Planning Permission Ireland
GrantedApartmentsDecided 19 May 2004

Belgard Square West/Cookstown Way, Tallaght Town Centre, Tallaght, Dublin 24

A massive mixed-use development in Tallaght including 537 apartments, a hotel, offices, retail units, and a gym.

SD03A/0421 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 25 March 2004

Reference
SD03A/0421
Authority
South Dublin County Council
Register status
Appealed
Type
Permission
Received
25 March 2004
Residential units
537
Floor area
82370 m²

Summary

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This major development of over 81,000 sq.m. features 537 apartments across eight blocks up to 9 storeys high. It also includes a 154-bedroom hotel, two office buildings, retail units, cafes, restaurants, a health centre, an entertainment centre, two creches, and three basement parking levels.

Apartmentsmixed usehotelapartmentsretail
Storeys
15

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

Overall floor area of 81,925 sq. M. And will include; 537 no. 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apartment units, balconies and roof terraces in 8 blocks ranging in height from 5 to 9 stories with a floor of 47,060sq. M; 15 ground floor class 1 retail units with a floor area of 4,525 sq. M. To include the option of class 2 retailing, 1 class 2 retail unit with a floor area of 290sq. M. 2 bar/cafe/restaurants with a floor area of 1,415sq. M. , 2 cafes with a floor area of 480sq. M. With a health and fitness centre with a floor area of 2,620sq. M. An entertainment centre with a floor area of 1,800sq. M. A medical centre with a floor area of 550sq. M. And associated back of house facilities and internal mall area with a floor area of 4,665sq. M. And 2 creches and first floor level with a floor area of 1,320sq. M. ; a 8,660sq. M. 154 bedroom hotel, 7 to 15 storeys in height; a 4,850sq. M. Office building 7 storeys in height plus roof plant room; a 3,690sq. M. Office building 6 storeys in height plus roof plant room; 7 substations, pump house; 1,737 car parking spaces over 3 basement levels with a floor area of 61,535sq. M. Incorporating 450 park and ride spaces; 2 vehicular access points from belgard square west and 1 service vehicular access point from cookstown way, pedestrian street, public square, pedestrian routes, cycle paths, cycle racks, general street furniture, hard and soft landscaping, tree planting and all associated and ancillary development works and functions related to the development. The application site comprises 2.775 hectares. The application is accompanied by an environmental impact statement. Clarification of additional information received 25/03/04: revised plans provide as follows: revised massing and elevational treatment and materials to the hotel. Revised design to the hotel to accommodate an increase in floor to floor height 2nd to 14th floors inclusive to provide fro an increase in height of 8.3m above that previously submitted. Revisions to the floor area of the hotel to provide for a change from 8660 sq. M. To 9475 sq. M. And a reduction in the number of bedrooms from 154 no. Of bedrooms to 140 bedrooms, a change in the floor area of the fitness centre from 2620 sq. M. To 2250 sq. M. Resulting in an increase in the floor area of the overall development from 81,925 sq. M. To 82,370 sq. M.

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

TCUC
“To protect, improve and provide for the future development of Town Centres”

National zoning type: City/Town/village Centre, central area

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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Built & sold

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Recent sales nearby

within 500 m
Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
AddressDatePriceDistance
Apt 58 Block C Westend Gate, Cookstown Way, TallaghtJun 2025€256,00097 m
9d Belgard Sq, Tallaght, Dublin 24Sept 2025€267,000119 m
2 Horan Hall, Belgard Sq, Tallaght Dublin 24Apr 2026€310,000143 m
16 Horan Hall, Belgard Sq, Tallaght Dublin 24Jun 2025€200,000143 m
Apt 43 Horan Hall, Belgard Sq West, Tallaght Dublin 24Jan 2025€285,000143 m
31 Horan Hall, Belgard Sq, Tallaght Dublin 24May 2025€355,000143 m
12 Loftus Hall, Belgard Sq, Tallaght Dublin 24Feb 2026€305,000155 m
412 Virginia Heights, Springfield, Dublin 24Nov 2025€350,000168 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

  1. Application received25 March 2004
  2. Further information requested14 August 2003
  3. Further information received9 December 2003
  4. Decision due21 April 2004
  5. Decision issued19 May 2004
  6. Grant issued29 September 2004
  7. Appeal submitted15 June 2004
  8. Appeal decided18 October 2004
  9. Permission expiry18 October 2004

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