InvalidApartmentsDecided 21 August 2023

Unit 21, First Avenue, Cookstown Industrial Estate, Dublin 24

Demolition of industrial buildings to build 123 apartments in two blocks up to seven storeys tall.

LRD23A/0008 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 10 August 2023

Reference: LRD23A/0008
Authority: South Dublin County Council
Register status: Invalid or incomplete
Type: Permission
Received: 10 August 2023
Residential units: 123
Floor area: 10707 m²

Summary

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The proposal involves the demolition of existing industrial and commercial structures totaling 5,500 sqm. In their place, a deck-access apartment development of 123 units will be built across two blocks ranging from 5 to 7 storeys, including ground-floor commercial space and a pocket park.

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Storeys: 7

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Official record

Development description

Demolition of all existing 1-3 storey industrial / commercial structures and small café on site totalling c. 5,500sqm in area; - construction of a deck-access apartment development comprising 123 residential units arranged in 2 no. Blocks (block a 5 to 7 storeys and block b 5 to 6 storeys) with a total floor area of c. 9,806sqm including the proposed bike shelter (c. 93sqm) and excluding deck access (c. 901sqm); -commercial floor space located at ground floor level facing cookstown road in residential block a (c. 421sq. M); - the residential development consists of 58 no. 1 bed/2 person units, 12 no. 2 bed/3 person units and 53 no. 2 bed/4 person units with north, south, east and west facing balconies throughout and residents amenity area at ground floor level; -central communal open space (c. 1,303sq. M); -provision of an esb substation, switchboards, waste areas, water tanks and generator serving blocks a and b; -lobbies, stair/lifts, photovoltaic panels and green roofs throughout; -partial provision of the pocket park identified in the tallaght lap (c. 1,286sq. M); -new vehicular access from first avenue and egress onto cookstown road via a one way system through the subject site; -all associated site development works, services provision, connection to the water supply, foul and surface water networks on first avenue and cookstown road including partial diversion of the foul line to the north east of the site at first avenue, temporary foul pump station. Attenuation/biorentention systems, vehicular and pedestrian access including internal road and footpaths, pedestrian facilities/public realm upgrade works, landscape and boundary treatment works, tree removal, bicycle storage (302 no. Total spaces) comprising 276 no. Spaces (serving proposed mixed use development) and 26 no. Spaces (serving concurrent transitional care facility application), car parking (32 no. Total spaces) comprising 15 no. Spaces (serving proposed mixed use development) and 17 no. Spaces (serving concurrent transitional care facility application), 2 no loading bays (one each on first avenue and cookstown road), 2 no. Setdown/loading areas to the internal road and 1 no. Ambulance setdown space serving the adjacent concurrent proposed transitional care facility. The concurrent application has been made to south dublin county council regarding a 131 bed transitional care facility on the western portion of the site (sdcc ref sd22a/0361 refers) currently under appeal to an bord pleanála (abp ref 317394).

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

REGENRE

“To facilitate enterprise and/or residential led regeneration”

National zoning type: Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site

Objective set by the South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028 (2022–2028). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
316a The Lawns, Belgard Heights, Tallaght	Jun 2025	€372,000	411 m
316 The Lawns, Belgard Heights, Tallaght	Jul 2025	€376,000	417 m
300 The Cresent, Belguard Heights, Tallaght Dublin 24	Jun 2025	€445,000	426 m
439 The Meadows East, Belgard Heights, Tallaght	Dec 2025	€470,000	439 m
296 Belgard Heights, Tallaght, Dublin 24	Jan 2025	€225,000	446 m
278 The Meadows West, Belgard Heights, Tallaght Dublin 24	Nov 2025	€506,000	446 m
7 Redwood Court, Kilnamanagh, Tallaght	Oct 2025	€450,000	477 m
3 Garrynisk Sq, Belgard, Dublin 24	Jun 2025	€390,000	484 m

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Key dates

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Application received10 August 2023
Decision due4 October 2023
Decision issued21 August 2023

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