GrantedCommercialDecided 17 November 2003

Maxol Filling Station, Dublin Road, Lucan, Dublin

Redevelopment of a filling station to include a new Maxol station and a McDonalds drive-thru in Lucan.

SD03A/0420 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 21 October 2003

Reference: SD03A/0420
Authority: South Dublin County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 21 October 2003
Floor area: 620 m²

Summary

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Planning permission is sought to redevelop the existing Maxol site. The project includes demolishing existing buildings, removing fuel tanks, and constructing a new filling station with a convenience store, a car wash, and a new single-storey McDonalds drive-thru restaurant.

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Official record

Development description

Permission to redevelop the existing filling station site to include a new maxol filling station and a mcdonalds drive-thru restaurant. The re-development incorporates:(a) demolition of the existing sales and service buildings and the canopy: decommissioning and removal of 3 no. Underground petrol storage tanks (58,500 litres);removal of 2 no. Over-ground diesel storage tanks (63,000 litres); removal of jetwash/car-wash facilities; removal of company signs and insignia and removal of trees at rear and side of forecourt. (b) construction of a new filling station incorporating a convienience store building of 203sqm with retail sales area of 100sqm and a atm facility of 7sq: a new 5.4m high canopy illuminated: 4 no. 40,000 litre underground petrol and diesel storage tanks: a conveyor car-wash facility including a glazed housing unit of 86sqm and a plant room of 19sqm: a 6m high company sign illuminated: new corporate signs and insignia and any ancillary contingent works. (c) construction of a single storey, free standing 'drive-thru' restaurant with facility for the sale of hot food for consumption off the premises, ancillary signage and a pedestrian access from the road. (d) site works incorporating a new 1.5m wide footpath at the front of the site: relocation of the bus stop, a new 600mm high front boundary wall: reduction in width and relocation of existing access and egress points into the site: 29 no. Car parking spaces: a comprehensive landscaping scheme and miscellaneous contingent works.

Land-use zoning

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RESRS

“To protect and/or improve residential amenity”

National zoning type: Existing residential

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
33 Tandy's Lane, Lucanprice excludes VAT	Jun 2025	€506,607	156 m
5 Tandy's Lane, Adamstown, Dublin	Apr 2025	€585,000	158 m
Apt 9 Woodview Court, Doddsbrough Road, Lucan	May 2025	€285,000	168 m
6 Woodview Court, Tandys Lane Doddsborough, Dublin	Dec 2025	€331,000	168 m
44 Woodview, Lucan, Dublin	Sept 2025	€470,000	211 m
7 The Hall, Wentworth Court, Dodsboro	Apr 2026	€255,000	282 m
2 Dodsboro Road Upper, Lucan, Co Dublin	Mar 2025	€560,000	291 m
58 Woodview Heights, Lucan, Dublin	Mar 2025	€415,000	322 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 received21 October 2003
Further information requested14 August 2003
Further information received21 October 2003
Decision due17 November 2003
Decision issued17 November 2003
Grant issued7 January 2004
Permission expiry3 November 2003

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