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DLR Weekly Planning08 May 2026

LRD26A/0349/WEB

Knockrabo, Mount Anville Road, Goatstown, Dublin 14

Lead potentialMedium

New ESB substation with switch room, excavation and landscaping within a large residential development; well-defined specialist infrastructure package.

Planning stageNew Application
Project typeSite Infrastructure
Development sectorInfrastructure Utilities
Matched trades5

Source description

What is being proposed

Permission for a Large-scale Residential Development (LRD) application comprising amendments to a previously permitted LRD application (Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council (DLRCC) Reg. Ref. LRD24A/0882/WEB). The development will comprise the provision of a new single storey ESB substation with associated switch room (c. 35 sq m total with maximum height of c. 3.3m to the top of the parapet) to the north of permitted Block F and directly north of the permitted internal access road, associated minor revisions to hard and soft landscaping and drainage, and all associated site development and excavation works above and below ground.…

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Permission for a Large-scale Residential Development (LRD) application comprising amendments to a previously permitted LRD application (Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council (DLRCC) Reg. Ref. LRD24A/0882/WEB). The development will comprise the provision of a new single storey ESB substation with associated switch room (c. 35 sq m total with maximum height of c. 3.3m to the top of the parapet) to the north of permitted Block F and directly north of the permitted internal access road, associated minor revisions to hard and soft landscaping and drainage, and all associated site development and excavation works above and below ground. The development will be served by an internal circulation road connected to the permitted access road ‘Knockrabo Way’ (DLRCC Reg. Ref. D13A/0689; ABP Ref. PL.06D.243799, DLRCC Reg. Ref. D16A/0821 and DLRCC Reg. Ref. D16A/0960). The application does not impact on the future access to the Reservation for the Dublin Eastern Bypass.

Opportunity fit

Why these trades match

5 evidence-led matches
01

Civil Utilities

High

ESB substation, switch room and associated site development and excavation works represent utility infrastructure.

02

Electrical

High

New single storey ESB substation with associated switch room is explicitly proposed.

03

Groundworks Drainage

High

Associated site development and excavation works above and below ground are explicitly described.

04

Landscaping Siteworks

Medium

Minor revisions to hard and soft landscaping are explicitly mentioned.

05

Main Contracting

Medium

Substation construction with excavation, drainage and landscaping represents multi-package works.