Unit 40-41, Cookstown Industrial Estate, Tallaght, Dublin 24.
Demolition and phased rebuilding of a waste recovery and transfer facility in Tallaght.
SD03A/0880 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 25 November 2003
- Reference
- SD03A/0880
- Authority
- South Dublin County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 25 November 2003
- Floor area
- 1515 m²
Summary
AI-generatedThe application seeks a ten-year permission for the phased demolition of an existing maintenance garage, waste transfer shed, and other buildings. It proposes the reinstatement of the materials recovery and transfer facility, including a new recovery and transfer building, administration building, staff amenities, weighbridges, and associated site works.
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Official record
Development description
- Phased demolition of existing maintenance garage, waste transfer shed and garage and the removal of other miscellaneous buildings, and the phased reinstatement of the materials recovery and transfer facility including inter alia, new recovery and transfer building, administration building, staff amenity/changing facility, 2 no. Weighbridges, 3 no. Vehicle entrances/exits, all associated security fencing to site boundaries, skip storage, hard standing and all other associated site works. This site possesses a current epa waste licence (epa licence no. 79
- 1) for activities consisting of 'waste segregation', 'waste recovery', 'waste storage' and 'transfer onto vehicles' for removal off-site. All of the relevant waste recovery and waste disposal activities are as per the third and fourth schedules of the waste management act 1996 and the european communities, (amendment of the waste management act, 1996) regulations 1998 (s. I. No. 166 of 1998), to which the application relates at units 40
- 41, (known previously as 'national waste management ltd. Facility'), cookstown industrial estate, tallaght, dublin
- This is an application for a ten-year permission
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apt 91 Exchange Hall, Belgard Square, Tallaght | May 2026 | €235,000 | 427 m |
| 90 Exchange Hall, Belgard Sq, Tallaght Dublin 24 | May 2025 | €185,000 | 427 m |
| 59 Exchange Hall, Belgard Sq, Tallaght Dublin 24 | Oct 2025 | €280,000 | 427 m |
| 56 Exchange Hall, Belgard Sq North, Tallaght Dublin 24 | May 2026 | €260,000 | 427 m |
| 51 Exchange Hall, The Exchange, Belgard Sq North Dublin 24 | Feb 2025 | €191,000 | 448 m |
| 32 Exchange Hall, Belgard Sq North, Tallaght Dublin 24 | Dec 2025 | €212,000 | 448 m |
| 22 Exchange Hall, The Exchange, Belgard Sq North Dublin 24 | Mar 2025 | €227,000 | 448 m |
| 43 Exchange Hall, Belgard Sq North, Tallaght Dublin 24 | May 2025 | €180,000 | 448 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 received25 November 2003
- Decision due19 January 2004
- Decision issued26 January 2004
- Grant issued18 March 2004
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