The Belgard Inn, Old Belgard Road/Cookstown Road, Tallaght, Dublin 24
Demolition of the Belgard Inn for a new discount foodstore, plaza, and retail/café building in Tallaght.
SD16A/0096 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 9 August 2016
- Reference
- SD16A/0096
- Authority
- South Dublin County Council
- Register status
- Appealed
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 9 August 2016
- Floor area
- 2949 m²
Summary
AI-generatedThe project involves the demolition of the existing public house and multi-deck car park. In its place, a new licensed discount foodstore, a new plaza, and a retail/café building will be constructed, along with associated road and footpath improvements.
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
Demolition of the existing public house and adjacent multi-deck car park and the development of a new mono pitched, licensed, discount foodstore including ancillary off-licence use; creation of a single vehicular entrance and exit on the cookstown road and an improved vehicular entrance and exit on old belgard road; free standing and building mounted signage; refrigeration and air conditioning plant and equipment, car parking and bicycle parking, trolley bay, external bin storage, hard and soft landscaping with services to connect to existing connections and all other ancillary and associated site development works (including any retaining structures) above and below ground level to complete the development. In addition, the development includes a new plaza and retail/café building at the corner of cookstown road and old begard road. The proposed development also includes improvements to the footpaths and additional crossing points on the old begard road.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To protect, improve and provide for the future development of Local Centres”
National zoning type: District, neighbourhood centre
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Kingswood View, Belgard Rd, Tallaght Dublin 24 | Aug 2025 | €457,000 | 111 m |
| 169 The Oaks, Belgard Heights, Tallaght | Jul 2025 | €550,000 | 123 m |
| 5 The View, Belgard Heigts, Tallaght | Nov 2025 | €380,000 | 123 m |
| 9 Kingswood View, Belgard Rd, Tallaght Dublin 24 | May 2025 | €465,000 | 125 m |
| 13 Kingswood View, Belgard, Dublin 24not full market price | Sept 2025 | €450,000 | 138 m |
| 12 Garrynisk Sq, Tallaght, Dublin 24 | Nov 2025 | €390,000 | 180 m |
| 9 Garrynisk Sq, Belgard, Tallaght Dublin 24 | May 2025 | €421,000 | 187 m |
| 45 The Grove, Kingswood Heights, Dublin 24 | Dec 2025 | €565,000 | 193 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 received9 August 2016
- Further information requested13 May 2016
- Further information received9 August 2016
- Decision due5 September 2016
- Decision issued2 September 2016
- Appeal submitted28 September 2016
- Appeal decided9 February 2017
- Permission expiry28 January 2017
In the area
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- GrantedAt this site
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