GrantedCommercialDecided 12 December 2016

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

Changes to a permitted commercial development at the Lidl Headquarters site in Tallaght.

SD16A/0361 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 19 October 2016

Reference: SD16A/0361
Authority: South Dublin County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 19 October 2016

Summary

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The proposal seeks revisions to a previously permitted café/restaurant and four retail units, including minor elevational changes and an ESB switch room. It also includes reconfiguring the surface car park to increase spaces from 140 to 146, removing an internal road, and adding a new ESB substation.

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Official record

Development description

Revisions to the previously permitted (reg. Ref. Sd15a/0351) café/restaurant and 4 retail/commercial units, reconfiguration of part of site layout and provision of a new esb substation. The revisions to the permitted café/restaurant and 4 retail/commercial units involve minor amendments to the front (east) elevation of each of the units involving replacement of previously permitted cladding with render on the lower level of each shop front and the insertion of an esb switch room within the permitted café/restaurant and associated access doors on the rear (west) elevation. Revisions to the site layout comprise the removal of a previously permitted internal road located directly to the north of the existing lidl headquarters office building and associated reconfiguration of the adjoining surface carpark. The revised surface carpark arrangement provides a total of 146 car parking spaces in lieu of the previously permitted 140 spaces. Permission is also sought for a new esb substation to the south of the new lidl supermarket currently under construction and all associated site and development works. No changes are proposed to the vehicular access/egress point to the old blessington road or the permitted pocket park and there are no changes to the gross floor area of the permitted café/restaurant, 4 retail/commercial units at lidl supermarket currently under construction.

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 & sold

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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.

3 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
Blue Haze, 22 Main Rd, Tallaght Dublin 22	May 2025	€525,000	141 m
Apt 8 Moynihan Court Village, Tallagh Dublin 24, Dublin	Nov 2025	€265,000	143 m
7 Main Road, Tallaght, Dublin 24	Jan 2025	€819,000	152 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	178 m
46 Moynihan Court, Main Rd, Tallaght Dublin 24	Mar 2026	€270,000	178 m
37 Moynihan Court, Main Rd, Tallaght Dublin 24	Jan 2025	€200,000	183 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 received19 October 2016
Decision due13 December 2016
Decision issued12 December 2016
Grant issued7 February 2017

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