RefusedApartmentsDecided 1 August 2002

Balgaddy Town/District Centre at Cappagh Upper Cross, Co. Dublin.

A massive mixed-use development including 1,029 apartments, student housing, offices, retail, a cinema, a gym, and a 252-bedroom hotel.

SD02A/0296 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 11 June 2002

Reference: SD02A/0296
Authority: South Dublin County Council
Register status: Appealed
Type: Permission
Received: 11 June 2002
Residential units: 1029

Summary

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This phased development at Balgaddy Town/District Centre spans over 130,000 square metres. It features 1,029 apartments (including 304 student units), extensive office and retail spaces, a 10-screen Cineplex, a gym, a bar/restaurant, and a 252-bedroom hotel. The project also includes 2,312 car parking spaces across surface and underground levels, with connections to a proposed rail station and future metro interchange.

Apartmentsmixed usehotelcinemastudent housing

Floor area: 130,190 m²

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Official record

Development description

130,190sq. M of mixed use development comprising: 1029 apartments (of which 304 units will be for student accommodation) with units for social/affordable housing, 16,962 sq. Metres of offices, 26,342 sq. Metres of retail floor space (gross), a 10 screen cineplex with family leisure facilities, a recreational commercial gym (2,277 sq. M. ) a bar/restaurant (928 sq. M), a 252 bedroom hotel with surface parking and two levels of underground parking (with provision for the disabled and bicycles) with new vehicle access to fonthill road. Total number of car spaces
2312. This phased development comprises a mixed use integrated urban development with covered pedestrian main street with connection links to proposed new rail station and future metro interchange,including ancillary utility services with vehicular access from fonthill road with provision for future access from east-west road link connection to outer ring road to level 2 understreet car park and direct vertical connection to public squares, with provision for a park and ride facility. Residential buildings are generally 6 storeys in height over 2 levels of retail/commercial floor space (2 blocks are 4 storey). The hotel is 7 storeys high and the office blocks 7 and 8 storeys. The cinema/leisure building is 13.9m over street level. All the above on a 8.79 hectare site (which is part of 15.4 hectare site). The application is accompanied by an environmental impact statement

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

SDZRS

“To provide for strategic development in accordance with approved planning schemes”

National zoning type: Residential, mixed residential and other uses

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
15 Parkleigh View, Seven Mills, Clonburrisprice excludes VAT	Jan 2025	€397,900	151 m
2 Parkleigh Green, Parkleigh, Seven Mills	Feb 2026	€385,000	259 m
2 Parkleigh Copse, Seven Mills, Clonburrisprice excludes VAT	Feb 2025	€409,690	260 m
26 Parkleigh Way, Seven Mills, Clonburrisprice excludes VAT	Mar 2025	€466,960	261 m
28 Parkleigh Way, Cappagh, County Dublinprice excludes VAT	Feb 2025	€466,960	267 m
4 Parkleigh Copse, Seven Mills, Clonburrisprice excludes VAT	Apr 2025	€414,096	276 m
1 Parkleigh Lawns, Seven Mills, Dublin 22price excludes VAT	Jan 2025	€348,018	316 m
3 Lockhouse Court, Seven Mills, Clonburrisprice excludes VAT	Oct 2025	€405,285	349 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

Timeline

Application received11 June 2002
Decision due6 August 2002
Decision issued1 August 2002
Appeal submitted28 August 2002
Appeal decided10 October 2005
Permission expiry24 July 2003

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