GrantedApartmentsDecided 8 July 2026

Lands located to the southwest of the junction of Northwood Avenue and Northwood Crescent/Northwood Park, Northwood, Santry, Dublin 9

Alterations to an approved student accommodation building to add 11 more bedspaces, bringing the total to 181.

F26A/0382E · Fingal County Council · Lodged 14 April 2026

Reference: F26A/0382E
Authority: Fingal County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 14 April 2026

Summary

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The applicant is seeking alterations to a previously approved student accommodation development. The changes will add 11 bedspaces at the sixth-floor level, bringing the total from 170 to 181 bedspaces, alongside expanding the ground floor footprint.

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Storeys: 7

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Official record

Development description

The development will consist of: alterations to a previously approved development under reg. Ref. F23a/0652 (parent permission f18a/0438). The development as approved on the subject site under reg. Ref. F23a/0652 includes a part-six, part-seven storey mixed use building including a total of 170 no, student accommodation bedspaces, internal communal amenity space and facilities, a ground floor level creche unit, together with external amenity spaces, bicycle parking and car parking. The alterations proposed under the current application are as follows: (i) internal modifications at sixth floor level to accommodate the provision of an additional 11 no. Student accommodation bedspaces (3 no. Studios and 1 no. Eight-bed unit) resulting in an uplift in the total number of student bedspaces from 170 no. (approved under reg. Ref. F23a/0652) to 181 no. (contained within 34 no. Units comprising 13 no. Studios and 21 no. Eight-bed units). The reconfigured sixth floor level will also include a study room, a multi-purpose amenity room a communal w. C and an external terrace; (ii) the expansion of the ground floor level footprint to the east to align with the building line of the upper floor levels, providing a larger ground floor level reception/lounge area; (iii) general reconfiguration and rationalisation of the ground floor level and upper floor layouts including: (a) amendments to the approved creche unit internally and the relocation of the external play area to the west of the building; (b) relocation of internal bin and plant stores to allow for the inclusion of a ground floor level gym; (c) minor revisions to the external amenity area to the south-east including the addition of an access gate to same from the east; and (d) an increase in the number of resident bicycle parking spaces at ground floor level to 182 no. Resident spaces, 36 no. Visitor spaces are provided externally together with 5 no. Cargo spaces; and (e) minor reconfiguration and rationalisation of upper floor layouts. Other revisions include: (iv) minor alterations to elevations and fenestration details; (v) the provision of external illuminated signage; (vi) revisions to the roof level plant area, including the relocation of the heat pump from grade level to the roof plant area and the removal of a water tank; (vii) minor revisions to previously permitted alignment of at grade parking area serving the mixed-use building, 8 no. Parking spaces including 1 no. Accessible space are provided adjacent to the northern site boundary; and (viii) all associated works including suds, landscaping, planting and boundary treatments, infrastructure, lighting, foul/surface drainage, site works, necessary to facilitate the development.

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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Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
44 Geraldstown Woods, Santry Ave, Dublin 9	May 2025	€220,000	134 m
Apt 1, Block A Birch Wood View, Northwood Avenueprice excludes VAT	Mar 2026	€7,400,000	139 m
Apartment 1 Block E, Geraldstown Woods, Santry	Oct 2025	€280,000	149 m
55 Geraldstown Woods Apts, Santry, Dublin 9	Jan 2025	€277,000	166 m
64 Geraldstown Woods, Santry Demesne, Dublin 9	May 2026	€279,000	176 m
4 Northwood Green, Santry, Dublin 9	Jul 2025	€535,000	184 m
70 Geraldstown Woods, Santry Dublin 9, Dublin	Jun 2026	€273,000	187 m
19 The Landey, Santry Cross, Dublin 9	Dec 2025	€310,000	197 m

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Application received14 April 2026
Decision due7 July 2026
Decision issued8 July 2026

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