Barry's Park & Crowcastle, Holywell Distributor Road, Swords, Dublin
Construction of a three-storey healthcare facility with a lower ground car park in Swords.
F22A/0415 · Fingal County Council · Lodged 17 July 2023
- Reference
- F22A/0415
- Authority
- Fingal County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 17 July 2023
Summary
AI-generatedThe development consists of a 4,425.8 sqm healthcare facility across three storeys over a lower ground floor car park. It will accommodate a cafe, physiotherapy unit, urgent care unit, diagnostics imaging, and 100 car parking spaces.
- Storeys
- 3
- Floor area
- 4,426 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 a healthcare facility of 4,425.8 sqm gross floor area (gfa), across three storeys over a lower ground floor level car park and all ancillary site works on a site of 2.4 ha. At ground floor level, the proposed healthcare facility accommodates a welcome area with cafe and community space, a physiotherapy unit with a gym, support spaces, administrative areas, staff and visitor welfare facilities and storage areas. The upper floors of the proposed healthcare facility accommodate an urgent care unit and diagnostics imaging services, together with all associated clinical support rooms, administration spaces, storage and welfare spaces. The proposed lower ground floor level contains car parking (77 no. Car parking spaces including 2 no disabled parking spaces), storage areas, services and utilities (including medical gas room; esb substation; switch room; pump room; fan room; medical and general waste areas; linen storage; generators; a water storage tank; and an external service yard). A total of 100 no. Car parking spaces are proposed (23 no. Surface level and 77 no. Spaces at lower ground floor level). 6 no. Motorcycle spaces are proposed at lower ground floor level. A set down area, an ambulance set down area, a facilities management set down area, and 60 no. Bicycle spaces (comprising 32 no. Long stay covered spaces and 28 no. Short stay spaces) are proposed at surface level. Ancillary signage comprises of; 1 no high-level sign of 18 sqm on the eastern elevation; 1 no. High-level sign of 12 sqm on the southern elevation; 4 no. Wayfinding totem signs; and 2 no. Finger post signs. The proposed healthcare facility will be accessed from the existing roundabout via a 150/metre extension of the holywell distributor road, it is proposed to connect to existing foul water service infrastructure at the r132, and to water services at the holywell distributor road via the proposed road extension. These, and all associated site and infrastructural works including surface water drainage, attenuation areas, plant and photovoltaic panels (at roof level), open space, boundary and landscape treatments on a site of 2.4 ha. This application will be accompanied by a natura impact statement (nis). Ai received 11/7/23 sai received 17/07/23
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“Provide for office, research and development and high technology/high technology manufacturing type employment in a high quality built and landscaped environment”
National zoning type: Office, business/technology park and related
Objective set by the The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029 (2023–2029). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Commons East, Drynam Rd, Swords | Oct 2025 | €365,000 | 306 m |
| 81 Rockingham, Drynam Rd, Swords | Sept 2025 | €491,000 | 321 m |
| 10 Holywell Ave, Feltrim Hall, Kinsealy | Mar 2026 | €380,000 | 347 m |
| 21 Holywell Drive, Gorsehill, Co Dublin | Oct 2025 | €336,000 | 399 m |
| 18 Holywell View, Swords, Dublin | Dec 2025 | €260,000 | 415 m |
| 51 Foxwood, Swords, Co Dublin | Sept 2025 | €415,000 | 423 m |
| 10 Holywell Drive, Feltrim Rd, Swords | Jul 2026 | €470,200 | 424 m |
| 18 Melesian Lawn, Feltrim Rd, Swords | Mar 2026 | €510,000 | 434 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 received17 July 2023
- Decision due8 September 2023
- Decision issued8 September 2023
In the area
Applications near this site
Other planning applications within about 500 m — what else is being proposed or built nearby.
- Granted60 m away
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F23A/0727FingalLodged 28 Nov 2023Commercial
- Invalid180 m away
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F18A/0670FingalLodged 7 Feb 2019Infrastructure
- Refused180 m away
Two storey detached dwelling and ancillary works
Site adjoining No. 1 The Willows, Commons East, Swords, Co. Dublin.
F18A/0547FingalLodged 3 Oct 2018New dwelling
- Refused180 m away
Permission sought for 2 no two storey semi-detached dwellings and anci
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F18A/0075FingalLodged 19 Feb 2018New dwelling
- Granted180 m away
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LRD0055/S3EFingalLodged 3 Sept 2025Apartments
- Granted230 m away
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F24A/0220FingalLodged 13 Mar 2024New dwelling
- Refused240 m away
Detached dormer dwelling adjoining existing dwelling with access to ro
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F12A/0178FingalLodged 12 Jun 2012New dwelling
- Granted250 m away
Construct single storey two bedroom dwelling 110.3 sq.m. in floor area
6A Drynam Road, Swords, Co. Dublin.
F16A/0102FingalLodged 29 Sept 2016New dwelling
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