Building at Junction of McKee Avenue and St Margaret's Road, Dublin 11
Change of use from light industrial to a builders merchants with outdoor storage racks and parking.
4726/18 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 21 December 2018
- Reference
- 4726/18
- Authority
- Dublin City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 21 December 2018
Summary
AI-generatedThe development will convert an existing light industrial and office building into a builders merchants. It includes internal alterations, the installation of eight outdoor storage racking units, and the provision of 12 car parking spaces and 10 cycle spaces.
- Floor area
- 1,567 m²
Generated from the description above by an AI model and may contain mistakes. The council’s description is the authoritative record.
Official record
Development description
The development will consist of (i) change of use of existing light industrial with ancillary office building to provide builders merchants building with weekday opening hours of 06:45- 17:30 and saturday opening hours of 08:00-12:00 (closed on sundays); (ii) alteration of internal floor plan to provide staff offices, workstations and shelving units necessary in the operation of builders merchants buidling (1,567sq. M); (iii) provision of 8 no. Storage racking units ranging in height from 4.5m-5m to the rear (east) and side (north) of existing building; (iv) provision of 12 no. Car parking spaces, 3 no. Van parking spaces and 10 no. Cycle parking spaces; (v) provision of 2 no. 1m high palisade fence sections along the northern and eastern site boundaries to enclose the site and 2 no. 4.4m high new totem signs in south-western section of the site; and (vi) all associated site development works necessary to facilitate the development.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To seek the social, economic and physical development and/or regeneration of an area with mixed-use, of which residential would be the predominant use.”
National zoning type: Residential, mixed residential and other uses
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.
Read the zoning objectives in the development planBuilt & 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 21 August 2019. A completion certificate was lodged on 6 October 2019.
Notified floor area: 1,328 m²
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 230 Mc Kee Ave, Finglas, Dublin 11 | Apr 2026 | €420,000 | 121 m |
| 212 Mckee Ave, Finglas, Dublin 11 | Jan 2025 | €450,000 | 178 m |
| 21 St Margarets Road, Finglas, Dublin 11 | Mar 2026 | €390,000 | 222 m |
| 27 St Margarets Road, Finglas East, Dublin 11 | Apr 2026 | €330,000 | 243 m |
| Loreto, 108 Plunkett Rd, Finglas West Dublin 11 | Feb 2025 | €300,000 | 265 m |
| 5 Mckelvey Ave, Finglas East, Dublin 11 | Apr 2025 | €325,000 | 283 m |
| 111 Plunkett Road, Finglas West, Dublin 11 | Jun 2026 | €300,000 | 299 m |
| 453 Casement Rd, Finglas West Dublin 11, Dublin | Nov 2025 | €312,000 | 300 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 received21 December 2018
- Decision due22 February 2019
- Decision issued22 February 2019
- Grant issued28 March 2019
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