Lands to the Rear of the Cinema & Leisure Building and Charlestown Shopping Centre, Charlestown Place and St. Margaret’s Road, Charlestown, Dublin 11
Use of hard landscaped areas behind Charlestown Shopping Centre for car sales.
FW25A/0131E · Fingal County Council · Lodged 3 April 2025
- Reference
- FW25A/0131E
- Authority
- Fingal County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 3 April 2025
Summary
AI-generatedThe development will consist of using existing hard landscaped areas of approximately 0.02 hectares for the display and sale of motor vehicles. The project includes associated boundary treatments and signage.
- Floor area
- 200 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 consist of the use of existing hard landscaped areas (c. 0.02ha) for display of motor vehicles (cars) for sale with associated boundary treatment and signage. Ai rcvd 06/06/2025
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 202 Charlestown, Dublin 11, Dublin | Apr 2026 | €240,000 | 75 m |
| Apt 302, Charlestown, Finglas | Apr 2026 | €223,000 | 105 m |
| 361 Charlestown, Dublin 11, Dublin | Apr 2026 | €252,000 | 119 m |
| 357 Charlestown, Dublin 11 | Apr 2026 | €223,000 | 119 m |
| 422 Charlestown Centre, Charlestown Place, Finglas Dublin 11 | Jun 2025 | €316,000 | 164 m |
| 30 Charlestown Park, St. Margaret'S Road, Finglas | Apr 2026 | €13,500 | 166 m |
| Apt 34 Lanesborough Crescent, Meakstown, Dublin 11 | Mar 2025 | €406,000 | 201 m |
| 10 Charlestown Park, St Margarets Road, Dublin 11 | Sept 2025 | €413,000 | 202 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 received3 April 2025
- Decision due3 July 2025
- Decision issued26 June 2025
In the area
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FW25A/0202EFingalLodged 9 May 2025Retention
- Granted90 m away
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F14A/0121FingalLodged 14 Jul 2014Change of use
- Granted100 m away
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FW25A/0269EFingalLodged 25 Jun 2025Change of use
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F18A/0731FingalLodged 19 Mar 2019Commercial
- Granted100 m away
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