Swords Road, Whitehall, Dublin 9
Construction of a three-storey block containing 59 older persons apartments.
WEB1057/25 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 14 January 2025
- Reference
- WEB1057/25
- Authority
- Dublin City Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 14 January 2025
Summary
AI-generatedThe proposed development consists of 59 older persons apartments (46 one-bed and 13 two-bed units) in a three-storey block. The scheme includes a community room, reception, office, laundry, 17 car parking spaces, and 55 bicycle spaces.
- Residential units
- 59
- Storeys
- 3
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 site is bounded to the west by swords road (r132) to the south by collins avenue (r103), to the north by dublin city council lands and to the east by existing residential development at the thatch road, dublin
- The proposed development consists of the construction of 59 no. Older persons apartments, 46 no. 1 bed & 13 no. 2 bed, in a three storey block, to include community room, reception, office, meeting room, laundry, mobility storage, bulky storage, plant room, bin store, esb substation & meter room located at ground floor level. This application also includes all associated site development and infrastructural works, hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatments, surface car parking (17 no. Spaces) and bicycle parking (40 no. Residential, 15 no. Visitor spaces). Vehicular access to the site will be via the existing carpark entrance off collins avenue east
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To protect, provide and improve residential amenities.”
National zoning type: Existing residential
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.
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 The Thatch Rd, Whitehall, Dublin 9 | Oct 2025 | €430,000 | 78 m |
| 43 The Thatch Rd, Whitehall, Dublin 9 | Apr 2026 | €492,500 | 78 m |
| 129 Swords Rd, Whitehall, Dublin 9 | Jan 2025 | €635,000 | 91 m |
| 5 Yellow Rd, Whitehall, Dublin 9 | Aug 2025 | €458,000 | 92 m |
| 119 Swords Rd, Whitehall, Dublin 9 | Feb 2026 | €600,000 | 95 m |
| 36 Thatch Rd, Whitehall, Dublin 9 | Aug 2025 | €429,000 | 117 m |
| 44 Glencloy Rd, Whitehall, Dublin 9 | Apr 2025 | €470,000 | 123 m |
| 139 Swords Road, Whitehall, Dublin 9 | Jul 2025 | €695,000 | 123 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 received14 January 2025
- Decision due10 March 2025
- Decision issued10 March 2025
- Permission expiry29 May 2030
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