Planning Permission Ireland
GrantedCommercialDecided 13 October 2025

Blanchardstown Centre, Blanchardstown Town Centre, Coolmine, Dublin 15

Amendments to the permitted redevelopment at Blanchardstown Centre.

FW25A/0349E · Fingal County Council · Lodged 19 August 2025

Reference
FW25A/0349E
Authority
Fingal County Council
Register status
Decided
Type
Permission
Received
19 August 2025

Summary

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The application seeks amendments to a previously permitted development at the Blue Mall entrance and plaza. Changes include reducing the demolition area from 598 sq.m to 158 sq.m, altering the entrance facade, and increasing the building height by 250mm.

Commercialshopping centreretailamendment

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Development description

  • Permission for amendments to the development permitted under reg. Ref. : fw24a/0430e at the blanchardstown centre, blanchardstown town centre, coolmine, dublin
  • The application site relates to the existing blue mall entrance and public plaza area, existing esb substation, units 309 and 500 within the blanchardstown centre, part of the leisureplex surface car park, the blue mall multi-storey car park entrance area, a section of road d and associated landscaped area to the south. The proposed amendments comprise the following
  • Reduction in the area of existing floorspace to be demolished (from 598 sq. M to 158 sq. M), with the storage unit (218 sq. M), mall area (24 sq. M) and corridor (135sqm) to remain as existing
  • Alterations to the permitted blue mall entrance with removal of the large entrance portico, provision of a new entrance frontage to the internal mall, provision of amended cladding to the front elevation of the existing café / restaurants either side of the entrance to the internal mall, and associated alterations to the façade and fenestration
  • Alterations to the permitted extension, including increasing the building height by 250mm (from 74.3m aod to 74.55m aod), provision of a plant screen at roof level, revised elevation materials, and alterations to the permitted footprint, resulting in a reduction of gfa of 410 sq. M (from 4,107 to 3,697 sq. M in total)
  • Alterations and reconfiguration of the permitted café / restaurant units to provide 8 no. Units in total (ranging in size from 78 sq. M to 1,330 sq. M, with a total combined gfa of 3,392 sq. M), including alterations to permitted stair cores and internal corridors, and omission of an atm unit. Associated alterations to the permitted signage zones, outdoor terrace areas, façade and fenestration
  • Reconfiguration of the 2 no. Permitted kiosk zones within the external mall plaza area (no increase in the maximum cumulative area of the kiosk zones which will not exceed 208 sq. M in total)
  • Associated alterations to the external mall seating and landscaping, and all other associated site development works within the external mall plaza area
  • Associated alterations to the blue mall service yard, including maintaining the existing turning area arrangement
  • All associated ancillary amendments, including alterations to the public plaza and hard and soft landscape areas, reconfiguration of plant areas and provision of pv panels at roof level, associated alterations to the foul and surface water drainage, including attenuation areas, reconfiguration of the permitted esb double substation, and all associated development and ancillary works
  • The proposed amendments include an extension of the application site boundary
  • The omission of condition 11 which relates to the control of delivery hours
  • Amendment to condition 12 to extend the trading hours of café / restaurant units to the following: -monday - saturday: 0700 (7 am) to 2300 hours (11pm) -sunday & bank holidays: 0900 (9 am) to 2300 hours (11 pm) -unless otherwise agreed in writing with the planning authority
  • Amendment to condition 13 to extend the operating hours of external kiosks to the following: a) monday to sunday: 8am (0800 hours) to 11pm (2300 hours). B) any changes to these times shall be the subject of a new planning application

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

MC - Major Town CentreRV
“Protect, provide for and/ or improve major town centre facilities”

National zoning type: Built up 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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Recent sales nearby

within 500 m
Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
AddressDatePriceDistance
25 Grove Court, Blancherstown, Dublin 15Sept 2025€330,000219 m
4 Westend Village, Snugborough Road, BlanchardstownFeb 2025€300,000295 m
12 Westend Village, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15Jun 2025€285,000295 m
6 Westend Village, Snugborough Rd, Blanchardstown Dublin 15Mar 2026€345,000295 m
27 Westend Village, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15Nov 2025€306,000308 m
135 Westend Village, Snugborough Rd, Blanchardstown Dublin 15Jan 2026€255,000331 m
56 Westend Village, Snugborough Rd, Blanchardstown Dublin 15Jun 2026€387,000338 m
Apt 8 Greenbriar, Verdemont, BlanchardstownMay 2026€261,000344 m

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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

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  1. Application received19 August 2025
  2. Decision due13 October 2025
  3. Decision issued13 October 2025

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