Planning Permission Ireland
RefusedApartmentsDecided 15 July 2024

Site to the east of PTSB Bank, Main Street, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15

Construction of a four-storey mixed-use building with six retail units and 15 apartments on Main Street.

FW24A/0218 · Fingal County Council · Lodged 21 May 2024

Reference
FW24A/0218
Authority
Fingal County Council
Register status
Appealed
Type
Permission
Received
21 May 2024

Summary

AI-generated

The proposed development on a vacant site consists of a four-storey building. The ground floor will feature six retail and medical units, while the upper three floors will contain 15 two-bedroom apartments with balconies and a roof garden.

Apartmentsmixed useapartmentsretailurban development
Residential units
15
Storeys
4

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Official record

Development description

Permission is sought for a mixed use commercial and residential building, four stories in total on the existing vacant site. Uses of the building will be retail, medical and related uses to the ground floor, comprising of 6 separate retail shops facing onto the main street and/or the laneway to the east. Separate bicycle storage areas for staff and residential units together with separate internal bin storage rooms for the retail and residential elements to the rear at ground floor level with access from the rear carpark area and the internal residential stairwell area. Separate staff w. C. And shower / changing facilities at ground floor area. Upper floors to be residential use with a total of 15 no. 2-bedroomed apartments, ( 5 on each of the 3 upper floors ) with internal stairwell and lift, accessed from the laneway to the east. Balconies to all apartments, which will face either south to the main street or east to the laneway to the side. No proposed balconies to the rear. The rear of the building at upper floor areas will comprise of bedroom accommodation only or living spaces with high level windows. Proposal to include a roof garden area, set back from the building edge to screen views to adjoining properties. The development will consist of removal of the existing advertising sign on site and all existing boundary walls/ palisade fence. Works to include all associated site development works, including 20 on street bicycle spaces and 3 no. Ev bicycle spaces/ hard landscaping / boundary treatments and services connections.

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

TC - Town and District CentreUC
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.

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Built & sold

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Recent sales nearby

within 500 m
Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
AddressDatePriceDistance
4 Avon Lodge, The Plaza, Main StJun 2026€265,00040 m
7 Avon Lodge, The Plaza, Main St Dublin 15May 2026€263,00040 m
2 Avon Lodge, The Plaza, Main St Dublin 15Feb 2025€260,00040 m
6 Avon Lodge, The Plaza, Main St Dublin 15May 2026€312,00040 m
16 Millstead, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15Apr 2025€505,000108 m
13 Villa Blanchard, Main St, BlanchardstownJun 2026€260,000155 m
9 Mill Road, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15Jan 2026€150,000159 m
7 Villa Blanchard, Blanchardstown Village, Dublin 15Sept 2025€256,000184 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

  1. Application received21 May 2024
  2. Decision due15 July 2024
  3. Decision issued15 July 2024
  4. Appeal submitted9 August 2024
  5. Appeal decided1 July 2025

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