InvalidIndustrialDecided 17 January 2020

Site between the M50 Motorway and Eastwall Road, Dublin 3 adjoining Portside Business Centre, Aldi and Canavan Ford.

A new vehicle storage building, parking bays, and relocated storage units next to the M50.

4818/19 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 23 December 2019

Reference: 4818/19
Authority: Dublin City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 23 December 2019

Summary

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The development on a 3,754 sqm site consists of a 465 sqm single-storey steel portal framed vehicle storage building. It also includes widening the site entrance, creating seven parking bays for mobile elevated work platforms, and relocating nine storage units (comprising 18 containers) to the crash yard.

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Storey: 1
Floor area: 465 m²

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Official record

Development description

Permission for development at this site which adjoins the following premises on east wall road, dublin
Portside business centre, aldi and canavan ford. The 3,754m2 site is located on the m50 motorway between the dublin port tunnel and the tunnel toll plaza and access is via an existing entrance on the m50 motorway. The development will consist of: (i) a 465 m2 single storey steel portal framed vehicle storage building supported on piled foundations; (ii) widening of the existing site entrance by 2m to improve access for larger vehicles; (iii) levelling of the site, construction of road pavements, boundary retaining walls, lighting columns, below ground services and surface water attenuation storage; (iv) seven parking bays for mobile elevated work platforms (mewps); (v) the relocation of nine storage units from the nearby motorway operations & control centre (mocc) building (formerly the dublin tunnel building) to the crash yard. The nine storage units are made up of 18 individual storage containers. The containers are used to store chemicals, petrol, gas, non-hazardous materials, electrical equipment and salt

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
Address	Date	Price	Distance
148 East Wall Rd, East Wall, Dublin 3	Jun 2026	€382,000	147 m
17 Lighthouse Apts, Church Rd, East Wall Dublin 3	Dec 2025	€394,000	183 m
65 The Lighthouse Apts, Church Rd East Wall, Dublin 3	Jan 2025	€410,000	183 m
47 The Lighthouse Apts, Church Rd, East Wall Dublin 3	Nov 2025	€440,000	183 m
48 Lighthouse, Church Rd, East Wall Dublin 3	Aug 2025	€385,000	183 m
58 The Lighthouse, Church Rd, East Wall Dublin 3	Jul 2025	€306,000	183 m
Apt 32, The Lighthouse, Church Rd Dublin 3	Jul 2025	€310,000	183 m
Apt 37, The Lighthouse, Church Rd Dublin 3	Jun 2026	€395,000	183 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

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Application received23 December 2019
Decision due25 February 2020
Decision issued17 January 2020

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