffic throughout site and along part of the R405 and R449 frontage; omission of 80 no. car parking spaces, 1 no. car set down space and 5 no. bus set down spaces which serve the existing Unit C adn Unit D of the M4 Interchange Business Park (a total od 178 no. car parking spaces, 1 no. car set down space 1 no. bus set down space in a part-modified layout will remain to serve these units); 335 no. proposed car parking spaces to serve the proposed development; bicycle parking; HGV parking spaces; HGV marshalling yards; level access goods dorrs; dock levellers; gates; signage; pedestrian access; internal roadways; internal roundabout; lighting;plant; attenuation pond; foul pump station; canopies; ESB substations; boundary treatment; hard and soft landscaping; and all associated site development works above and below ground.
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