Lusk Community Cultural Centre, Church Road, Lusk, Dublin, K45CP40
Demolition of a steel barn to build a community office building, a multi-use auditorium, and a market area.
F24A/0459E · Fingal County Council · Lodged 21 May 2024
- Reference
- F24A/0459E
- Authority
- Fingal County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 21 May 2024
Summary
AI-generatedPhase 2 of the Lusk Community Cultural Centre involves demolishing an existing steel barn. It will be replaced by a two-storey community office building and a two-storey multi-use auditorium with a stage, coffee dock, solar panels, and an outdoor market area.
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
Phase 2 of the lusk community cultural centre and include the following: (1) demolition of existing steel barn structure, (2) proposed site levelling with protection of selected trees and removal of a number of trees, (3) alterations to the existing carpark area to accommodate 3 disabled spaces with new vehicular ramp, (4) proposed new pedestrian ramp and stairs access from existing paved area to new upper paved area, (5) construction of a two storey barrel roofed building, similar in shape to existing barn structure, to accommodate community office suites linked to a single storey reception area and ancillary uses that is linked to a propose new two storey barrel roofed multi-use auditorium with stage and projection area linked to single storey toilet areas and coffee dock with external seating area and solar panels, (6) a biodiversity area adjoining existing trees and ditch, (7) 5 no. Of light weight market stalls, proposed formal hornbeam pleached trees and proposed multi-use market area / parking area (19 spaces) with landscaped buffer zone planting to the northern site boundary, informal planting to the south boundary, (8) proposed soakaway to bre 365 & c697, (9) connection to existing services, (10) proposed bicycle stands (32 bicycles), (11) proposed light fixtures, (12) proposed 1m high trellis with creeper over the western boundary wall, (13) landscaping and all associated ancillary site and other works.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“Protect and enhance the special physical and social character of town and district centres and provide and/ or improve urban facilities”
National zoning type: City/Town/village Centre, central area
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 The Regals, Lusk, Co Dublinnot full market price | Mar 2026 | €180,000 | 136 m |
| Church Rd, Lusk, Dublin | Mar 2026 | €400,000 | 155 m |
| Chapel Rd Lusk, Dublin | Jun 2025 | €565,000 | 203 m |
| Treen Hill, Lusk, Co Dublin | Dec 2025 | €400,000 | 225 m |
| 2 Chapel Farm Lawn, Lusk, Dublin | Jun 2025 | €422,000 | 247 m |
| Rosewood House, Barrack Lane, Lusk | Jan 2026 | €675,000 | 281 m |
| 8 Village Rd, Lusk Village, Dublin | Dec 2025 | €580,000 | 284 m |
| 14 Village Rd, Lusk, Dublin | Oct 2025 | €425,000 | 307 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 received21 May 2024
- Decision due15 July 2024
- Decision issued12 July 2024
- Appeal submitted7 August 2024
- Appeal decided16 July 2025
In the area
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- Granted50 m away
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F16B/0072FingalLodged 16 Mar 2016Retention
- Granted100 m away
Change of use of the existing ground floor Coffee-shop
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F16A/0088FingalLodged 3 Jun 2016Change of use
- Granted110 m away
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F14A/0066FingalLodged 17 Feb 2014Change of use
- Granted110 m away
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F17B/0031FingalLodged 27 Feb 2017Extension
- Granted120 m away
Retention planning permission for two single storey extensions to the
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F21A/0589FingalLodged 1 Nov 2021Retention
- Granted120 m away
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F24A/0076FingalLodged 6 Feb 2024Change of use
- Granted120 m away
For change of use of existing coffee shop into a créche
Post Office Road, Lusk, Co. Dublin. (known As Building B)
F18A/0729FingalLodged 12 Apr 2019Change of use
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