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2561298Grantedpermission

Littleconnell Greatconnell and Clownings (IDA Newbridge Business & Technology Park (Littleconnell)), Newbridge, Co. Kildare

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Proposed development

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.9,333m2) 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.8,483m2), 1st floor (c.850m2). 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. 1,242m2 and includes a raw materials deliveries area (open area with canopy - c.248m2 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.270m2) with a further 2 no. covered tanker bays to be located adjacently (c.270m2). Roaster Building: 4-storey building (c.3,010m2), 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. 1,265m2 of yard area including containerised control room (11m2) 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.359m2) to a height of

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Kildare County Council
Decision due
26 Mar 2026
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Timeline

  1. Application received

    17 Nov 2025

  2. Council asked for further information

    20 Jan 2026

  3. Further information received. If the council treats it as significant, a new submission period opens (check the council's file)

    30 Jan 2026

  4. Decision due

    26 Mar 2026

  5. Decision: conditional

    24 Mar 2026

  6. Grant issued

    29 Apr 2026

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2661108Awaiting decision

One story single dwelling, 3 bedrooms, on family land. Parents downsizing and want appropriate living space for their retirement. Front stone porch, side private existing entrance.

Great connell, Newbridge, Kildare Kildare County Council Received 7 Oct 2026
2560413Granted

for removal of existing post and wire fence to the north east and north west of the permitted entrance to the new brewery (c. 50 linear metres each side) and its replacement with a new boundary treatment. The replacement boundary treatment will comprise a c. 2.5m high wall and railings boundary treatment comprising a c. 1m high wall with piers of c. 2.5m height at c. 3m gaps. The wall and piers will be finished with self-coloured render and will be topped with reconstituted stone capping. Proposed between the piers are painted mild steel railings with bow framing. And all associated works. The application relates to a site which comprises an activity requiring an industrial emissions licence

IDA Newbridge Business and Technology Park (Littleconnell), Littleconnell, Newbridge Kildare County Council Received 17 Apr 2025
2460657Granted

for development at a site of c. 3.8 hectares at Greatconnell, Newbridge, Co. Kildare, and includes lands within the ownership of Kildare County Council along the Newbridge South Orbital Relief Road (c. 0.26 ha). The site is principally bounded by: Pfizer campus to the northwest; Keurig Dr Pepper manufacturing facility to the northeast; Newbridge South Orbital Relief Road to the southeast; and greenfield lands in the ownership of the applicant to the southwest. The proposed development primarily comprises the demolition of an existing car park and associated site clearance works and the construction of a distribution warehouse with ancillary office accommodation with a cumulative gross floor area (GFA) of c. 10,801 sqm. The development will consist of: 1 No. warehouse building (c. 10,801 sq m GFA, c. 160 m length, c. 65 m width, and c. 17 m height) inclusive of 1,242 sq m of office space which will include reception areas, conference/meeting rooms, breakout areas, canteens, and overnight truck driver accommodation; Truck yard comprising some 12 No. docking bays, HGV parking bays (13 No. between docks, 6 No. to the rear of the yard, 12 No. trailer-only parking bays to the east of the yard), associated circulation space, wash area, outdoor breakout area with smoking shelter, bin store, and sprinkler tank compound area; 2 No. site access points/roads off Newbridge South Orbital Relief Road to facilitate HGV and LGV access; Some 86 No. car parking spaces, including some 6 No. customer collection spaces, and some 17 No. EV car parking spaces; 44 No. bicycle spaces; Attenuation pond; Electricity substation and switch room along eastern access road (c. 32 sq m); Relocation of existing bus stop c. 100 m west along Newbridge South Orbital Relief Road to facilitate HGV and LGV access; and All ancillary works including drainage, SuDS, signage, cycle lanes, solar PV panels, fire tender access road, fencing, landscaping, lighting, plant and equipment, and all other associated works above and below ground

Greatconnell, Newbridge, Co. Kildare Kildare County Council Received 12 Jul 2024
2460108Granted

for modifications to the development previously permitted under KCC Planning Ref. 21/1248. The retention elements of the development consist of: i. Alterations to the outdoor smoking shelter providing for reduced dimensions of 2.23m (L) x 4.68m (W) x 2.65m (H), together with its relocation from the north-east of the warehouse building to the car park area west of the main office entrance; and ii. 3 additional car parking spaces within the overflow car park. The development will also consist of: i. Modifications to the northern (front) elevation to facilitate a new external entrance to the lift; ii. Revisions to the 2 entrance totem signs to provide for illuminated totem poles at each vehicular site access, the sign to the HGV/Truck entrance is 5.25m (H) x 1.5m (W) x 300mm (D) and the sign to the car park entrance is 3.25m (H) x 1m (W) x 200mm (D); iii. Changes to the permitted branding signage on the northern elevation of the warehouse building and north elevation of the Recovery Recycling Unit building to provide for signs with dimensions of 15m x 2.9m; iv. Wayfinding, directional and health and safety signs ranging from 0.36 sq.m to 1.68 sq.m, to be placed at 16 locations within the site; and v. all ancillary site development works

Site to the south of the Newbridge South Orbital Relief Road (NSORR), in the townland of Greatconnell, Newbridge Kildare County Council Received 13 Feb 2024
23801Refused on appeal

Will consist of a new standard priority T junction onto the Newbridge South Outer Orbital Road (NSOOR) including a new ghost right turn on the NSOOR, and a c. 250-metre-long section of access road to service zoned employment lands. The proposed road and junction will accommodate a single carriageway road with dedicated off-road cycleways and footpaths in both directions. The proposed carriageway is 9m in width with 2 no. 1.75m wide cycleways and 2 no. 2m pedestrian pathways. The development also includes a 2.25m grass verge, and 2 no. 2m offsets to the fence line, surface water drainage infrastructure, and all associated development and works

Great Connell, Newbridge, Co. Kildare Kildare County Council Received 21 Jul 2023
221457Granted

for development on lands within Pfizer Newbridge, Greatconnell, Newbridge, County Kildare, W12 HX57 consisting of extension to the existing Baroda substation. The extension will consist of an enlarged compound of c. 198 m2, surrounded by a palisade fence with new gates. The extended compound will include the following: new c. 75m2 switchgear building (c.6m above ground /basement level), 2 No. 110kV/MV transformers and transformer bunds, 1 No. 15m high lightning monopole, 2 No. house transformers, surface water drainage with new attenuation tank and discharge to the public surface water sewer, internal roadway, cable ducting and installation, and all associated site works. (For information: This application represents for a modified version of the design approved in the extant planning permission KCC Reg. Ref. 17/1472 which expires in mid-2023)

PFIZER, GREATCONNELL, NEWBRIDGE Kildare County Council Received 8 Dec 2022