Unit 1, Warehouse 1, Former Smurfit Packaging Complex, Lower Ballymount Road, Walkinstown, Dublin 12.
Use of part of an existing warehouse unit as a vehicle dismantling facility.
SD17A/0411 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 17 November 2017
- Reference
- SD17A/0411
- Authority
- South Dublin County Council
- Register status
- In progress
- Type
- Permission
- Received
- 17 November 2017
- Floor area
- 421 m²
Summary
AI-generatedPermission is sought for the change of use of part of Unit 1 within the former Smurfit Packaging Complex to operate as a vehicle dismantling facility.
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
Use of part of unit 1 as a vehicle dismantling facility.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stoneview, Walkinstown House, Ballymount Road Lowerprice excludes VAT | Aug 2025 | €60,768,277 | 253 m |
| Stoneview Ballymount Road Lower, Walkinsontownprice excludes VAT | Oct 2025 | €17,337,516 | 253 m |
| 72 Walkinstown Crescent, Walkinstown, Dublin 12 | May 2025 | €499,000 | 300 m |
| 35 Walkinstown Park, Walkinstown, Walkinstown | Sept 2025 | €523,250 | 303 m |
| 7 Walkinstown Crescent, Dublin 12, Dublin | Mar 2025 | €400,000 | 316 m |
| 42 Walkinstown Park, Walkinstown, Dublin 12 | Jun 2025 | €495,000 | 364 m |
| 46 Walkinstown Crescent, Walkinstown, Dublin 12 | Feb 2025 | €390,000 | 374 m |
| C 1 Ballymount Sq, Ballymount Rd, Walkinstown Dublin 12 | Jan 2025 | €335,000 | 393 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 received17 November 2017
- Decision due20 January 2018
- Decision issued22 January 2018
- Grant issued6 March 2018
In the area
Applications near this site
Other planning applications within about 500 m — what else is being proposed or built nearby.
- InvalidAt this site
Works to a commercial warehouse to include demolition of existing extension and ancillary accommodation;…
Unit 2A, Smurfit Packaging Systems, Ballymount Road Lower, Dublin 12
SD22A/0344South DublinLodged 31 Aug 2022Commercial
- GrantedAt this site
Works to a commercial warehouse to include demolition of existing extension and ancillary accommodation,…
Unit 2A, Smurfit Packaging Systems, Ballymount Road Lower, Dublin 12
SD22A/0462South DublinLodged 19 Feb 2022Alterations
- Withdrawn40 m away
Demolish the existing house to erect light industrial unit for car wholesale outlet on industrial zoned site
Glenstal, Ballymount Road, Walkinstown, Dublin 12.
S01A/0405South DublinLodged 27 Sept 2001Industrial
- Granted40 m away
To temporarily retain the existing house as offices for a period of two years from 1st May 2004 to allow for…
Glenstal, Ballymount Road, Walkinstown, Dublin 12
SD04A/0374South DublinLodged 19 Aug 2004Retention
- Granted40 m away
To demolish existing house — To erect a new single storey office building to rear of site
Glenstal, Ballymount Road, Walkinstown, Dublin 12
SD02A/0473South DublinLodged 3 Feb 2003Commercial
- Invalid40 m away
To retain the existing railings and sliding entrance gate to the existing front boundary — To retain the use…
Glenstal, Ballymount Road, Walkinstown, Dublin 12
SD04A/0058South DublinLodged 28 Jan 2004Retention
- Granted50 m away
Change residential house to offices and open space to front and rear of house to commercial use for car sales…
7, Ballymount Road, Walkinstown, Dublin 12.
SD04A/0868South DublinLodged 4 Feb 2005Change of use
- Refused50 m away
Garage to rear of site with pitched roof and revised allocation of car parking to front of site to which…
7, Ballymount Road, Walkinstown, Dublin 12.
SD05A/0849South DublinLodged 18 Oct 2005Alterations
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