Planning Permission Ireland
RefusedApartmentsDecided 27 June 2018

The Crown Paints Facility, Nos. 1 - 3 Malahide Road, Coolock, Dublin 17

Demolition of industrial buildings for a mixed-use development with 198 apartments and a hotel in Coolock.

2921/18 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 3 May 2018

Reference
2921/18
Authority
Dublin City Council
Register status
Appealed
Type
Permission
Received
3 May 2018

Summary

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The development proposes the demolition of existing structures on a 1.97-hectare site. It will be replaced by a mixed-use development across 8 blocks, featuring 198 apartments, a hotel, an aparthotel, a crèche, offices, and retail units.

Apartmentsapartmentshoteldemolitionmixed use
Residential units
198
Floor area
28,980 m²

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Official record

Development description

  • Permission for development at a 1.97 ha site at the crown paints facility, nos. 1
  • 3 malahide road, coolock, dublin
  • The development will principally consist of the demolition of all existing structures on site (10,021 sq m) and the provision of a mixed-use development (28,980 sq m approximately over a part basement of 5,880 sq m (principally comprising 1,403 sq m hotel floor space and ancillary car parking)) in 8 no. Blocks (ranging in height from part three storeys to part five storeys above ground) comprising 198 no. Residential apartments, a hotel, an aparthotel, crèche, office/incubator units and retail. Block a, b, c and d are five storeys in height above ground and will comprise the following: block a (2,877 sq m) will provide 40 no. Apartments (21 no. 1 beds and 19 no. 2 beds); block b (2,923 sq m) will provide 35 no. Apartments (6 no. 1 beds, 28 no. 2 beds and 1 no. 3 bed); block c (2,905 sq m) will provide 39 no. Apartments (18 no. 1 beds, 20 no. 2 beds and 1 no. 3 bed); and block d (2,260 sq m) will provide 30 no. Apartments (11 no. 1 beds and 19 no. 2 beds). Block e (1,958 sq m) will be part three/part four/part five storeys above ground and will provide 26 no. Apartments (10 no. 1 beds and 16 no. 2 beds); block f (2,462 sq m) will be four storeys above ground and will provide 28 no. Apartments (14 no. 1 beds, 11 no. 2 beds and 3 no. 3 beds)(2,154 sq m) and a crèche (308 sq m); block g (6,531 sq m) will be five storeys above ground and will provide a 120 no. Bed aparthotel (5,784 sq m) and 5 no. Office/incubator units (747 sq m); block h (8,468 sq m) will be five storeys over basement accommodating a retail unit (330 sq m) and a 172 no. Bed hotel (8,138 sq m) including 3 no. Function rooms and ancillary facilities at basement level. The development includes 238 no. Car parking spaces (168 no. Basement and 70 no. Surface); cycle parking; internal access roads and routes; the provision of apartment balconies facing south-west, north-east, south-east and north-west; hard and soft landscaping including an outdoor seating area for the hotel and a children's playground; a new esb substation; boundary treatments; lighting; plant; service and refuse areas; and all associated works above and below ground

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Z10: Inner Suburban and inner City Sustainable Mixed-UsesRE
“To consolidate and facilitate the development of inner city and inner suburban sites for mixed-uses.”

National zoning type: Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site

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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Recent sales nearby

within 500 m
Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
AddressDatePriceDistance
8a Newtown Cottages, Malahide Rd, Coolock Dublin 17Aug 2025€590,000103 m
9a Newtown Cottages, Malahide Road, Coolockprice excludes VATApr 2025€418,502133 m
9b Newtown Cottages, Malahide Road, Coolockprice excludes VATMar 2025€431,718136 m
4 Newtown Cottages, Malahide Road, Dublin 17Mar 2025€453,000137 m
15a Newtown Cottages, Malahide Road, Coolockprice excludes VATFeb 2026€440,528176 m
15c Newtown Cottages, Coolock, Dublin 17price excludes VATJan 2026€440,529176 m
15b Newtown Cottages, Coolockprice excludes VATDec 2025€427,313176 m
22 Newtown Cottages, Malahide Road, CoolockFeb 2025€355,000230 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

  1. Application received3 May 2018
  2. Decision due27 June 2018
  3. Decision issued27 June 2018
  4. Appeal submitted26 July 2018
  5. Appeal decided21 January 2019

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