GrantedCommercialDecided 20 March 2012

Liffey Valley Shopping Centre, Fonthill Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22

Major retail expansion at Liffey Valley Shopping Centre including a large retail anchor, cafe, and road upgrades.

SD12A/0014 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 26 January 2012

Reference: SD12A/0014
Authority: South Dublin County Council
Register status: Appealed
Type: Permission
Received: 26 January 2012
Floor area: 11020.4 m²

Summary

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A two-phase development comprising a retail anchor of approximately 7,935 sq.m. with a licensed alcohol sales area, a cafe, and retail services units. The project also includes 587 car parking spaces, a CHP plant, and significant upgrades to four surrounding road junctions.

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Official record

Development description

Development consisting of 2 phases (1a and 1b): phase 1a comprises the construction of (i) a retail anchor of c. 7935sq. M. Gross floor area (c. 3500sq. M. Convenience net sales area and c. 1728sq. M. Comparison net sales area) including a licensed alcohol sales area, ancillary offices, staff facilities, bulk store and cage marshalling area at first floor level; (ii) a cafe (235sq. M. ) and retail services unit (180sq. M. ) on the first floor level; (iii) circulation space to include an atrium at ground and first floor levels; (iv) signage; (v) service yard at first floor level; (vi) 551no. Car parking spaces to be provided at grade, part under first floor retail; (vii) chp plant, esb substation and all ancillary landscaping, site works and services; (viii) road upgrades to the following junctions
(1) st. Lomans road-fonthill-bothar an life/shancastle avenue roundabout junction, (2) fonthill road/coldcut road junction, (3) bothar an life/ascaill an life roundabout junctions (west and south), (4) n4/fonthill road off-ramp junction. Phase 1b comprises 5 no. Ground floor retail services units (c. 1041sq. M. Total gross) and an additional 36no. Car parking spaces at grade (to bring the total to 587no. Spcaes) to be provided on completion of the east-west boulevard all on c. 2.39ha site located to the southeast of the liffey valley shopping centre and north of the b & q unit off the coldcut road. An environmental impact statement is submitted with this application

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

MRCLC

“To protect, improve and provide for the future development of a Major Retail Centre”

National zoning type: Commercial, retail

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

What happened next

Beyond the decision: whether this development was built, and what property here has sold for.

Built — construction complete

A commencement notice records works starting on 28 June 2017. A completion certificate was lodged on 14 December 2023.

Notified floor area: 16 m²

9 commencement notices are linked to this development.

Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
6 Liffey Valley Rise, Liffey Valley, Lucanprice excludes VAT	May 2025	€340,000	223 m
92 Greenfort Crescent, Clondalkin, Dublin 22	Jul 2025	€319,000	250 m
2a Greenfort Lawns, Clondalkin, Dublin 22	Aug 2025	€396,000	287 m
2 Greenfort Lawns, Clondalkin, Dublin 22	Dec 2025	€347,000	293 m
4 Greenfort Lawns, Clondalkin, Dublin 22	Dec 2025	€342,000	298 m
62 Greenfort Lawns, Clondalkin, Dublin 22	Jan 2026	€314,000	390 m
45 Greenfort Close, Clondalkin, Dublin 22	May 2025	€300,000	406 m
26 Greenfort Crescent, Quarryvale, Clondalkin Dublin 22	Sept 2025	€350,000	409 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

Timeline

Application received26 January 2012
Decision due21 March 2012
Decision issued20 March 2012
Appeal submitted16 April 2012
Appeal decided18 June 2013
Permission expiry5 October 2012

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