GrantedCommercialDecided 26 May 2005

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

Large mixed-use development including a hotel, offices, retail units, a creche, and 28 apartments in Tallaght.

SD04A/0938 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 29 April 2005

Reference: SD04A/0938
Authority: South Dublin County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 29 April 2005
Floor area: 85111 m²

Summary

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This major development south of the proposed new pedestrian street includes a 110-bedroom hotel, a six-storey office building, ground-floor retail units, a first-floor food hall, a creche, and 28 apartments. It also includes revisions to a previously permitted development to add a health and fitness centre.

Commercialmixed usehotelapartmentscreche

Residential units: 28
Storeys: 7

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Official record

Development description

17,807sq. M. Of development south of the proposed new pedestrian street within the approved development reg. Reference sd03a/0421: a 110 no. Bedroom hotel of 6,813sq. M. To include associated bar, restaurant and back of house facilities, seven storeys in height plus roof plantroom; an office building of 2,309sq. M. Six storeys in height; 3441sq. M. Of ground floor commercial/retail units to accommodate 5 no. Class 1 retail service units at ground and mezzanine levels; a food hall of 2032sq. M. At first floor level; associated back of house service areas for shared commercial use at ground, mezzanine and first floor levels; a creche of 542sq. M. And external play area at first floor level; 28 number one, two and three bedroom apartments with balconies at second to sixth floor levels; and a second floor raised and landscaped courtyard: revisions to permitted development reg. Ref. Sd03a/0421 will consist of: an increase in area of block 6a, 6b and 6c to provide a 1,255sq. M. Health and fitness centre at mezzanine level; reconfiguration of block no. 5 to provide a single residential lift and stair core, relocated basement access ramp, reconfigured retail units over ground and mezzanine levels and 2 no. Additional apartments resulting in a nett increase in area of 223sq. M. ; the reconfiguration of retail units, change of use of family entertainment unit and internal mall north of proposed pedestrian street, to provide 2 no. Class 1 retail units with associated back of house and mezzanine plant and storage areas; an increase in height of blocks 1a and 1b by 600mm; re-organisation of 3 storey basement car park to provide new service yard at basement
1 with a two lane service vehicle access ramp adjacent to block no. 5 off belgard square west, the relocation of car access from block 5a to block 6b and the provision of a dedicated cycle lane and lift at the vehicular entrance block 6b, resulting in a reduction of total car parking spaces from 1,737 to 1,628; the increase and relocation in substations from 7 to 8 no. , the provision of additional ventilation grillage to cookstown road extension: the application is accompanied by an environmental impact statement. Revisions submitted in response to the additional information request include; revised balcony areas to block 3a; provision of children's play area; provision of additional waste management storage areas; relocation of pedestrian access to basement carpark with lift, stair and escalator access to basement car park incorporating provision of 26.1m high glazed landmark structure on new pedestrian street; relocation of sub-stations to south of luas line; provision of additional stair access to blocks 6a and 9b; set back of retailing facades to civic square and the realignment of lift stair and escalator access to foodcourt within civic square. The total area of development is 84,763sq. M. Which comprises 64,565sq. M. Of development previously permitted under reg. Reference sd03a/0421, revisions to permitted development of 2,739sq. M. And new development of 17,459sq. M. The application site comprises 2.775 hectares

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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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
Apt 58 Block C Westend Gate, Cookstown Way, Tallaght	Jun 2025	€256,000	96 m
9d Belgard Sq, Tallaght, Dublin 24	Sept 2025	€267,000	119 m
2 Horan Hall, Belgard Sq, Tallaght Dublin 24	Apr 2026	€310,000	142 m
16 Horan Hall, Belgard Sq, Tallaght Dublin 24	Jun 2025	€200,000	142 m
Apt 43 Horan Hall, Belgard Sq West, Tallaght Dublin 24	Jan 2025	€285,000	142 m
31 Horan Hall, Belgard Sq, Tallaght Dublin 24	May 2025	€355,000	142 m
12 Loftus Hall, Belgard Sq, Tallaght Dublin 24	Feb 2026	€305,000	154 m
412 Virginia Heights, Springfield, Dublin 24	Nov 2025	€350,000	167 m

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Key dates

Timeline

Application received29 April 2005
Further information requested25 February 2005
Further information received29 April 2005
Decision due26 May 2005
Decision issued26 May 2005
Grant issued6 July 2005

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