Formerly known as Ashbourne Fuels, Lower Ballymount Road, Dublin 12
Retention of car sales area and permission for a vehicle repair and salvage facility in Dublin 12.
SD11A/0318 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 23 December 2011
- Reference
- SD11A/0318
- Authority
- South Dublin County Council
- Register status
- Appealed
- Type
- Permission and Retention
- Received
- 23 December 2011
Summary
AI-generatedRetention is sought for using part of the site for motor vehicle display and sales, along with an existing front sign. Permission is also sought to use the warehouse and part of the site for vehicle repair, end-of-life salvaging, and disposal.
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Official record
Development description
Retention of use of part of site for the display for sale of motor vehicles and for the existing sign at the front of the site and permission for the use of the warehouse building and part of the site for the repair and end of life salvaging and disposal of motor vehicles.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stoneview, Walkinstown House, Ballymount Road Lowerprice excludes VAT | Aug 2025 | €60,768,277 | 189 m |
| Stoneview Ballymount Road Lower, Walkinsontownprice excludes VAT | Oct 2025 | €17,337,516 | 189 m |
| 72 Walkinstown Crescent, Walkinstown, Dublin 12 | May 2025 | €499,000 | 244 m |
| 35 Walkinstown Park, Walkinstown, Walkinstown | Sept 2025 | €523,250 | 250 m |
| 7 Walkinstown Crescent, Dublin 12, Dublin | Mar 2025 | €400,000 | 251 m |
| 46 Walkinstown Crescent, Walkinstown, Dublin 12 | Feb 2025 | €390,000 | 313 m |
| 42 Walkinstown Park, Walkinstown, Dublin 12 | Jun 2025 | €495,000 | 321 m |
| C 1 Ballymount Sq, Ballymount Rd, Walkinstown Dublin 12 | Jan 2025 | €335,000 | 329 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 received23 December 2011
- Decision due27 February 2012
- Decision issued23 February 2012
- Grant issued14 November 2012
- Appeal submitted21 March 2012
- Appeal decided9 November 2012
- Permission expiry19 September 2012
In the area
Applications near this site
Other planning applications within about 500 m — what else is being proposed or built nearby.
- Granted30 m away
Change residential house to offices and open space to front and rear of house to commercial use for car sales…
7, Ballymount Road, Walkinstown, Dublin 12.
SD04A/0868South DublinLodged 4 Feb 2005Change of use
- Refused30 m away
Garage to rear of site with pitched roof and revised allocation of car parking to front of site to which…
7, Ballymount Road, Walkinstown, Dublin 12.
SD05A/0849South DublinLodged 18 Oct 2005Alterations
- Invalid50 m away
To retain the existing railings and sliding entrance gate to the existing front boundary — To retain the use…
Glenstal, Ballymount Road, Walkinstown, Dublin 12
SD04A/0058South DublinLodged 28 Jan 2004Retention
- Granted50 m away
To demolish existing house — To erect a new single storey office building to rear of site
Glenstal, Ballymount Road, Walkinstown, Dublin 12
SD02A/0473South DublinLodged 3 Feb 2003Commercial
- Withdrawn50 m away
Demolish the existing house to erect light industrial unit for car wholesale outlet on industrial zoned site
Glenstal, Ballymount Road, Walkinstown, Dublin 12.
S01A/0405South DublinLodged 27 Sept 2001Industrial
- Granted50 m away
To temporarily retain the existing house as offices for a period of two years from 1st May 2004 to allow for…
Glenstal, Ballymount Road, Walkinstown, Dublin 12
SD04A/0374South DublinLodged 19 Aug 2004Retention
- Invalid60 m away
Works to a commercial warehouse to include demolition of existing extension and ancillary accommodation;…
Unit 2A, Smurfit Packaging Systems, Ballymount Road Lower, Dublin 12
SD22A/0344South DublinLodged 31 Aug 2022Commercial
- Granted60 m away
Use of part of Unit 1 as a vehicle dismantling facility
Unit 1, Warehouse 1, Former Smurfit Packaging Complex, Lower Ballymount Road, Walkinstown, Dublin 12.
SD17A/0411South DublinLodged 17 Nov 2017Change of use
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