Planning Permission Ireland
WithdrawnApartmentsDecided 20 June 2025

KSG Group Site, McKee Avenue, Finglas, Dublin 11

Construction of a large residential development with 607 apartments and commercial spaces.

WEBLRD6056/25-S3 · Dublin City Council · Lodged 9 October 2024

Reference
WEBLRD6056/25-S3
Authority
Dublin City Council
Register status
Decided
Type
Large Residential Development
Received
9 October 2024

Summary

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A Large-scale Residential Development (LRD) featuring 607 apartments across five blocks ranging from 4 to 10 storeys. The scheme includes age-friendly housing, retail, café, restaurant, and community spaces.

Apartmentslrdapartmentsregeneration
Residential units
607
Floor area
61,354 m²

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Official record

Development description

The development will consist of a large-scale residential development (lrd) to include 607 residential units and non-residential uses (2464.3sqm) in 5no. Blocks with a total gross floor area (gfa) of 61354.2sqm (excluding undercroft and basement car parking areas). The development includes the following on a block-by-block basis: block a (4858.6sqm gfa) is a 6-10 storey block comprising 47 age friendly apartments (41 no. 1 beds and 6 no. 2 beds) with associated ancillary accommodation and private balconies and communal amenity space. The block includes communal activity rooms for residents and the wider community at ground and first floor level (totalling 731.4sqm) and a ground floor retail/café/restaurant unit (137.9sqm); block b (14073.9sqm gfa) is a 4-7 storey block comprising 134no. Apartments (70no. One bed, 48no. Two bed and 16no. Three bed) with associated ancillary accommodation, private balconies and communal amenity spaces. Non-residential uses in this block include 4no. Ground floor community/cultural use units (totalling 713.8sqm) and 1no. Retail/ café/ restaurant unit (154.6sqm) with independent access to street level; block c (15592.6sqm gfa) 4-8 storey block comprising 165no. Apartments (96no. One bed, 44no. Two bed and 25no. Three bed) with associated ancillary accommodation private balconies and communal amenity spaces. No non-residential floorspace is provided in this block; block d (11888.8sqm gfa) 2-7 storey block comprising 121no. Apartments (52no. One bed, 68no. Two bed and 1no. Three bed) with associated ancillary accommodation private balconies and communal amenity spaces. Non-residential uses in this block include 5no. Retail/ café/ restaurant units (totalling 368.9sqm) with independent access to street level and a creche unit (357.7sqm) with outdoor play area; block e (14940.3sqm gfa) 3-7 storey block comprising 140no. Apartments (41no. One bed, 79no. Two bed and 20no. Three bed) with associated ancillary accommodation private balconies and communal amenity spaces. No non-residential floorspace is provided in this block; the development will be accessed via a new junction on mckee avenue which is part of the proposed distributor road network prescribed in the jamestown masterplan for sdra3 and a secondary vehicular access is also provided from mckee avenue north of the main access road. Permission is also sought for demolition of all existing buildings and structures on the site, hard and soft landscaping in public realm and public open spaces within the development, parking and set down areas, water supply and foul water connections, connections to public utilities, esb stations, bicycle parking, ancillary storage and plant rooms, building and shopfront signage, roof mounted photovoltaic (pv) panels, and all associated site and development works associated with the above. A total of 339 car parking spaces are provided in a combination of surface, undercroft (blocks b, d and e) and a basement (block c). A 10 year permission is sought. The planning application is available for inspection on the project website: www. Ksg-lrd. Ie.

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Z14: Strategic Development and Regeneration Areas (SDRAs)RS
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.

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Built & sold

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Recent sales nearby

within 500 m
Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
AddressDatePriceDistance
212 Mckee Ave, Finglas, Dublin 11Jan 2025€450,000136 m
230 Mc Kee Ave, Finglas, Dublin 11Apr 2026€420,000141 m
108 Mckee Ave, Finglas, DublinApr 2025€380,000313 m
21 St Margarets Road, Finglas, Dublin 11Mar 2026€390,000361 m
27 St Margarets Road, Finglas East, Dublin 11Apr 2026€330,000379 m
Loreto, 108 Plunkett Rd, Finglas West Dublin 11Feb 2025€300,000391 m
38 Heath Sq, Mckee Ave, Finglas Dublin 11Dec 2025€447,500399 m
5 Mckelvey Ave, Finglas East, Dublin 11Apr 2025€325,000421 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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  1. Application received9 October 2024
  2. Decision due25 June 2025
  3. Decision issued20 June 2025

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