Lands at the junction of Rathbeale Road and Watery Lane, Swords, Co. Dublin
Demolition of a shed and construction of 40 apartments in two blocks up to six storeys high in Swords.
F24A/0348E · Fingal County Council · Lodged 17 April 2024
- Reference
- F24A/0348E
- Authority
- Fingal County Council
- Register status
- Invalid or incomplete
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 17 April 2024
Summary
AI-generatedThe development consists of the demolition of a vacant single-storey shed and the construction of 40 apartments across two blocks. Block 1 will be five storeys with a set-back sixth floor, while Block 2 will be three storeys, accompanied by 14 parking spaces and communal amenity space.
- Residential units
- 40
- Storeys
- 6
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Official record
Development description
(i) demolition of vacant/derelict single-storey shed; (ii) construction of a residential development of 40 no. Apartments (15 no. One bedroom, 22 no. Two-bedroom & 3 no. Three-bedroom) within 2 no. Apartment blocks (block 1 of five-storey height, with set-back sixth floor level, and containing 31 no. Apartments & block 2 of three-storey height and containing 9 no. Apartments); (iii) all apartments will have direct access to an area of private amenity space, in the form of a garden/balcony and will have shared access to 328sq. M of external communal amenity space and bin store/bicycle store (96 no. Spaces) at ground floor level; (iv) provision of 14 no. Vehicular parking spaces (inclusive of 1 no. Accessible spaces) at ground level accessible via watery lane; and (v) all ancillary works including tree removal/planting, landscaping, boundary treatments, visitor bicycle parking (22 no. Regular spaces & 2 no. Cargo spaces), suds drainage and all site services, site infrastructure and associated site development works necessary to facilitate the development.
Built & 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 St Columbas Rise, Swords, Dublin | Dec 2025 | €430,000 | 172 m |
| 41 Rathbeale Rd, Swords, Dublin | Jul 2025 | €1,850,000 | 210 m |
| 8 Church Rd, Swords, Dublin | Jun 2025 | €705,000 | 210 m |
| 77 St Columbas Rise, Swords, Dublin | May 2026 | €338,000 | 218 m |
| 36 St Columbas Rise Swords, Dublin | Aug 2025 | €632,000 | 222 m |
| 44 St Columbas Rise, Swords, Dublin | Nov 2025 | €515,000 | 263 m |
| 2 The Old Vicarage, Swords, Dublin | Jul 2025 | €405,000 | 304 m |
| 16 Colunbus Heights, Swords, Dublin | Jul 2025 | €411,000 | 334 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 April 2024
- Decision due11 June 2024
- Decision issued24 April 2024
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