HB/Unilever Bestfoods Site, Whitehall Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14
Changes to a permitted development to create a DIY store, garden centre, and underground car park extension.
D06A/0043 · Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council · Lodged 18 January 2006
- Reference
- D06A/0043
- Authority
- Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 18 January 2006
Summary
AI-generatedAmendments are sought for a previously permitted development at the former HB site. The changes will convert three retail warehouse units into a 5,030 sq.m DIY store and a 912 sq.m garden centre, including mezzanine floors and an extended underground car park.
- Floor area
- 5,942 m²
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Official record
Development description
Amendments & alterations to permitted development ref d04a/0893 at the former hb site at the junction of whitehall road & nutgrove avenue, to change approved 5444sqm retail warehouse units 1, 2 & 3 and adjoining yard area into a 5030sqm diy store, 912sqm garden centre and service yard. These amendments will include mezzanine floors of 947sqm in part of the porposed store, provision of an additional fire escape stairs and an extension to the underground car park to increase the overall number ...
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“DC To protect, provide for and-or improve mixed-use district centre facilities.”
National zoning type: District, neighbourhood centre
Objective set by the COUNTY 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Ely Hall Hazlebrook Sq, Whitehall Rd, Churchtown Dublin 14 | Aug 2025 | €510,000 | 46 m |
| 3 Ely Hall, Hazelbrook Square, Churchtown | May 2025 | €381,260 | 46 m |
| 23 Ely Hall, Hazelbrook Square, Churchtown | Oct 2025 | €530,000 | 46 m |
| 11 Newtown Hall, Hazelbrook Square, Whitehall Rd Dublin 14 | Mar 2026 | €546,115 | 64 m |
| Apt 19, Newtown Hall, Hazelbrook Sq | Oct 2025 | €380,000 | 64 m |
| Apt 19, Newtown Hall, Hazelbrook Sq | Mar 2026 | €380,000 | 64 m |
| 163 Nutgrove Ave, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14 | Sept 2025 | €770,000 | 132 m |
| 17 Berwick Hall, Churchtown, Dublin 14 | May 2025 | €570,000 | 145 m |
Nearby properties, not this site — a guide to local values.
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Key dates
Timeline
- Application received18 January 2006
- Decision issued13 March 2006
- Appeal submitted10 April 2006
- Appeal decided8 January 2007
In the area
Applications near this site
Other planning applications within about 500 m — what else is being proposed or built nearby.
- Granted50 m away
Four homebase signs, four poster boxes, one banner sign, two garden centre signs and two opening hour stickers
Homebase, Nutgrove Office Park, Nutgrove Avenue, Dublin 14.
D07A/1367Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 24 Dec 2007Commercial
- Granted50 m away
The erection of three internally illuminated corporate signs to the front elevation of Unit 4
Unit 4, Nutgrove Retail Park, Whitehall Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14
D08A/0298Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 3 Jun 2008Commercial
- Part granted, part refused60 m away
Permission for the change of use of unit 8, a 1st floor, 405sqm medical suite / office use to leisure use, to…
Unit 7 and 8, Nutgrove Retail Park, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14
D14A/0746Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 20 Nov 2014Change of use
- Invalid60 m away
Permission for the change of use of unit 8 Nutgrove shopping centre, a 1st floor, 405sqm medical suite /…
Unit 7 and 8, Nutgrove Retail Park, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14
D14A/0644Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 6 Oct 2014Change of use
- Granted60 m away
Permission is sought for development consisting of:- a) amendments to the internal layout of a previously…
Unit 10, Nutgrove Retail Park former HB/Unilever Bestfoods Site, Junction of Whitehall Road & Nutgrove avenue, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14
D07A/0783Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 12 Jun 2007Change of use
- Granted70 m away
Planning permission for development on this site of approximately 459 sqm consisting of: the subdivision of…
Unit No. 13, Third Floor Level, Nutgrove Retail Park, Nutgrove Avenue, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14
D17A/0711Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 9 Aug 2017Change of use
- Refused80 m away
Permission for the provision of a shop (as defined under Class 1 of Schedule 2 Part 4 of the Planning and…
Site of approx. 2.8 ha at Nutgrove Retail Park, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14
D16A/0602Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 15 Aug 2016Commercial
- Granted80 m away
(a) permission is sought tor a change of use of part of the second floor from office/creche to Primary Care…
Nutgrove Retail Park, Nutgrove Avenue, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14.
D11A/0310Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 21 Sept 2011Change of use
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