Howard McGarvey Industrial Estate, Lower Ballymount Road, Walkinstown, Dublin 12
Change of use and alterations of a warehouse to a builders merchants in Walkinstown.
SD14A/0281 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 17 December 2014
- Reference
- SD14A/0281
- Authority
- South Dublin County Council
- Register status
- In progress
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 17 December 2014
- Floor area
- 1202.4 m²
Summary
AI-generatedThe proposal involves converting an existing warehouse into a wholesale builders merchants. Works include internal alterations for a display area, a new first-floor storage and staff area, external elevational changes, signage, and landscaping.
- Storeys
- 2
Generated from the description above by an AI model and may contain mistakes. The council’s description is the authoritative record.
Official record
Development description
Alterations to/change of use of an existing warehouse/repository building to provide a builder merchants use (wholesale warehouse); proposed works are as follows : internal alterations including provision of stock display area (278.3sq. M); new first floor storage area, meeting room and staff facilities (278.3sq. M); external alterations including closure of existing opes and formation of new double doors, trade display entrance, windows and fire escape doors; installation of suds drainage system; building signage; totem sign at site entrance at lower ballymount road; hard and soft landscaping and provision of car parking/loading areas; all ancillary site development works.
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.
Built — construction complete
A commencement notice records works starting on 26 August 2015. A completion certificate was lodged on 4 September 2017.
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 35 Walkinstown Park, Walkinstown, Walkinstown | Sept 2025 | €523,250 | 159 m |
| 72 Walkinstown Crescent, Walkinstown, Dublin 12 | May 2025 | €499,000 | 160 m |
| Stoneview Ballymount Road Lower, Walkinsontownprice excludes VAT | Oct 2025 | €17,337,516 | 167 m |
| Stoneview, Walkinstown House, Ballymount Road Lowerprice excludes VAT | Aug 2025 | €60,768,277 | 167 m |
| 42 Walkinstown Park, Walkinstown, Dublin 12 | Jun 2025 | €495,000 | 212 m |
| 7 Walkinstown Crescent, Dublin 12, Dublin | Mar 2025 | €400,000 | 225 m |
| 46 Walkinstown Crescent, Walkinstown, Dublin 12 | Feb 2025 | €390,000 | 247 m |
| 34 Walkinstown Ave, Walkinstown Dublin 12, Dublin | Dec 2025 | €400,000 | 270 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 received17 December 2014
- Decision due19 February 2015
- Decision issued17 February 2015
- Grant issued27 July 2015
- Appeal submitted16 March 2015
- Appeal decided17 July 2015
- Permission expiry16 July 2015
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