GrantedApartmentsDecided 15 February 2018

Unit, 5A-C, Second Avenue, Cookstown Industrial Estate, Tallaght, Dublin 24

A mixed-use development of 126 apartments, commercial units, crèche, and gym in Tallaght.

SD17A/0212 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 19 January 2018

Reference: SD17A/0212
Authority: South Dublin County Council
Register status: In progress
Type: Permission
Received: 19 January 2018
Residential units: 126
Floor area: 19564.2 m²

Summary

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The proposal consists of 126 apartments across three blocks ranging up to seven storeys, including two commercial units, a crèche, a gym, and an underground car park.

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Storeys: 7

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Development description

Mixed residential and commercial development (total gfa of 19564.2sq. M) providing a total of 126 apartments in 3 blocks, 2 commercial units, community room, crèche and gym, along with a landscaped courtyard and bicycle store with 88 bicycle spaces; and underground carpark, accessed from second avenue, providing a total of 152 parking spaces (144+8 wheelchair users), refuse stores, attenuation tank and plant areas. Block a, fronting second avenue, comprises a total of 49 apartments (1 studio, 17 one bed and 31 two bed) all with private balcony spaces in a building with a maximum height of 5 storey. Ground floor level of block a includes a gym of 258.1sq. M. Block b, fronting cookstown way, comprises a total of 49 apartments (4 studio, 18 one bed, 23 two bed and 4 three bed) all with private balcony spaces, in a building partially 5 storeys rising to 7 storeys. Ground floor level of block b includes 2 commercial units (176.67sq. M and 463.85sq. M), a crèche of 215.22sq. M and a community room of 38.18sq. M. Block c, located in the southwest corner of the site, comprises a total of 29 apartments (11 one bed, 8 two bed and 10 three bed) all with private balcony spaces, in a building partially 5 storeys rising to 7 storeys. Ground floor level of block c includes and esb substation and switchroom. The development also includes the demolition of an existing industrial unit and all associated site development works.

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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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
58 Birchwood Heights, Springfield, Tallaghtnot full market price	Jul 2025	€315,000	218 m
20 Cairnwood Court, Cookstown, Tallaght Dublin 24	Mar 2026	€380,000	229 m
8 Ambervale, Cookstown, Dublin 24	Apr 2025	€417,000	231 m
22 Cairnwood Avenue, Cookstown, Tallaght	Dec 2025	€360,000	235 m
20 Cairnwood Avenue, Cookstown, Tallaghtnot full market price	May 2025	€345,000	240 m
31 Cairnwood Court, Springfield, Dublin 24	Mar 2025	€361,000	263 m
7 The Magnolia, Silvervale, Cookstown Roadprice excludes VAT	Dec 2025	€1,136,564	276 m
14 The Wisteria, Silver Vale, Cookstown Roadprice excludes VAT	Dec 2025	€850,220	276 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

Timeline

Application received19 January 2018
Further information requested18 August 2017
Further information received19 January 2018
Decision due15 February 2018
Decision issued15 February 2018
Appeal submitted13 March 2018
Appeal decided7 August 2018
Permission expiry18 September 2018

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