Unit 8, Ground Floor, Block B, Blackwood Court, Northwood Avenue, Northwood, Dublin 9, D09 FF6K
Change of use from an office to a medical practice in Northwood.
FW24A/0272 · Fingal County Council · Lodged 2 July 2024
- Reference
- FW24A/0272
- Authority
- Fingal County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 2 July 2024
Summary
AI-generatedPermission is sought to change the use of a ground floor unit from office space to a medical practice. The project includes amalgamating the unit with an adjoining refuse store to create a larger unit, internal alterations, and new front facade glazing manifestations.
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
Permission for change of use from office use originally granted under fw19a/0139 to use as a medical practice, including amalgamation of unit 8 and the adjoining refuse store to the rear forming a larger single unit, also including for a new privacy manifestation totalling 3.5sq. M to glazed elements on the existing front facade. The works consist of internal alterations by creating an ope in the existing structural wall between unit 8 and the adjoining refuse store at the rear, and internal fitout to provide a medical practice, including new finishes to existing walls and floors, new stud partitions and ceilings and associated mechanical and electrical installations.
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.
Built — construction complete
A commencement notice records works starting on 5 February 2025.
Notified floor area: 79 m²
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Northwood Green, Santry, Dublin 9 | Jul 2025 | €535,000 | 26 m |
| 7 Northwood Green, Santry, Dublin9 | Sept 2025 | €550,000 | 38 m |
| 11 Northwood Green, Santry, Dublin 9 | Jan 2026 | €577,000 | 56 m |
| Apt 1, Block A Birch Wood View, Northwood Avenueprice excludes VAT | Mar 2026 | €7,400,000 | 99 m |
| Apartment 1 Block E, Geraldstown Woods, Santry | Oct 2025 | €280,000 | 243 m |
| 22 The Claremont, Santry Cross, Santry Ave Dublin 9 | Sept 2025 | €303,000 | 248 m |
| Apt 17 The Kilmore, Santry Cross, Santry Ave | Aug 2025 | €298,000 | 255 m |
| 24 The Hampton, St Pappins St, Ballymun Dublin 11 | Apr 2026 | €277,000 | 258 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 received2 July 2024
- Decision due26 August 2024
- Decision issued22 August 2024
In the area
Applications near this site
Other planning applications within about 500 m — what else is being proposed or built nearby.
- Granted40 m away
Amendments to a previously permitted mixed-use development scheme (Reg
Lands located at the southwestern corner of the junction of Northwood
FW19A/0139FingalLodged 16 Aug 2019Alterations
- Granted40 m away
The development will consist of modifications to a previously permitte
Lands at the southwestern corner of the junction of Northwood Avenue a
FW19A/0151FingalLodged 10 Sept 2019Alterations
- Granted40 m away
The construction of a mixed use scheme with a gross floor area of 5678
Junction of Northwood Avenue and Old Ballymun Road, Dublin 9
F17A/0704FingalLodged 16 Feb 2018Commercial
- Granted40 m away
Permission for change of use from office use originally granted under
Block A, Blackwood Court, Northwood Avenue, Dublin 9
FW21A/0237FingalLodged 2 Dec 2021Change of use
- Granted40 m away
An amendment to previously approved Planning Permission F15A/0054 for
Lands accessed directly from the R108 (Ballymun Road), Proximate to th
F17A/0207FingalLodged 12 Apr 2017Alterations
- Granted40 m away
New external signage
Lands immediately adjacent to the north boundary of Geraldstown House,
F20A/0039FingalLodged 29 Jan 2020
- Invalid40 m away
New external signage
Lands immediately adjacent to the north boundary of Geraldstown House,
F19A/0623FingalLodged 18 Dec 2019
- Invalid40 m away
New external signage
Lands immediately adjacent to the north boundary of Geraldstown House,
F19A/0566FingalLodged 22 Nov 2019
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