Unit 2, Ballyowen Castle Shopping Centre, Lucan, Co. Dublin
Retention of restaurant signage, external stairs, chiller units, and roof vents at Ballyowen Castle Shopping Centre.
SD03A/0305 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 22 May 2003
- Reference
- SD03A/0305
- Authority
- South Dublin County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Retention
- Received
- 22 May 2003
Summary
AI-generatedThe application seeks retention permission for external signage and alterations to previously approved plans for a restaurant. These changes include an external escape stairs, rear chiller units, roof vent units, and internal alterations.
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
Retention of external signage and retention of alterations to already approved plans for the change of use to a restaurant. These alterations include the provision of an external escape stairs and chiller units to the rear, vent units to the roof, and internal alterations.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To protect, improve and provide for the future development of Local Centres”
National zoning type: District, neighbourhood centre
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Colthurst Close, Lucan, Dublin | May 2025 | €520,000 | 95 m |
| 8 Colthurst Way, Colthurst, Lucan | Jul 2025 | €470,000 | 98 m |
| 12 Colthurst Rd, Lucan, Dublin | May 2026 | €505,000 | 99 m |
| 14 Foxford Court, Ballyowen Lane, Lucan | Nov 2025 | €355,000 | 104 m |
| 18 Colthurst Crescent, Lucan, Dublin | May 2025 | €454,000 | 123 m |
| 23 Colthurst Mews, Huntington Glen, Lucan | Jun 2026 | €526,000 | 165 m |
| 45 Foxford Court Lucan, Dublinnot full market price | Dec 2025 | €267,500 | 168 m |
| 4 Colthurst Mews, Lucan, Dublinnot full market price | Aug 2025 | €450,000 | 172 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 received22 May 2003
- Decision due16 July 2003
- Decision issued16 July 2003
- Grant issued2 September 2003
In the area
Applications near this site
Other planning applications within about 500 m — what else is being proposed or built nearby.
- GrantedAt this site
Change of use from a restaurant to a restaurant and takeaway
Unit 2, Ballyowen Castle Shopping Centre, Lucan, Co. Dublin
SD03A/0306South DublinLodged 22 May 2003Change of use
- GrantedAt this site
Change of use from a shop to a restaurant, the provision of new internal first floor and new roof lights
Unit 2, Ballyowen Shopping Centre, Lucan, Co. Dublin.
S00A/0588South DublinLodged 21 Aug 2000Change of use
- GrantedAt this site
To add the first floor to the existing hair salon business
'Occasions', (Hair Salon), Ballyowen Shopping Centre, Lucan Co. Dublin.
S99A/0742South DublinLodged 20 Oct 1999Commercial
- GrantedAt this site
Retention of first floor office accommodation and associated toilet and boiler room, two velux roof windows…
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SD06A/0935South DublinLodged 2 Nov 2006Retention
- RefusedAt this site
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SD17A/0107South DublinLodged 3 Apr 2017Change of use
- GrantedAt this site
Retention of change of use from Shopping Centre management centre to offices and staff facilities with…
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S00A/0598South DublinLodged 8 Dec 2000Retention
- RefusedAt this site
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S99A/0375South DublinLodged 8 Jun 1999Infrastructure
- GrantedAt this site
Change of use from (estate agents) to restaurant/takeaway on the ground floor only with internal change to…
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SD05A/0487South DublinLodged 22 Jun 2005Change of use
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