GrantedInfrastructureDecided 5 September 2022

Former Mouldpro International Site, Jamestown Road & Poppintree Park Lane West, Finglas, Dublin 11

Construction of a temporary bus depot with maintenance and administration buildings to park around 178 buses in Finglas.

4457/22 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 12 July 2022

Reference: 4457/22
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 12 July 2022

Summary

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The development will facilitate the temporary storage, maintenance, and dispatch of Dublin Bus vehicles. It includes a maintenance building with service bays, an administration building with staff amenities, and external hard surfaces for parking approximately 178 buses.

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Official record

Development description

Construction of a temporary bus depot to facilitate the temporary storage , maintenance and dispatch of buses by dublin bus. The proposed development is intended to facilitate the temporary relocation of buses from existing dublin bus depots (in dublin city) to allow for phased infrastructure upgrades of those existing depots (including electrification of those depots) and will include: (1) construction of a bus maintenance building to provide enclosed daily maintenance routine of bus vehicles and which shall include; (a) internal night service bay, maintenance / inspection pit, cleaning and washing stations and rim cleaning room, (b) stores, parts, tools, compressor and battery charging rooms, (c) maintenance administration rooms, (d) maintenance staff amenities including; kitchenette with seating, locker, washroom and wc; (2) construction of an administration building including (a) depot control, administration and operation offices; (b) driver staff amenities including kitchenette with seating; locker changing, wc; rest and welfare areas; (c) service plant and store rooms, (3) construction of external, pervious, hard surfaces bus parking for provision of circa 178 buses; (4) construction of vehicle inspection hut; (5) staff and service car-parking and 1 no. Staff bicycle shelter; (6) modifications to existing site vehicular entrance/egress points onto jamestown road including amended road demarcations; (7) 1 no. Back-up generator; (8) 2 no. Water storage tanks (for fire hydrant and fire sprinkler systems) and associated pump house; (9) 3 no. Bounded fuel tanks; (10) 2 no. Security/control cabins situated at site entrance and engress; (11) on-site surface water management including attenuation prior to controlled off-site discharge via hydrocarbon petrol interceptor to existing public surface water mains on jamestown road; (12) connection to existing water and foul water mains on jamestown road; (13) lighting stands; (14) provision of noise attenuation barrier on western (jamestown road) site boundary; (15) signage; (16) landscaping including; erection of new perimeter fencing and planting: (17) all associated site development works

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

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Built — construction complete

A commencement notice records works starting on 4 July 2024.

Notified floor area: 730 m²

2 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
5 Melville Close, Block 3, Jamestown Little	Jun 2026	€406,000	167 m
42 Melville Terrace, Meakstown, Dublin	Feb 2026	€575,000	169 m
55 Lanesborough View, St Margarets Rd, Dublin 11	Nov 2025	€240,000	211 m
25 Melville Close Block 1, Citydide, Meakstown	Jun 2026	€460,000	221 m
61 Melville Dr, Meakstown, Dublin 11	Feb 2025	€315,000	222 m
14 Mellville Crescent, Meakstown, Dublin 11	Jun 2025	€385,000	224 m
23 Melville Dr, Meakstown Dublin 11, Dublin	Apr 2026	€284,000	236 m
47 Melville Dr, Cityside, Meakstown Dublin 11	Jun 2025	€294,100	246 m

Nearby properties, not this site — a guide to local values.

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 received12 July 2022
Decision due5 September 2022
Decision issued5 September 2022
Grant issued19 October 2022

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