RefusedInfrastructureDecided 16 May 2007

Corkagh, Naas Road, Dublin 22

Demolition of warehouses to build a massive tri-location super hospital complex with 1,120 beds and key worker housing.

SD07A/0203 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 23 March 2007

Reference: SD07A/0203
Authority: South Dublin County Council
Register status: Appealed
Type: Outline Permission
Received: 23 March 2007
Floor area: 241.3 m²

Summary

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Outline permission is sought to demolish three horticultural warehouses and construct a 219,800 sq.m. hospital complex. This includes a 12-storey children's hospital, a 9-storey maternity hospital, a 9-storey adult hospital, a 9-storey key worker accommodation block, two helipads, and 2,500 parking spaces.

Infrastructurehospitaldemolitionhealthcaremajor development

Storeys: 12

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Official record

Development description

The development will consist of the demolition of 3 number horticultural warehouses (6,369 sq. M) and replacement with a tri location super hospital complex (219,800 sq. M) with fully integrated education and research facilities based on international best practice encompassing a 12 number storey 450 bed children's hospital (135,00 sq. M) building located to the west of the site, a 9 number storey 220 bed maternity hospital (30,800 sq. M) building located to the north of the site and a 9 number storey 450 bed adult hospital (54,000sq. M) building located to the east of the site. The tri location super hospital complex will have in house diagnostic imaging and clinical waste handling. The site will also accomodate a 9 number storey 333 bed key worker accommodation block (20,000 sq. M) and provide ancillary retail (1500 sq. M) to service the hospital. Works will include providing a new priority junction and upgrading the existing access, 2450 number basement car parking spaces and 50 number surface car parking spaces, the development of two number heli - pads located on the roof of the children's and adult hospital, hard and soft landscaping areas, bicycle stands and revised boundary treatment. There is a protected structure (rps 205, gun powder store) located within the lands of the subject site. The protected structure is associated with the former corkagh gunpowder mills (rps 195,196,198,199,203) to the north of the application area. The former gunpowder store will be protected and preserved in situ.

Land-use zoning

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OSOS

“To preserve and provide for open space and recreational amenities”

National zoning type: Open space, park

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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Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
No. 70-83 Páirc Gordon, Old Naas Road, Kingswoodnot full market price · price excludes VAT	May 2026	€4,451,718	423 m
6 Kingswood Court, Ballymount Road, Kingswoodprice excludes VAT	Jul 2025	€519,823	476 m
4 Kingswood Court, Ballymount Road, Kingswoodprice excludes VAT	Jul 2025	€550,664	476 m
1 Kingswood Court, Ballymount Road, Kingswoodprice excludes VAT	Aug 2025	€546,255	476 m
2 Kingswood Court, Ballymount Road, Kingswoodprice excludes VAT	Sept 2025	€519,824	476 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

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Application received23 March 2007
Decision due16 May 2007
Decision issued16 May 2007
Appeal submitted11 June 2007
Appeal decided18 September 2007
Permission expiry1 October 2007

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