Unit 1 Blackwood Square, Gullivers Retail Park, Santry, Dublin 9
Change of use from retail to a leisure facility featuring an infant swimming pool and café in Santry.
F25A/0672E · Fingal County Council · Lodged 23 July 2025
- Reference
- F25A/0672E
- Authority
- Fingal County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 23 July 2025
Summary
AI-generatedThe development proposes changing the use of an existing 215.24 sq.m. retail unit to a leisure facility. The new facility will feature an infant swimming pool, changing rooms, showers, a café, toilets, and staff areas.
- Floor area
- 215 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 comprise the change of use of the existing retail use to leisure use (215.24 sq. M. ) comprising infant swimming pool with shower and changing rooms, café, toilets and staff areas. Proposed new internally non-illuminated signage/branding mounted on the inside face of existing glazed facades and inclusive of all associated site works.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apt 1, Block A Birch Wood View, Northwood Avenueprice excludes VAT | Mar 2026 | €7,400,000 | 211 m |
| 31 Cedarview, Northwood, Santry Demesne | Oct 2025 | €611,000 | 218 m |
| 17 Lymewood Mews, North Wood, Santry Dublin 9 | Mar 2026 | €350,000 | 223 m |
| 85 Lymewood Mews, Santry, Dublin 9 | Sept 2025 | €385,000 | 223 m |
| 58 Lymewood Mews, Santry, Dublin 9 | Sept 2025 | €425,000 | 223 m |
| 33 Lymewood Mews, Santry Demesne, Santry Dublin 9 | Jul 2025 | €352,000 | 223 m |
| 5 Lymewood Mews, North Wood, Santry Dublin 9 | Dec 2025 | €282,000 | 223 m |
| 118 Limewood Mews, Santry, Dublin 9 | Jun 2025 | €361,000 | 284 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 received23 July 2025
- Decision due16 September 2025
- Decision issued9 September 2025
In the area
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- GrantedAt this site
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- Granted70 m away
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F18A/0584FingalLodged 18 Oct 2018Change of use
- Granted70 m away
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- Granted70 m away
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F19A/0332FingalLodged 2 Aug 2019
- Granted70 m away
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F11A/0368FingalLodged 12 Dec 2011Change of use
- Granted70 m away
Change of use from retail to restaurant use and associated works
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F14A/0328FingalLodged 13 Aug 2014Change of use
- Granted80 m away
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Units D1B and D1C, Gullivers Local Retail Centre, Northwood Avenue, Sa
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