WithdrawnApartmentsDecided 1 February 2010

The Metal Powder International Site, Main Road, Tallaght, Dublin 24.

A major mixed-use development including 111 apartments, 15 live/work units, offices, and retail in Tallaght.

SD09A/0461 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 1 December 2009

Reference: SD09A/0461
Authority: South Dublin County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 1 December 2009
Residential units: 111
Floor area: 27114 m²

Summary

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This 10-year permission application proposes a large mixed-use development of over 27,000 square meters across six blocks ranging from 2 to 9 storeys. The scheme includes 111 apartments, 15 live/work units, a supermarket, offices, a creche, a cafe/restaurant, and a central public park.

Apartmentsmixed usesupermarketcrechetallaght

Storeys: 9

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Official record

Development description

10 year permission for mixed use development of 27114sq. M. Gross floor area comprising 15no. Live/work units and 111 no. Apartments (14216sq. M. ), retail/commercial (5288sq. M. ), offices (4986sq. M. ), creche (215sq. M. ), cafe/restaurant (558sq. M. ) and ancillary areas (1851sq. M. ) in 6 no. Blocks ranging in height from 2 to 9 storeys all around a central public park (1500sq. M. ) as follows: block b
3 storey building (1993sq. M. Gfa) comprising 2 no. Ground floor retail units (579sq. M. ) and associated signage with office accommodation (1150sq. M. ) over and ancillary areas (264sq. M. ); block c
2 storey building (5620sq. M. Gfa) comprising a supermarket at ground and first floor levels (4711sq. M. ) incorporating convenience and comparison floor space, off-licence sales area, storage/staff/office areas, service yard and ancillary areas, cafe/restaurant at ground and first floor levels (358sq. M. ) and all associated signage and ancillary areas (551sq. M. ) all over basement car park incorporating 90 no. Car parking spaces; block d - predominantly 7 storey building with a 9 and 5 storey elements (5085sq. M. Gfa) comprising office (3836sq. M. ) and ancillary areas (1249sq. M. ) over basement car park incorporating 41 no. Car parking spaces; block e - predominantly 7 storey building with 8 and 5 storey elements (10932sq. M. Gfa) incorporating 12 no. Live/work units, 75 no. 2 bed apartments and 12 no. 3 bed apartments with roof gardens at fifth (132sq. M. ) and sixth (581sq. M. ) floor levels and associated ancillary areas; block f
4 to 5 storey building (3284sq. M. Gfa) incorporating ground floor creche (215sq. M. ) with associated external play area and 3 no. 2 bed live/work units, 20 no. 2 bed apartments, 4 no. 3 bed apartments with roof gardens at third (91sq. M. ) and fifth (270sq. M. ) floor levels and associated ancillary areas all over basement car park, extending below block e and comprising 150 no. Car parking spaces; block g - single story cafe/restaurant and all associaetd ancillary areas (200sq. M. Gfa). Permission is also sought for connection to public services, esb substation, totem signage (8m high and 2.3m wide), landscaping/boundary treatments, 20 no. Surface car parking spaces, private balconies and ancillary site and development works with vehicular access/egress via the existing access from the blessington road. The proposed development will also consist of amendments/modifications to existing surface car park serving lidl comprising relocation of vehicular entrance on internal access road and reconfiguration of parking layout and landscaping. The new lidl car park provides a total of 148 no. Car parking spaces. All on lands (2.791ha) bounded by blessington road, n81 tallaght bypass, priors gate development and bryan s. Ryan site

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

REGENRE

“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.

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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
Address	Date	Price	Distance
20 Avonbeg Road, Tallaght, Dublin 24	Mar 2025	€382,000	147 m
19 Avonbeg Rd, Tallaght, Dublin 24	Mar 2026	€374,000	147 m
7 Main Road, Tallaght, Dublin 24	Jan 2025	€819,000	149 m
Apt 151, Priors Gate, Main St Dublin 24	May 2026	€276,500	160 m
Apt 8 Moynihan Court Village, Tallagh Dublin 24, Dublin	Nov 2025	€265,000	168 m
Blue Haze, 22 Main Rd, Tallaght Dublin 22	May 2025	€525,000	169 m
40 Avonbeg Drive, Tallaght, Dublin 24	Dec 2025	€364,755	176 m
15 St Dominics Ave, Tallaght Dublin 24, Dublin	Jul 2025	€390,000	185 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 received1 December 2009
Decision due3 February 2010
Decision issued1 February 2010

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