RefusedApartmentsDecided 26 September 2023

Lands Located to the Southwest of the junction of Northwood Avenue and, Northwood Park, Northwood, Santry, Dublin 9

Alterations to provide a part-six, part-seven storey building with 185 student bed spaces and a ground floor café in Santry.

F23A/0461 · Fingal County Council · Lodged 2 August 2023

Reference: F23A/0461
Authority: Fingal County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 2 August 2023

Summary

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Permission is sought for alterations to a previously approved office development to construct a part-six, part-seven storey mixed-use building. It will accommodate 185 student bed spaces across 35 units, a ground floor café, a modified creche, and student amenity spaces.

Apartmentsstudent accommodationcrechecafemixed use

Residential units: 35
Storeys: 7

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Official record

Development description

The development will consist of: planning permission for alterations to previously approved development (reg. Ref. F18a/0438) comprising: (i) alterations to four-storey office building to provide for a part-six, part-seven storey mixed-use building with revised layout and design, to facilitate the provision of 185 no. Student accommodation bed spaces between first and fifth floor levels contained within 35 no. Units comprising 5 no. Studio, 10 no. Two-bed (twodios) and 20 no. Eight-bed units; (ii) at ground floor level, alterations to layout of previously approved creche and associated screened outdoor play area, provision of a café area with associated outdoor space and set down area to the front of the proposal; (iii) revisions to roof plan to include pv panels and watertank; (iv) provision of communal amenity space, amenities rooms, games room, tv room, study room and gym at sixth floor level and reception area, management room, bin store, laundry room and study room at ground floor level to serve the student accommodation element of the proposal; (v) provision of 242 no. Bicycle parking spaces, communal amenity space and enclosed heat pump at ground floor level; (vi) retain 17 no. Car parking spaces situated to the front of the site as granted under reg. Ref. F18a/0438; (vii) upgrade works to the east of the site along northwood crescent for the provision of a public footpath; and (viii) all associated works including suds, landscaping, planting and boundary treatments, infrastructure, lighting, foul/surface drainage, site works, necessary to facilitate the development. The residential element of phase 2 is currently under construction and does not form part of this alterations application.

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

MRE - Metro and Rail Economic CorridorRE

“Facilitate opportunities for high-density mixed-use employment generating activity and commercial development and support the provision of an appropriate quantum of residential development within the Metro and Rail Economic Corridor.”

National zoning type: Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site

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.

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
Apt 1, Block A Birch Wood View, Northwood Avenueprice excludes VAT	Mar 2026	€7,400,000	137 m
44 Geraldstown Woods, Santry Ave, Dublin 9	May 2025	€220,000	138 m
Apartment 1 Block E, Geraldstown Woods, Santry	Oct 2025	€280,000	154 m
55 Geraldstown Woods Apts, Santry, Dublin 9	Jan 2025	€277,000	170 m
64 Geraldstown Woods, Santry Demesne, Dublin 9	May 2026	€279,000	179 m
4 Northwood Green, Santry, Dublin 9	Jul 2025	€535,000	185 m
70 Geraldstown Woods, Santry Dublin 9, Dublin	Jun 2026	€273,000	190 m
19 The Landey, Santry Cross, Dublin 9	Dec 2025	€310,000	202 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 received2 August 2023
Decision due26 September 2023
Decision issued26 September 2023

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