GrantedCommercialDecided 21 January 2016

Lidl Headquarters, Former Metal Powders International, Old Blessington Road, Tallaght, Dublin 24.

Relocation of a Lidl discount food store into a new building, with a cafe and retail units in the existing building.

SD15A/0351 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 20 November 2015

Reference: SD15A/0351
Authority: South Dublin County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 20 November 2015
Floor area: 2834 m²

Summary

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The development involves constructing a new 2,834sq.m building to house the relocated Lidl store. The existing building will be reconfigured to accommodate a cafe and four retail units. The project also includes relocating a pocket park, moving the vehicular access point, and expanding the car park to 140 spaces.

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Official record

Development description

Construction of a new building (2,834sq. M gross floor area) to accommodate the relocation of the existing licenced discount food store into a new store format (1,685sq. M net sales area); subdivision and reconfiguration of the existing building (1,653sq. M gross floor area) to comprise 1 cafe/restaurant (335sq. M) and 4 retail/commerical units (1,280sq. M) and all associated elevational amendments. The development also comprises the relocation of the permitted pocket park within the site and relocation of the existing vehicluar access/egress point to the old blessington road westward by 72m and associated reconfiguration of the internal access road and car park. The revised surface car park arrangement provides a total of 140 car parking spaces (in lieu of the previously permitted 110 car parking spaces). Permission is also sought for tenant signage on each building, totem signage, landscaping and boundary treatments, bicycle parking and all associated site and development works. The proposed development will replace the development previously permitted on the site (reg. Ref. Sd11a/0027, an bord pleanala reference pl06s. 238834).

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 — construction complete

A commencement notice records works starting on 27 June 2016. A completion certificate was lodged on 30 January 2023.

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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
Blue Haze, 22 Main Rd, Tallaght Dublin 22	May 2025	€525,000	140 m
Apt 8 Moynihan Court Village, Tallagh Dublin 24, Dublin	Nov 2025	€265,000	142 m
7 Main Road, Tallaght, Dublin 24	Jan 2025	€819,000	153 m
20 Avonbeg Road, Tallaght, Dublin 24	Mar 2025	€382,000	172 m
19 Avonbeg Rd, Tallaght, Dublin 24	Mar 2026	€374,000	172 m
42 Moynihan Court, Tallaght, Dublin	Mar 2025	€250,000	177 m
46 Moynihan Court, Main Rd, Tallaght Dublin 24	Mar 2026	€270,000	177 m
37 Moynihan Court, Main Rd, Tallaght Dublin 24	Jan 2025	€200,000	182 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

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Application received20 November 2015
Decision due25 January 2015
Decision issued21 January 2016
Grant issued1 March 2016

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