InvalidIndustrialDecided 10 December 2015

Merrywell Industrial Estate, Ballymount Road Lower, Dublin 12

Retention of demolition works and reconstruction of fire-damaged waste recycling facility buildings.

SD15A/0318 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 22 October 2015

Reference: SD15A/0318
Authority: South Dublin County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission and Retention
Received: 22 October 2015
Floor area: 10965.5 m²

Summary

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This application seeks retention permission for the demolition of fire-damaged waste recycling buildings and external storage bays. It also seeks full planning permission to reconstruct and reinstate the facility, including a single-storey DMR recycling shed and workshop buildings.

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Official record

Development description

Retention permission for (a) demolition of the existing dmr shed, garage,workshop, storage shed and staff facilities building all comprised within the existing waste recycling buildings destroyed by fire damages with a total floor area of 7,265sq. M;. (b) external storage bays located to the south west of the c&d recycling shed, (c) washbay pump shed, diesel tank and fuel pumps to facilitate all operations on site. Full planning permission for reconstruction/reinstatement of all buildings to the waste recycling facility destroyed by fire (as previously constructed under parent planning permission ref. Sd04a/0354 and approved addtional extensions under planning permission refs. Sd05a/0670 & sd07a/0297) comprising of the following elements: (a) a single store dmr recycling shed with proposed alterations to include extension to north west facing elevation with a total overall floor area of 5,988.5sq. M; (b) single storey optional increased extension to the southwest, northwest and northeast facing elevations of the dmr recycling shed with a total overall floor area of 3,003sq. M; (c) single storey garage, workshop, storage sheds with proposed alterations and alternative layouts with an overall total floor area of 1,346sq. M. Full planning permission for the following elements: (a) new two storey dmr control room/services extension building to the north west facing elevation of the dmr shed with a total floor area of 189sq. M; (b) new single storey electrical services building to the southeast of the existing c&d shed with a total floor area of 79sq. M; (c) new two storey staff facilities/ancillary accommodation building with a total floor area of 360sq. M; (d) external storage bays located to the southeast of the c&d recycling shed and external storage areas located to the southwest and northwest of the site; (e) revised security fencing, landscape planting, screening to site boundaries and all associated drainage, services and site works necessary to facilitate the reconstruction of the existing facility. The existing waste recycling facility operates under an epa waste license ref. W208-01.

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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Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
8 Ballymount Rd, Clondalkin, Dublin 22	Oct 2025	€550,000	269 m
484 Ballymount Cottages, Clondalkin, Dublin 22	Jun 2025	€1,000,000	372 m

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Application received22 October 2015
Decision due15 December 2015
Decision issued10 December 2015

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