RefusedCommercialDecided 22 January 2026

Lands at Crowscastle (to the west of Holywell Distributor Road), Swords, Co. Dublin

Construction of a large health, racquets, and wellness club with indoor and outdoor pools, courts, and parking.

F25A/0521E · Fingal County Council · Lodged 12 June 2025

Reference: F25A/0521E
Authority: Fingal County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 12 June 2025

Summary

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The proposed development comprises a two-storey health and wellness club facility of approximately 4,726 sq.m. It will feature indoor pools, a gym, a spa, outdoor tennis and padel courts, an outdoor pool, and parking for 192 vehicles.

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Storeys: 2
Floor area: 4,726 m²

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Official record

Development description

The proposed development comprises of
The development will consist of a health, racquets and wellness club facility, including: a. A two storey club building of circa 4,726 sq. M gross internal floorspace with a maximum height of 8.2 metres to include sports hall, swimming pool and kids pools, wellness/health area to include saunas, steam rooms and other facilities, café/restaurant, gym and fitness/exercise studio, changing and shower facilities, back of house, internal plant areas and rooftop plant, ancillary offices, stores and staff areas, and circulation areas; b. Outdoor facilities including: 3 no. Tennis courts; 3 no. Padel courts; multi-use court; battle-box; children's play area; outdoor swimming pool; spa garden; outdoor seating terrace with servery/bbq; and viewing area adjacent to existing pond
The proposed development will also consist of: a. The provision of a pedestrian, cycle and vehicular access point from the holywell distributor road; b. The provision of a pedestrian/cycle links to lands to the west and to holywell distributor road to the east; c. Service yard; d. Car parking for 192 no. Spaces, including 10 no. Accessible spaces and 20 no. Ev spaces with charging points); 20 no. Motorcycle parking spaces; 362 no. Bicycle parking spaces including 16 covered long stay spaces. E. Sub-station; f. Hard and soft landscaping and boundary treatments; g. External lighting; h. Culverting and diversion of existing drainage ditches / water courses; i. Amendments to embankment and reprofiling of at the existing pond on the site; j. Piped infrastructure and ducting; k. Solar/pv panels; l. Signage comprising of 3 no. Backlit 'david lloyd' signs, one to each of north, south and west elevations of the proposed two storey building, and 1 no. Backlit three sided totem sign adjacent to the site entrance from holywell distributor road; and m. All ancillary works, including change on site levels, site excavation, site drainage and development works above and below ground, including a foul pumping station and rising main. A natura impact statement is submitted to the planning authority with this application. Additional information received 13/11/25 significant additional information received 19/11/2025

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

HT - High TechnologyCOE

“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.

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Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
21 Holywell Drive, Gorsehill, Co Dublin	Oct 2025	€336,000	112 m
65 Holywell Dr, Swords, Dublin	Aug 2025	€295,000	124 m
10 Holywell Drive, Feltrim Rd, Swords	Jul 2026	€470,200	149 m
22 Holywell Dr, Swords, Dublin	Feb 2025	€365,000	159 m
104 Holywell Wood, Gorsehill, Swords	Jun 2026	€325,000	186 m
14 Holywell Rd Gorse Hill Swords, Dublin	Jan 2026	€447,500	187 m
98 Holywell Wood, Swords, Dublin	Aug 2025	€264,000	189 m
88 Holywell Wood, Feltrim Rd, Swords	Oct 2025	€259,000	197 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

Timeline

Application received12 June 2025
Decision due22 January 2026
Decision issued22 January 2026

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