GrantedApartmentsDecided 22 August 2019

Santry Avenue, & Swords Road, Santry, Dublin 9

Modifications to a permitted development to add 70 apartments, increase building heights, and add office space.

2737/19 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 11 April 2019

Reference: 2737/19
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 11 April 2019

Summary

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The applicant is seeking to modify a previously permitted mixed-use development. The changes include increasing the height of Blocks A, B, and C to 7 storeys to accommodate 70 additional apartments, bringing the total to 207 units. It also proposes increasing the heights of Blocks D and E to provide an additional 2,931 square metres of office space.

Apartmentsapartmentsofficeheight increase

Residential units: 70
Storeys: 7

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Official record

Development description

Permission for development, consisting of modifications to a permitted mixed use development under ref. 2713/17, located at santry avenue and swords road, santry, dublin
Permission is sought to increase the height of blocks a, b and c from permitted 5 storeys to proposed 7 storeys and for a change in unit type and increase in number of apartments i. E. 70 no. Apartments, which will result in a change from 137 no. Permitted apartments to 207 no. 1, 2 & 3 bed apartments in the aforementioned buildings, including provision of balconies and roof terraces (i. E. 240sq. M. Each) to blocks a, b & c. The ground floor of block c will accommodate a unit (i. E. 210sq. M. ) for community use in compliance with condition no. 3 attached to planning permission ref. 2713/17. The proposed development also seeks to provide additional office floor space to both blocks d & e, providing an increase of 2,931sq. M. Of office accommodation to the overall previously permitted development. Block d will increase in height from permitted 2 & 4 storeys to proposed 3 & 5 storeys, while block e will increase in height from permitted 4 storeys to proposed 5 storeys. Permission is also sought for an extension to the permitted basement car park, (i. E. 1,273sq. M. ), to accommodate 52 no. Additional car parking spaces, additional bicycle parking and a new emergency escape route to the surface. The proposed development also provides for conversion of 3 no. Surface car parking spaces to 3 no. "gocar" spaces to the north of block b, and all associated site development works, on a site area of 1.55ha. The effect of the proposed development will be a modification to an extant permission under ref. 2713/17

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Z6: Employment/EnterpriseSI

“To provide for the creation and protection of enterprise and facilitate opportunities for employment creation.”

National zoning type: Industrial, enterprise, employment

Objective set by the Development Plan 2022-2028 (2022–2028). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.

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Built & sold

What happened next

Beyond the decision: whether this development was built, and what property here has sold for.

Built — construction complete

A commencement notice records works starting on 3 October 2019. A completion certificate was lodged on 8 July 2021.

Notified floor area: 1,895 m²

3 commencement notices are linked to this development.

Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
4 Magenta Crescent, Santry, Dublin	Apr 2025	€471,000	181 m
Apt 11 Schoolhouse Ct, Schoolhouse Ln, Santry	Apr 2026	€200,000	184 m
22 Schoolhouse Court, Schoolhouse Lane, Santry	Feb 2025	€130,000	195 m
Apt 19 Schoolhouse Ct., Schoolhouse Lane, Santry	Mar 2026	€200,000	198 m
48, Magenta Crescent, Santry Dublin 9not full market price	Oct 2025	€258,000	202 m
42 Magenta Crescent, Santry, Dublin 9	Oct 2025	€510,000	236 m
22 Magenta Crescent, Santry, Dublin 9not full market price	Feb 2025	€220,000	245 m
23 Magenta Crescent, Santry, Dublin 9	Dec 2025	€420,000	246 m

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Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) and the Residential Property Price Register, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Records are matched to this application by location and may not be exhaustive; always confirm against the official source before relying on them.

Key dates

Timeline

Application received11 April 2019
Further information requested5 June 2019
Further information received26 July 2019
Decision due22 August 2019
Decision issued22 August 2019
Grant issued1 October 2019

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